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June 28, 2008 Newsletter New York Times . http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/06/28/weekinreview/shames-slideshow/index.html If the link does not work, paste this into your browser:
Here it is on the section front: If the link does not work, paste this into your browser: Donate by credit card African Leadership Academy. "Ntege is a disciplined boy with an excellent record. I am not surprised that he passed the African Leadership academy interviews", Nakiggude Proscovia, an English teacher at Paul's former school, Uganda Martyr's Senior Secondary School -Naumgongo, said amidst cheers from other teachers. His excited Mother, Topista added, "Paul is a focused boy both in his studies and while doing chores at home." "Believing in my self in my daily life and keeping focused while at school yields good success," Ntege says, "I am happy and I owe my success to Concern for the Future and Stephen Shames, who took me to Concern for the Future. I had a problem with school fees. At one time I thought I would never make it, because when I was 11-years-old, I had to work in a stone quarry to provide food for my family. But with God's grace, all is possible." "There's no short cut to success. Success comes through hard work and trusting We are proud of Paul. His success shows what can be achieved when deserving youngsters are given the chance to become leaders by studying at the best schools. That is what our LEAD Uganda educational leadership program does. Donate by credit card Help Concern for the Future's Students Please A donation of $150 a month covers Total Care for one high school student - tuition, room and board, books and clothing, tutoring, medical care, and other essentials. $100 a month provides Total Care for a primary school student. Please give what you can. All contributions make a difference.
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LEAD Uganda is an educational leadership program that locates forgotten children with innate talents and molds them into leaders. LEAD Uganda is a partnership of the Stephen Shames Foundation in the United States and Concern for the Future, an indigenous Ugandan leadership program. The Stephen Shames Foundation raises money and awareness. Concern for the Future runs all aspects of the LEAD Uganda program. The CFTF board and staff, all native Ugandans, select and nurture our young scholars. LEAD Uganda finds bright, motivated AIDS orphans, child soldiers, children in refugee camps, and other vulnerable youth in Uganda who want to go to college but can't because of poverty, AIDS, and war. LEAD Uganda allows them to gain the world-class 21st-century skills necessary to lead their country into the future. ------------- The Stephen Shames Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit. |
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Leadership Academy. This elite boarding school, located in Johannesburg, South Africa, accepted only 100 students from all of Africa. Paul received a full scholarship (worth over $20,000) from the school. He starts this September. 
in God," says Monica Nankoma, Director of Concern for the Future, "Paul exhibits such traits. I knew he would not disappoint us." 
