Rotary Club of Bowmanville supports Allison Edwards and her Jinja Project

Allison Edwards is a 30 year old local girl born in Ajax and raised in Courtice. For the past four years she has run a school for street children (boys) in Jinja, Uganda. She originally volunteered with the local Big Brothers and Sisters organization and following this joined Give International.  It was during the three months she spent with Give International in Uganda that Allison saw the need for a school for local boys who were living on the street.  At present she has some 30+ boys as pupils.

Allison raises money locally and recently returned to her school with supplies donated to her by local organizations plus items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste and backpacks which she purchased from funds raised locally.  In March there are plans to hold an 'African Tea' at the Courtice Community Centre to raise more money for her very worthwhile cause.  The Jinja Connection's aim is to educate and empower the street children in Uganda to learn without discrimination.