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Emitos Girls Humanist Football Team, Uganda (Thu 8th October 2009 to Thu 8th April 2010)
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Amount raised so far £3,322.00
Fundraising target £3,700.00
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Alice's Personal Message:
Emitos Girls Humanist Football Club is a really special project running in Uganda. Supported by Women and the Free World Organisation (WOFEWO), the aim of the club is to empower and educate girls aged 12-20 years through football.
Thanks to the continued generosity of the Central London Humanists and many other individuals, we are thrilled to have reached our fundraising target. In fact we have in total raised over £4,000!
o Build confidence and self esteem among young girls and to help them build their careers as future leaders. The players develop confidence, express their unique talents and compete with boys for the same opportunities. It encourages the attitude “If I can play football, what else can I achieve?"
o Deepen the girls' understanding of the humanistic values and principles such as the importance of reason, self discipline, achievement and courage, and controlling one’s own destiny. This will help the players to transform their lives as young women and the societies they come from.
o Train girls in management and leadership skills. Through experience managing tournaments, matches and their role in the team, the girls learn to manage the activities in life more widely.
o Educate girls on issues of sexual and reproductive health. The players are at an age particularly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and good need health education is needed to avoid unsafe sex and early pregnancies.
o Help girls to stay in school for longer. Girls football is such an interesting and exciting adventure in Uganda, which one would not like to miss. Hence, while at school, football makes every moment of their lives precious and exciting.
o Help girls learn to socialise with other adolescents from other schools. This will teach them to deal with the challenges they encounter in their adolescent life. They need to share everyday life experiences with friends and to belong to significant communities of interaction, inquiry, work and play.
The club began in July 2008 and has been steadily developing since. The Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) has provided the club with a professional coach and the club has participated in two important tournaments enabling the club to play with experienced teams and players to improve upon their skills.
The club has started to achieve the objectives laid out above. Agali Saphinah, a 15 year old Emitos player, hints at some of the outcomes of the club's work:
"Emitos has taught me to make wise decisions. Through the different workshops, seminars and camps, we are empowered to face challenging situations especially in our adolescent lives. Emitos activities occupy most of my free time especially during the holidays. Instead of getting bad friends or being redundant, I attend Emitos activities. This has kept me safe from HIV and unwanted pregnancy. Emitos made me realize that I am capable of doing things that are done by boys and therefore, boys are not superior. I can compete with them in all aspects. " - quote provided by the club manager, November 2009
Despite its progress, Emitos FC is faced with several challenges:
o Emitos lacks sufficient playing equipment to widen the scope of its activities. The available equipment is not enough because of the increasing number of girls who want to participate.
o Football can involve expenses which Emitos has great difficulty in meeting. One example is the costs involved in playing away matches which requires transport, food and accommodation.
o The club also faces opposition from some parents who have mistaken ideas about girls football. Parents might be worried that the girls will lose their virginity or develop tough muscles which they say will limit their chances of getting married because they are no longer tender. Emitos has mangaged to counter this to an extent by sending newsletters to parents explaining what their girls are achieving at the club, but funds are needed to extend such activities.
o The club would like to provide continuous counselling for the girls who are eager to be treated as adults but often are unaware of the threats adult life can bring (reproductive health responsibilities and the risk of HIV/AIDS)
------------------------------------- HOW WE CAN HELP -------------------------------------
Josh Kutchinsky, the Central London Humanist Group's Secretary visited Uganda for a humanist conference and met the football team and Annette Nalunga, Chair of WOFEWO, the organisation that runs the club, at a local training session. Inspired by the club, Josh discussed with Annette what the CLHG could do to support the project. You can hear this conversation and see the girls in action in the following short video:
So, as suggested by Josh, the CLHG is going to help Emitos Girls Humanist FC to buy equipment, travel to tournaments, and run workshops and counselling sessions. The fundraising target is £3,700 which will be spent on:
10 Balls @ 60, 000 Ugandan Shillings (UG SHS) = 600,000 UG SHS 2 sets uniforms @ 600,000 UG SHS = 1,200,000 UG SHS 24 pairs boots @ 70,000 UG SHS = 1,680,000 UG SHS 2 sets tracksuits @ 750,000 UG SHS = 1,500,000 UG SHS Playing kits = 1,000,000 UG SHS 24 pairs stockings @ 6,000 UG SHS = 144,000 UG SHS 3 Away matches @ 500,000 UG SHS = 1,500,000 UG SHS 3 Workshops on reproductive health and HIV/AIDS @ 1,200,000 UG SHS = 3,600,000 UG SHS
TOTAL = 11,224,000 UG SHS
TOTAL IN GBP (as of Oct 09) = £3,700
I hope very much you will support this important cause by donating online via Central London Humanist Group's fundraising page.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the event of restricted funds
When you give the International Humanist Trust money via CharityGiving for the Emtios project, that money becomes restricted funds in IHT’s hands. That means that IHT can use your money for the purpose for which it was given, and nothing else. If something happened that prevents the money going to Emitos (if, for example, the Emitos project had to end before the funds were received or the CLHG’s fundraising was so successful that we made more money than Emitos could possibly make use of), some or all of the restricted funds would be ‘orphaned’. In this very unlikely scenario, your money will be donated to the Mustard Seed Secular School in Busota, eastern Uganda, a project you may have heard of via its supporter, the New Humanist magazine in the UK. I hope you agree this is a good plan B.
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Alice is raising money for International Humanist Trust:
The International Humanist Trust is the charitable arm of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), the organisation which is helping the CLHG to transfer the money it raises to Emitos in Uganda. We are very grateful for IHEU's support and continued help in setting up the means to raise the money.
£200.00 was donated by Mr Hutchinson £50.00 was donated by Mr Reid
Charity Registration No: 1098454
Donations
54 donations made so far
Display Name
Date
Amount
Gift Aid
Message
Steve P
19/08/2010
£10.00
£2.82
Best wishes to you Alice and the charity
Josh Kutchinsky
30/07/2010
£5.00
N/A
money donated into the moneybox at the CLHG event with Richard Norman
Alice
29/07/2010
£155.00
£43.72
£100 raised from the '100 Club' prize draw and £55 from further book sales
picnic person
28/07/2010
£3.00
£0.85
I left early before the collection
CLHG picnic
28/07/2010
£98.00
N/A
CLHG
28/07/2010
£9.00
£2.54
From a couple more book sales!
Jon de Beer
26/07/2010
£350.00
£98.74
Alex Bloor
26/07/2010
£5.00
£1.41
Didn't manage to donate at CLHG picnic! Here's my donation!
Josh Kutchinsky
02/05/2010
£2.00
£0.56
Thanks for flying the flag for Humanism at the Wakiso women football tournament and good luck with your matches
Kurian Varghese
22/01/2010
£20.00
£5.64
I totally believe sports is an effective medium for social change and very very happy to support the cause.
Patrick Lynch
16/01/2010
£5.00
£1.41
Josh
31/12/2009
£2.00
£0.56
Just checking that the minimum donation can be as small as £2 and that I can leave a message.
Dr. Georges Mouton and Albert Cochet
24/12/2009
£100.00
N/A
Sport is a wonderful adventure and we hope you achieve all your goals.
Rebecca Celebuski
19/12/2009
£3.00
N/A
The booksale was amazing! Here's my contribution for the book I took--I didn't have any cash! Best wishes, Rebecca
David Fuller
15/12/2009
£750.00
£211.58
Iain Moal
15/12/2009
£10.00
N/A
I was away for the book sale ;-(
Matt Savage
14/12/2009
£50.00
£14.11
Joe Schmetzer
14/12/2009
£100.00
£28.21
Sorry I missed the book sale. Best of luck, all!
Imogen
09/12/2009
£20.00
£5.64
Jim Craig-Gray
01/12/2009
£50.00
£14.11
What a great idea. Thanks, Josh, for suggesting it and thank you, Alice, for organising it.
Leni Gillman
30/11/2009
£20.00
£5.64
What a terrific cause. Good luck in all your endeavours.
Mary Grove
28/11/2009
£20.00
£5.64
Wishing you all the best in your venture, Alice!
Caro
26/11/2009
£10.00
£2.82
Great project - best of luck!
Jeffrey Herrmann
23/11/2009
£200.00
N/A
John Nunney
21/11/2009
£30.00
£8.46
Craig Lucas
15/11/2009
£50.00
£14.11
:)
John Knight-Barnard
15/11/2009
£5.00
£1.41
Dave Miller
15/11/2009
£20.00
£5.64
David Pollock
15/11/2009
£50.00
£14.11
A wonderful scheme! More strength to your arms - and legs!
Sue Collingridge
13/11/2009
£50.00
£14.11
A. C. Grayling
13/11/2009
£300.00
£84.63
My warmest good wishes to the Emitos Girls Football Team
Barbara Lee
13/11/2009
£20.00
£5.64
Congratulations.
Win your matches, and may you brilliant, glorious girls inspire your sisters, mothers, and all the women of Uganda towards having happier lives.
Stephen Evans
12/11/2009
£5.00
£1.41
My beloved West Bromwich Albion will always come first, but Emitos Girls can be my second team.
Alex Gilbert
09/11/2009
£30.00
£8.46
A fantastic project. Good luck!
James Fuller
08/11/2009
£50.00
£14.10
Natalie Seward
03/11/2009
£10.00
£2.82
Margaret
28/10/2009
£5.00
N/A
Go girls!
Anon
28/10/2009
£50.00
£14.11
Good Luck
Alan Palmer
21/10/2009
£25.00
£7.05
Well done, Alice. And best of luck with the bookstall
Rebecca Celebuski
19/10/2009
£10.00
N/A
Amazing cause--go girls!
Julia Wright
17/10/2009
£5.00
£1.41
George de Beer
16/10/2009
£20.00
£5.64
Great Project - up the Emitos!!
David Pollock
14/10/2009
£25.00
£7.05
Wonderful project!
Rachael Solem
12/10/2009
£50.00
N/A
I found out about this though Kiva's Atheist lending team. Very exciting work I am pleased to be able to support.
Bruno Medeiros
10/10/2009
£50.00
£14.11
It's a good cause and I hope the girls give their best!
Marco Tranchino
10/10/2009
£20.00
£5.64
Good luck! :-)
Maria MacLachlan
10/10/2009
£50.00
£14.11
As a
Jean Woollard
10/10/2009
£20.00
£5.64
Go girls, go!
Alison McCants
09/10/2009
£50.00
£14.11
Many hands (and wallets) make light work, so I hope everyone who visits this page can donate something! Every little helps!
Josh Kutchinsky
09/10/2009
£25.00
£7.05
With this football team you can only ever win!
Jon de Beer
09/10/2009
£30.00
£8.46
I hope we can make this happen. It's a great cause.
Alice
09/10/2009
£20.00
£5.64
Putting my money where my mouth is!
Andrew Murray
08/10/2009
£20.00
£5.64
Good luck
David Fuller
08/10/2009
£25.00
£7.05
Total online donations £3,117.00
Total offline donations £205.00
Total raised so far: £3,322.00
Total Gift Aid: £743.61
This page is not currently accepting new donations.
The International Humanist Trust is the charitable arm of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), the organisation which is helping the CLHG to transfer the money it raises to Emitos in Uganda. We are very grateful for IHEU's support and continued help in setting up the means to raise the money.
