stdClass Object ( [nid] => 292263 [vid] => 296359 [type] => task_discussion [status] => 1 [created] => 1284839665 [changed] => 1284845155 [comment] => 0 [promote] => 1 [sticky] => 0 [revision_timestamp] => 1284845155 [title] => Child sponsorship, and selling CDs to raise money [body] => Hi Christopher and Lynley! Christopher, there are several villages on Nabuur that run child sponsorship schemes. If you have not already done so it may be worth getting in contact with some of them to learn about whether they have had much success, and how their schemes work. I can give you a list of some of them if you want, and am sure that Lynley knows of others too. We had a task related to this a while ago at http://www.nabuur.com/en/village/masaka/project/task/discuss-child-sponsorship-or-other-options-support-orphans-school , but I closed that one when you said you had decided not to seek sponsors and preferred to look at ways for families to make money for themselves, so becoming able to pay school fees. I am assuming you have changed your mind? It is not easy to find a large number of sponsors, because there is so much competition between organisations running similar schemes. Many people will go towards those run by the big international organisations which get a lot of publicity. I am not saying "Don't do it", but am encouraging you to do some research first! You also sent me a message about trying to raise money by selling CDs: [quote]In our efforts to complete the girls dormitory,may you help and recieve our music CD Tapes so that you try to sale for us over there,as we fundrise for the completion of our dormitory for the older girls.[/quote] It would be interesting to hear more about this, whether this is something you can do in Uganda as well as asking neighbours to assist with. I don't think it is something I can do because I don't have the time or the contacts, but other neighbours may be able to, but you need to provide clear information first! Are there any neighbours who have experience of raising money this way? If so, it would be helpful to know how you did this and whether you were successful or not. Mary [teaser] => Hi Christopher and Lynley! Christopher, there are several villages on Nabuur that run child sponsorship schemes. If you have not already done so it may be worth getting in contact with some of them to learn about whether they have had much success, and how their schemes work. I can give you a list of some of them if you want, and am sure that Lynley knows of others too. [log] => [format] => 1 [uid] => 2698 [name] => MaryS [picture] => [data] => a:8:{s:8:"og_email";s:1:"1";s:16:"privatemsg_allow";i:1;s:28:"privatemsg_setmessage_notify";i:1;s:17:"messaging_default";s:4:"mail";s:7:"contact";i:0;s:16:"nodecomment_sort";s:1:"2";s:29:"taxonomy_image_disable_images";i:0;s:8:"options1";s:1:"3";} [path] => village/masaka/project/task/discussion/child-sponsorship-and-selling-cds-raise-money [field_embedded_video] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [embed] => [value] => [provider] => [data] => Array ( ) ) ) [field_external_link] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) [1] => Array ( [url] => [title] => [attributes] => N; ) ) [comment_type] => task_discussion [og_groups] => Array ( [0] => 82954 ) [og_groups_both] => Array ( [82954] => Masaka ) [og_public] => 1 [tags] => [nodewords] => Array ( ) [trid] => 0 [language] => en [i18n_status] => 0 [taxonomy] => Array ( ) [translation] => Array ( ) [cid] => 292263 [pid] => 292256 [hostname] => 86.163.198.231 [thread] => 01.00.00.00.00/ [mail] => [homepage] => [comment_target_nid] => 285672 [depth] => 4 )