Education, scholarships and leadership training for children in Northern Uganda.
OUR MISSION
The Child Is Innocent is a nonprofit organization founded in 2004 that provides educational scholarships and leadership training to children in Northern Uganda. We believe that those best suited to rebuild a community affected by poverty and a legacy of conflict are members of that same community, empowered with a high-quality education, training, and a network of peer mentorship with long-term support.
Long-Term Child Sponsorship
The Child is Innocent provides comprehensive education scholarships to children ages 7-22, comprehensibly covering tuition, room and board, school supplies, medical care, and transportation until a sponsored child completes a university or vocational degree
Leadership Training Program
Drawing on the principles of recreational therapy, theory of change and evidence-based youth empowerment, Our Leadership Training is a week-long opportunity for every student in the program to come together for personal growth, career panels, inspirational speakers, small discussion groups and an array of activities designed to build confidence, develop leadership skills and make new friends.
Where
We
Started
The Child Is Innocent—known in the local Acholi language as Latin Balle Pee—was founded in 2004 by Dr. Fred Oola, who grew up in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp during the civil war in Northern Uganda.
As a child, Fred received a sponsorship that allowed him to attend boarding school in a safe region of Uganda unaffected by the conflict. He went on to earn a full government scholarship to medical school and is now a board-certified pediatrician. Recognizing how transformative access to education had been in his own life, Fred founded The Child Is Innocent to provide the same opportunity to other children from his community.
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Contact
Please contact us with any questions.
Email
krschwartz@thechildisinnocent.org
Phone
(617) 877-0068