<Raise Uganda Now (RUN) meets STEEM> #2

in #travel7 years ago (edited)

Hey everyone!

This past Christmas (that’s right! just about a month ago!), some of RUN Korea’s staff went and visited our kids and local staff at RUN Children’s Home.

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This precious bond between two seemingly unlikely life companions--

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Well folks, it all began with a story of a somewhat typical volunteer experience of a high school student. Back in 2012, Joon visited Uganda and witnessed an entirely different world from what he had known. Through the unpaved roads, the foreign taste of dust, anxiously maneuvering through the bustling (and often staring) crowd that flowed and ebbed without a moment’s hesitation through dozens of boda bodas (motorcycles that serve as cabs), he found an establishment that was able to provide some of the poorest children in the slums outside the capital, Kampala.

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There, with the help of those who were willing to care and to see beyond their own lives, nearly twenty kids were eating rice, pocho, and beans, going to school, but most importantly, beginning to believe in a word that was so foreign to them before: a future.

But in 2014, when the unsustainable operations of the original establishment, called Ethical Encounters, ended up failing and the initiative was bankrupt, the leader of the establishment left the children behind. Joon, who was only finishing his freshman year in college, decided (in all honestly, quite naively, stupidly, but certainly with a big heart) that it was time to step up to the challenge. He didn’t know what it meant to be a non-profit, he didn’t know the ABCs of running anything. But what he had was a group of outstanding peers at Harvard and a drive to better the lives of those whom he had met. And from there, Raise Uganda Now (RUN) was founded

And with many uphill battles with pro-bono lawyers, we were able to establish ourselves as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, recognized by the IRS.

The story continues...

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It is great seeing lot of development going on and on. Let raise up uganda

this is very touching. they deserve the much needed attention. you are doing something amazing that most people dont participate in. Great motivation. you all have such a huge hearts and it just maked me so hapoy that you share your inspiring lives with us and are positively impacting many people.

###Love Africa### <3<3<3 ;)))))))))))))))))))
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This is humanity at its best. I heard one motivational speaker and his suggestion for people coping with "Depression." He had 10 steps.

Step #1 Help someone else who is worst off than you.
Step #2. Repeat step #1 Nine more times.

My wife volunteered 10 months of her life to teaching kids in the Micronesian island. It was a big culture shock. We were not married then, but we kept our relationship strong. The relationship we make with people we help last a lifetime. You can say it goes the same for the relationship we build here on Steemit. Raise Uganda!

what you did in uganda is great @runorg
I just joined this platfom please see my first story post in steemit
https://steemit.com/story/@biruplastik/akhir-pekan-saya

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Great trip, friend.
For the better world.