As counsel to Sylvia’s Children, I have been involved with the organization since its inception in 2003. This is a wonderful charity giving benefit to over 1000 orphaned children in Uganda. She has a school at the site in Uganda in Mbrizi for both boys and girls. Some of the students who started at the school (boys and girls alike) have now graduated university and gone on to live productive lives to the benefit of the population.
Because of the tireless fund raising done by Sylvia Allen, the children’s “grandmother”, the school has been able to build a boy’s dormitory and an addition to the girl’s dormitory. The compound has a well for clean fresh water. Money was raised for a 6,000-square-foot medical clinic (currently being fully equipped) Three new stoves Three new cooking pots to extend the ability to feed the children Desks for the new classrooms Medical supplies for the nurse School supplies Multiple Christmas parties with gifts American and Ugandan flags New t-shirts and dresses for the children 1,000+ pairs of shoes and socks Sylvia’s fundraising has further purchased books for the library, computer and Internet service, solar lights for nighttime safety and 1,000 blankets – one for each child. There are now new latrines for the children and a chicken coop with 400 chickens to give the kids one egg per day.
These are life-changing events and would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of the 501(c)(3) organization for the benefit of these children and, yes, even the staff who are now employed in regular jobs. I always tell Sylvia that there is a special place in Heaven for her for the prize winning work that she has done in Uganda.