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Tag Archives: ASCO
ASCO boys take part in Jinja festival – 4th & 5th May
…some of the boys enrolled at the bayimba arts workshops today in preparation for the first Jinja festival. Michael, Luka W and John are learning grafitti art and will be working in a group to design a wall at kakindu … Continue reading
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Tagged African Street Children Organisation, ASCO, asco jinja, Jinja, news from asco, sponsors
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Latest news from ASCO
Latest news from Sarah at ASCO – …today was the last day of the school term and the boys were very proud bringing home their reports. The progress they have made is amazing, to name a few, geoffrey achieved 6th … Continue reading
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Tagged African Street Children Organisation, ASCO, asco jinja, Jinja, news from asco, sponsors
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John’s discharged and back at ASCO
Message from Sarah at ASCO – John has just been discharged from hospital. He is doing well, walking around with crutches and has a review on 22nd. All the boys are really excited to see him. Great news!
Posted in ASCO appeal for funds, ASCO Needs, ASCO News
Tagged African Street Children Organisation, ASCO, ASCO appeal, help John at ASCO, Jinja, Uganda
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John’s had his operation!
John had his operation on Monday at a hospital in Kampala and is now recovering. Thanks so much to everyone who donated and helped make it possible!
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Tagged African Street Children Organisation, ASCO, fundraising, help John at ASCO, Jinja, Uganda
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Update on appeal for John’s operation
So far we’ve received donations for John totalling £297. With GiftAid, that makes £374.56. ASCO may have received some monies directly, but we’re over half way there to raising the £700 needed to fund the operation. Thanks to everyone who’s … Continue reading
Appeal for donations to help John at ASCO – PLEASE READ
Please read the following message from Sarah Kelly at ASCO John is one of our boys, he was on the streets with his nephew until ASCO found them. John suffered a severe injury to his foot whilst on the streets … Continue reading
Update from Sarah & Liberty at ASCO
Morning all from Jinja, Uganda! We are in the process of setting up a monthly e-newsletter and also would like to send you all a virtual christmas card, with photos of the boys, as an appreciation of everyones hard efforts … Continue reading
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Tagged African Street Children Organisation, ASCO, fundraising, Jinja, raise money
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Message from Kate Lawrence about ASCO
Kate Lawrence has just returned from Jinja and sent us the following message – I did have a great time in Jinja and feel rather ‘out of body’ after leaving the UK in the worst snow in years, hitting Jinja … Continue reading
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Tagged African Street Children Organisation, ASCO, Jinja, volunteer
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Shibden Head Primary School raise £325!
Shibden Head Primary School raised a massive £325 for ASCO, which will likely be used to pay for school fees and equipment. The School has sent a gift and letter to each boy at ASCO and they are now ‘pen … Continue reading
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Tagged African Street Children Organisation, ASCO, fundraising
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Check out this video by Sally Powell about her time at ASCO
Check out this fantastic video by Sally Powell about her time at ASCO – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQMEACU71FI
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Tagged African Street Children Organisation, ASCO, Uganda, volunteer
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Heartfelt Exhibition, Bristol
Thanks to all who supported and helped at the Heartfelt Exhibition in Bristol. We managed to raise £460 for ASCO at the Exhibition itself, and a further £200 since. Well done to Anne, Jen and Joe!!
Update from ASCO
We’ve just received this update from Sarah at ASCO, after she attended her first parents’ afternoon at the boys’ new primary school To all, I just wanted to update you on the success of the first parents afternoon event at … Continue reading
Heartfelt:Bristol – supporting ASCO – help needed!
Drawings from the boys at ASCO are being featured in an Exhibition organised by local Bristol artist, Jan Connett, taking place at the Centrespace Gallery in Bristol from 19-24 November. ASCO has been named as one of the charities supported … Continue reading
Raise money for ASCO and Valley View through your online shopping!
Amazing! We’ve earned £83.10 so far from easyfundraising, and it costs nothing extra! So sign up, register for GI Trust, use easyfundraising for your online shopping and help raise money for ASCO and Valley View! For more details, click here
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Tagged African Street Children Organisation, ASCO, GI Trust, online shopping, raise money, Uganda, Valley View
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Well done, Lucy!
Well done, Lucy Lyth from London, who raised £599.66 by persuading her school to have a mufti day on the last day of term to raise money for ASCO. She also organised a cake sale and managed to charge people … Continue reading
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Tagged African Street Children Organisation, ASCO, GI Trust, Jinja, Uganda
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gitrust.org.uk launched on new url
We’re pleased to launch the GI Trust website on its own URL, gitrust.org.uk
What is easyfundraising.org.uk?
Sign up with easyfundraising.org.uk and support GI Trust every time you shop online. Choose from over 2,000 of the UK’s best known retailers, including many popular names such as Amazon, M&S, Argos, John Lewis and HMV, and when you shop … Continue reading
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Let’s get started!
We’ve had great fun creating the website and hope that it will help raise money for GI Trust and the projects we are supporting in Uganda. We’ll use the blog to share news about the projects as well as to … Continue reading
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