ICU is a stubent-led club at Valencia High school. The club’s main goals are to bring awareness and to assist physically, monetarily, emotionally, and spiritually to the crisis in Uganda, Africa where thousands & thousands of people have been terrorized by the Lord’s Resistance Army for the last 20 years.
The club was founded as a result of watching the film Invisible Children. After watching the film, students began to meet and discuss ways to get involved in helping other people in the world, people with such great need. ICU began in September 2005 and meets once a week in Mrs. Margrave’s room 1930, the ICU headquarters. The meetings are run by Miss Neylan, a community volunteer who is best friends with Mrs. Margrave.
In 2005/2006, under the direction of student President Michael Osuna, ICU was involved in many events and fundraisers on and off campus. Through fundraisers & house parties, they raised over $700 to send to Invisible Children. They also attended a 30-hour famine hosted by a local school & walked to & slept at the Global Night Commute in Santa Monica.
ICU has many plans for the 2006/2007 school year. If you’d like to get involved, leave a comment through this blog and we’ll be sure to answer all the questions you have!
Looking forward to helping change the world…one person at a time!
2006/2007 CLUB
3 responses so far ↓
Lauren Bristol // January 5, 2007 at 8:17 pm |
To whom is greatly concern,
Our club is dedicated to helping people who cant help themselves. If you want to help the world and give a little bit of love to these children in need, this is the club for you.
Rafael Ollervides // April 24, 2007 at 7:48 pm |
club photos should be taken near the end of the year to see who is REALLY in a club
Isabirye Alex // October 24, 2009 at 7:30 am |
Sir/Madam,
I here by introduce to you HIV/AIDS info Africa a local community based
Organization/NGO which was registered at the Jinja District (Uganda) in
2004 and send to you this letter to request for project collaboration and funding efforts so as to save the vulnerable people.
Our main objective is to eradicate HIV/AIDS in Ugandan communities thus children,
youths, women, men and the old through providing information about the AIDS epidemic in Uganda, we endeavor to work and uplift the welfare of the socially disadvantaged people of society to alleviate poverty most especially to reintegrate AIDS orphaned children in formal education and empower all those infected and affected of AIDS and their guardians. Assistance required is financial, and material to foster a sustainable development. Below is a description of what we do.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to bring together, coordinate efforts and value the
importance of uplifting the welfare of needy population and disadvantaged
children by giving them what they rightly require. Generally To recreate a
generation of responsible children in a harmonious family unit.
Goals
To promote, further and give others the opportunity to share ideas about
looking after children and also generate issues which help improving the
spiritual and material life of children through protecting their rights.
To empower needy and disadvantaged children to be self reliant and useful
future decision makers and members of society. Strengthen the capacity of
HIV/AIDS INFO AFRICA network Africa for advocacy,
Public/private fundraising, design, implementation of program
Interventions, and support on going advice efforts at the national and
Community levels.
Generate, disseminate, and program practices for behavior change on the
national, community levels, increase knowledge of HIV/AIDS INFO AFRICA
presentation methods among African men and women, as a step to changing
sexual behavior. Capacity building to engage youth, adults, and local
community.
To expand existing union programs and work in individual communities to
build a great awareness of through voluntary HIV testing, information and
counseling, increase access training for health care and social service
professionals.
To promote, further and give others the opportunity to share ideas about
looking after children and also generate issues which help improving the
spiritual and material life of children through protecting their rights.
To empower needy and disadvantaged children to be self reliant and useful
future decision makers and members of society.
- To keep the children off the street.
- To re-integrate the child into the family system and if possible, the
school system
- To re-educate and provide families counseling for children and
families.
- To provide programmes that will refine social and emotional skills.
- To develop trust, self esteem. Self awareness, self discipline and
respect for authority.
- To help the child to identify his or her immediate long term goals.
- To create attitudes that can be nurturing and strengthening in adulthood.
- To provide a daily bath, meals and a change of clothing
Our Values:
Love for Children
Honesty
Openness and ethical responsibility
International co-operation and mutual understanding
Respect for the law
Integrity
Programs Provided
HIV/AIDS info Africa strives to meet the needs of communities in Jinja and
Kamuli districts by providing the following services:
•Workshops and Information Sessions on HIV/AIDS Awareness and Prevention.
•HIV/AIDS Education and Counseling
•TV programs, Notice Board, and Information Desk.
•Training New Members as Peer-Educators.
•Annual Participation in the World AIDS Campaign Rally.
•Distribution of HIV/AIDS/STI Literature.
The beneficiaries are:
1. Aids Orphans (War and Aids victims)
2. Disabled Children
3. Destitute and Street Children
CURRENT NEEDS ARE:
We are raising $10,000 for a water well and storage tank project in Kavule village, Uganda, to serve the needs of the entire Kavule Parish community and the nearby villagers. Your help is requested to bring this gift of life to our brothers and sisters in East Africa.
The proposed project will supply the daily water needs and for the storage tank that will hold 5,000 liters of water for use during droughts.
Your help is needed to raise funds for the Education Scholarship Fund. Our initial goal is to build up the fund to a base of $15,000 to have available for financially needy children and youths in secondary schools.
These funds will be used for the educational needs of talented students with financial need that would otherwise prevent their school attendance. Providing an education is one way to help break the cycle of poverty.
If you wish to support this fund, you can write ’scholarship fund’ in the memo line of your check and make the check payable to HIV/AIDS INFO AFRICA. This scholarship fund is an integral part of our programs of alleviating poverty and suffering in the world and not a separate nonprofit charity. We thank you for your support in this endeavor.
With your kind and gracious support, we are currently sponsoring 678 vulnerable children who require your helping hand.
Donations in kind can be mailed to us through the mailing address below.
Thanking you for your generosity and support and we look forward to hear from you.
ISABIRYE ALEX
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
HIV/AIDS info AFRICA
Mailing Address:
HIV AIDS info Africa
PO Box 250
Jinja-Uganda (East Africa)
Phone Number: 256774311453
Email: aidsinfoafrica@gmail.com
Physical Address:
GOKHALE PLACE
PLOT NO.13 HSE 319 A
JINJA TOWN – Uganda