Happy New Year from our CEO
January 5, 2015
I hope you celebrated the start of 2015 in good spirits with family and friends. Now that we’re a few days into the New Year, I’d like us to look ahead and think about what this year may bring. But first, I would like to take a quick look back.
2014 was quite a year for all of us at African Revival. We’ve been through many changes and developments, but we’ve managed to sail through it all and still achieve what we had set out to do in 2014.
It’s been only 5 weeks since you helped us meet the fundraising target of our match funding appeal jumpstart! supported by the UK government for the introduction of a 3-year nursery programme in 10 children’s centres in northern Uganda. We are excited to announce that, thanks to your contribution and support, the preparation for this programme is well underway and jumpstart! will officially start when schools reopen in the first week of February.
Other 2015 programmes include our school demonstration garden project in 4 districts in northern Uganda, as well as our teaching training programme and teacher salary support programme in Zambia, our ongoing school infrastructure projects and provision other learning materials and teaching resources.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank our teams in London, Gulu and Kalomo for their dedication and hard work over the past year as well as our growing number of supporters – both donors and volunteers – on whose contributions African Revival relies on for its ability to reach out to even more children and help them fulfil their potential.
I look forward to another busy and productive year, and wish you all the best for the year ahead.
With very best wishes,
Colleen Yuen
Chief Executive Officer
