Karama Education Center Solar Project 2.0!

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$1,143.94 of $2,020

Our #GivingTuesday goal. The road to $2,020 in 2020. Let's make this year end better than it started!

About the Project

In 2019, The Chain Collaborative teamed up with Pat and Dave Patterson from the Conshohocken United Methodist Church (CUMC) Living Waters team to support the Karama Education Center (KEC) Solar Project. Founded by Now Africa Initiative (NAI), a locally-led social enterprise dedicated to the agricultural and educational development of its Southwestern Ugandan community, KEC is a primary school and learning center serving over 350 children. Since its founding, KEC has aimed to provide a holistic learning environment for its pupils, one that prepares its students for success in the classroom and beyond.

The KEC Solar Project began in 2019 to install solar electricity, a resource that would power both a water purification system at the school and pave the way for digital learning opportunities in the future. After raising a significant amount of funding toward the project throughout 2019, Pat and Dave Patterson met with NAI founder Denis Twinamatsiko to discuss implementation plans for 2020. In early 2020, The Chain Collaborative committed to working with the Pattersons to raise the additional $6,000 needed to push the KEC Solar Project to its finish line. We thus launched this Kindest campaign in February, and then...COVID hit.

Despite the ups and downs of this year, we are still committed to continuing our work together and ensuring the success of the solar electricity project. COVID-19 has laid bare just how important sanitation and clean water is for the health of communities worldwide. And as schools shut down around the globe, including KEC, digital solutions have become even more critical. So, we ask you to join us in our endeavor to #PowerUpKarama by donating today! Your donation will allow us to install solar electricity, which will power a clean water system and pave the way for a digital classroom at KEC.

About the Partners

The Chain Collaborative (TCC)'s mission is to invest in the capacity of Change Leaders in coffee-growing regions and accompany them as they drive grassroots, sustainable development in their own communities, according to their own visions for change. One of TCC's community-based partners is Now Africa Initiative (NAI), a grassroots farmer organization located in Southwestern Uganda currently supporting 250 farmers to achieve greater market access and higher incomes, and 350 children to receive a quality education. Conshohocken United Methodist Church (CUMC) is an Initiating Partner of Living Waters for the World (LWW). CUMC’s Mission Team has already completed LWW mission trips to Cuba and Kenya to install clean water systems. Living Waters for the World (LWW) trains volunteers to establish and lead water mission teams that partner with communities to implement and operate sustainable water purification systems and health education programs in areas of the world where clean, safe drinking water is not available.

The Chain Collaborative is a tax-exempt public charity (federal tax ID #47-1643022). All contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowable by law. No goods or services were provided in exchange for your generous financial donation.

11 donations

Kristin Holm

$51.43

4 years ago

Nora Burkey

Thank you so much, Kristin!

4 years ago

kathleen Burke

$150

Good luck and God Bless

4 years ago

Nora Burkey

Thank you so much, Kathleen! You're starting us off strong today. Happy and joyous December holidays to you. This gift will go such a long way for our partners in Uganda. We are so grateful for you!

4 years ago

Donor wishes to stay anonymous

$408

4 years ago

Kathleen Fitzgerald Camp

$29

Pat, in honor of your Goddaughter’s leap year birthday. Happy 10th birthday Jessica Hass Levine.

5 years ago

Nora Burkey

Thank you, Kathleen for celebrating the last day of February with a little extra love! We appreciate your support, and Happy Birthday to Pat's Goddaughter!

5 years ago

Patrick Hanifin

$40

made a donation in honor of Pat Patterson

Remi hanifin thank you to Pat Patterson

5 years ago

Nora Burkey

Thank YOU for your kind donation!! We are so grateful for your support as well as for the incredible Pat Patterson!

5 years ago

Renee DeCoskey

$25.87

5 years ago

Nora Burkey

Renee, we are left speechless with your donation! You've just put us over the fundraising mark we needed to be put in the running to win a $1,000 match for this campaign! Fingers crossed! Thank you so much!

5 years ago

Kenneth Stabinski

$102.56

5 years ago

Nora Burkey

Thank you so much, Kenneth for your support! We appreciate it more than you know!

5 years ago

Joseph Robinson

$41.21

5 years ago

Nora Burkey

Thank you so, so much, Joe! We are incredibly indebted to you, as it was your initial connection and introduction to CPW Rotary that allowed TCC to meet Pat and Dave and the broader club! Thank you for your small, but mighty acts of kindness and keep up everything you do to radiate goodness in this world!!

5 years ago

Mary Phillips

$102.56

5 years ago

Nora Burkey

Thank you so much for your continued support, Mary! It means the world to all of us!

5 years ago

Edith Burkey

$51.43

Congratulations to TCC, Denis, and the Pattersons for bringing solar energy to this wonderful school! Keep up the great work and good luck to all the students of Karama Education Center!

5 years ago

Nora Burkey

Thank you so much for your support and for being TCC's biggest fan!

5 years ago

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