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UVF member Peter arrived safely in Uhola and is ready for work. For the next month, the carpenter and organic farmer will actively support the work on site. In addition to the production of furniture and the construction of the school garden, there is still enough time for a little dance with the members of the local church. Seems like a successful start for an enriching collaboration.

One of our members – carpenter master and organic farmer – sets out today from Megesheim via Munich and Nairobi on the way to Uhola. In his time on the ground, he will support the construction of the school garden as well as the production of tables, chairs and shelves for the new classrooms. We are incredibly excited about your commitment and wish you a good flight!

We are looking forward to 2019 and hope that it will start how 2018 ended with successful fundraising and an on-going school construction project!

Construction is taking place for the classrooms of 2- to 6-year-old students at Uhola Primary School. We welcome the regular on-site report by Deputy Headmaster Charles Opondo. Thanks for the photos!

We have a meaningful, social and above all fitting 5 days before Christmas Eve a “last minute” gift idea: How about a UVF-membership or donation, so you do something good on behalf of your loved ones? Just click here.

The construction of the pre-school classrooms began with a ground breaking ceremony with the local priest of the local Anglican Church. Subsequently, measurement work took place. We are very excited and wish you all a nice 3rd Advent!

Well, were the boots and plates well filled this morning?
Nikolaus (commissioned by the Holger Maack Foundation and the Rieser Bauernmuseums- and Mühlenverein e.V.) has paid a lot of attention to UVF this year and has donated over € 2,250. You are fantastic! Let’s see what else will happen during Advent season.

Thanks to one of our members, our ECDE-project has been proposed to RTL Foundation (“We help children”) as part of an employee project. And it gets even better: We were not only recommended, but also selected and sponsored with 2.400 euros. Thank you very much!

Supporting education means reducing poverty, creating local perspectives and giving children a future in their home countries. That is the aim of the joint initiative “1000 Schulen für unsere Welt” (1000 schools for our world) from the German Association of Cities and Towns (Deutscher Städtetag), the German County Association (Deutscher Landkreistag) and the German Association of Towns and Municipalities (Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund) together with the patron Dr. Ing. Gerd Müller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, started today in Berlin.

Cities, counties and communities together with their citizens and the local economy want to make an effective contribution to development cooperation, the fight against the causes of flight and the improvement of life situations in countries of the Global South.

At the invitation of District Administrator Stefan Rößle we traveled to Berlin to attend the kick-off event of the initiative.

• You can find further information about the initiative of the district Donau-Ries here.
• For more information on the nationwide initiative, please click here.