Total Care
To reach our goal of university education for our scholars, Concern for the Future provides Total Care — complete wrap-around services — for the children in our family.

Problems Children in Uganda Face
Children in Uganda, face many obstacles which keep them from achieving in school. Our children must overcome financial, medical, and emotional barriers before they can concentrate on school. Many have missed years of school. Child soldiers and AIDS orphans have seen parents and loved ones die. Child-headed families and children in poor families lack food, and basic resources. They eat one meal a day (if that). Many labor in rock quarries or beg neighbors for food. Lacking mattresses, some sleep on the ground. Children in refugee camps and street kids live in fear and insecurity. All our children suffer from lack of consistent medical care. Many have malaria and other ailments common to Africa.               

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That is why Concern for the Future provides Total Care. We give our youngsters a disciplined, loving family environment. We furnish them with everything they need to succeed: school fees, books and supplies, clothing, and food. Our scholars attend the top, elite schools of Uganda.

During school breaks, our students receive coaching in English, math, and science. They attend vacation workshops in leadership, web design, writing, video, and photography.

Our children receive comprehesive, preventive medical care from the best doctors in the country.

Our "moms" nurture them and help them overcome their traumas with counseling and emotional support.

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Education / Academic
Our students attend the best schools. Half of our high school scholars attend the top ten elite schools in Uganda, schools where virtually every student goes on to university. Three-quarters attend very good schools. Four of our scholars were #1 in their class last term. In addition to paying their school fees, providing books, supplies, and clothing; we hire teachers to tutor our students after class.

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Workshops & Tutoring
We run a six week workshop during the December - January school break and a two week workshop during the August vacation. We bring in experts from American and Europe, as well as, hire Ugandan teachers and professionals. Last January our students learned web design, video, photography, English, math, and science.

Leadership
Two Concern for the Future students serve on the CFTF board where they help run the program. Three students were elected prefects (class presidents).

Medical
Concern for the Future gives children the ability to achieve through education.  However, many of our children fall behind in school due to frequent illnesses. To enable our children to achieve the success they deserve, so they can continue to excel in school; it is vital that our scholars remain healthy.

Housing, Food, Clothing
Concern for the Future rented a house in Kampala big enough for all of our children.

Most of our students can not go home for extended periods during school breaks. The situation in the north is not safe — children are still abducted. Our child-headed families, as well as most of our other children, do not have adequate food at home. The children and their guardians asked us to keep them during school vacations.

We provide clothing, shoes, school supplies, and a small amount of pocket money to our children. They go to schools with sons and daughters of wealthy and middle class youngsters. In order for them to outperform children who have all the advantages, they need to start on an even level.

Family / Support & Counseling
Our eight "moms" are trained peer counselors and community leaders. They provide firm discipline and love. They have created a family for our traumatized child soldiers, children from refugee camps, AIDS orphans, street kids, and child laborers.

This is what makes our program unique. Our children are not clients. They belong to our family, they are members. When they return home from school, they say, "We are going to our house." The older youths care for, and look out for the younger children.

The "moms" and young scholars have created something that money can not buy: family.

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