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    • Children Who Need an Education Sponsor
    • Child Sponsorship Renewal
    • Meet Currently Sponsored Children
  • Send Care Items
    • Send Care Items
    • Send support to children in immediate need
    • Urgent COVID-19 Care Needed: August 2020 Fundraiser
    • Send Holiday Chicken Dinner
    • Textbook Drive
    • COVID-19 Fundraiser Complete: April 2020
  • Development Projects
  • What is TRUE?
    • Board and Team
  • Donate Now
    • TRUE Africa Ugandan Paper Bead Necklaces
    • Centennial School's Penny Power
    • GEA COVID Fundraiser for Maria Goretti Voc School

TRUE Africa pays NO SALARIES.

100% of TRUE Africa operations are facilitated by volunteers.  

At TRUE Africa, we believe in the cause of empowering children through education.  
We donate our time, skills, and resources, which allows about 95% of your donation 

to go directly to support the education and humanitarian care of orphans and vulnerable children.

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2013 Expenses
2012 Expenses
2011 Expenses
2010 Expenses
TRUE Africa's Impact at a Glance
as of September 2021


Child Sponsorship

249 Children Currently Sponsored:
 129 = Primary School
 95 = Secondary School
   0 = Waiting for Sr. Sec or Voc

 24 = Senior Secondary School
    7 = Waiting for Voc or Univ/College

 32 = Vocational Programs
 19 = Diploma Programs (like Assoc. degree)

 11 =University/College Programs

 118
 Graduates (highest level):
  14 = Secondary 4
    6 = Secondary 6
 33 = Vocational Programs
 10 = Diploma Programs
 20 = University/College Programs


2,075 Total Years of Education
Provided by TRUE Sponsors


Child Extra Support

Textbooks: > 15,000


Goats:  996

Mosquito Nets: 1,314

Blankets:  1,345

Mattresses:  1,303

Sheet Sets:  1,294

Clothing Donations:  1,618

Sanitary Pads (# girls for a term):  1,810

Soap:  3,109


Food Donations:
*
Posho (corn grits):  6,244 (171 tons)
*
Dry Beans: 5,007 (63 tons)
* Holiday Chicken/Rice Family Dinners:  2,824



School Development Projects
Completed as of September 2021

Buyomba Community Academy (Primary School)
4-Class Brick Building
2-Class Brick Building 
2-Class Brick Building
Girls' Dormitory & Latrine (60 girls)
Administrative Block
Teacher Quarters & Latrine (10 teachers)

2-Stance Latrine for Staff
4-Stance Latrine for Students
10,000 Liter Water Tank & Guttering
Slate Patio for Water Tank area

90 Wooden 3-Seat Desks
4 Metal Locking Cabinets in Classes

40 Student Slates and Chalk
Futbols, Netballs & Ball Pump
Teacher Salaries


Kanonko Parents' Primary School
4-Class Brick Building
2-Class Brick Building 
2-Class Brick Building 

2-Class Cement Floor, Roof & Floor Repairs
Girl's Dorm (60 students)
Teacher Quarters (10 teachers)
Administrative Block
Water Tank & Guttering
Slate Patio for Water Tank area
8 Stance Latrine

90 Wooden 3-Seat Desks
4 Metal Locking Cabinets in Classes

40 Student Slates and Chalk
Futbols, Netballs & Ball pump
Teacher Salaries

  
Lugasa Primary School
40 Wooden 3-Seat Desks
Primary 1-4 textbooks


Brain Trust Primary School
30 Wooden 3-Seat Desks
2-Class Brick Building 


Royal Vocational Secondary School
30 Wooden 3-Seat Desks
2-Class Brick Building 


Najja Educational Center
30 Wooden 3-Seat Desks
2-Class Brick Building 


St. Francis Primary School
40 Student Slates and Chalk
2-Class Brick Building 



School Development Projects 
​
Funding Needed for 2021-2022

Contact steve@trueafrica.org

Boys' Dorm (Buyomba)
Kitchen (Buyomba)
Boys' Dorm (Kanonko)
Kitchen (Kanonko)
  • Management expenses do not include any salaries.  TRUE Africa is run entirely (100%) on volunteer service, including all administrative services.

TRUE Africa is Registered for Charitable Solicitations

​UTAH
Technology & Research for Universal Education -- dba TRUE Africa​

​TRUE Africa, Inc. is a tax-exempt public charity (§170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
formed under §501(c)(3) of the IRS Code (#48-1288238) (2006) 
and is a fully registered non-profit corporation
​in the State of Utah (#4842900-0140).


​
​UTAH
Approval for Charitable Solicitations
Renewed through: 2021
COLORADO  ​
Technology & Research for Universal Education (TRUE Africa)

​TRUE Africa, Inc., a tax-exempt public charity (§170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
formed under §501(c)(3) of the IRS Code (#48-1288238) (2006), 
is a fully registered non-profit corporation
​in the State of Colorado (#20113006789).​

  • Online TRUE Africa Registration Information
  • TRUE Africa Summary Page
COLORADO  
Approval for Charitable Solicitations
Renewed through: 2021
Colorado Charitable Organization Search
(Ratios Discussion Paper)


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  • Home
  • Sponsor a Child
    • Become an Humanitarian Sponsor
    • Children Who Need A Humanitarian Sponsor
    • Become an Education Sponsor
    • Children Who Need an Education Sponsor
    • Child Sponsorship Renewal
    • Meet Currently Sponsored Children
  • Send Care Items
    • Send Care Items
    • Send support to children in immediate need
    • Urgent COVID-19 Care Needed: August 2020 Fundraiser
    • Send Holiday Chicken Dinner
    • Textbook Drive
    • COVID-19 Fundraiser Complete: April 2020
  • Development Projects
  • What is TRUE?
    • Board and Team
  • Donate Now
    • TRUE Africa Ugandan Paper Bead Necklaces
    • Centennial School's Penny Power
    • GEA COVID Fundraiser for Maria Goretti Voc School