Projects by Type

Ayila Primary School is in Amulu in Gulu, Northern Uganda around 29km from Dr. Andrew McAvoy Primary School. The school has 12 acres of land and has been running since 1993.

Buyobe Primary School is in the district of Kayunga, north of Kampala and has been running since 1992. The school owns about 1 acre of land.

Katuba Primary School is in the Mukona district, 15kms from Mukono town. The school has 4 acres of land.

Kijuko Primary School is located in the Mukono district overlooking Lake Victoria. It is 35km from Kampala. The school owns about 1 acre of land.

Lweeza Primary School is situated on a hill overlooking Lake Victoria. It is in a remote area of the Mokono district. The nearest town is Nenjeru (10km). The school owns 10 acres of land.

Abaana has been running a child sponsorship scheme now since 1997. We currently sponsor just over 1200 children from Uganda, East Africa. Most of the kids sponsored attend schools that Abaana have funded and can therefore ensure are kept up to the standards required by our child sponsorship program. We also sponsor kids attending schools funded by "Fields of Life", an Irish charity that we would often partner with.

In 2008 we began one of our largest projects in the North of Uganda, in a town called Gulu. For 20 years a war has raged between the government and rebel soldiers. The local people lived in fear. The children know more about fighting than playing. Society has broken down. We want to help bring back hope...

A recent study claimed there were as many as 32 million children living on the streets in Africa. Children with no home to go to at the end of the day, no bed to lie in and no family to give them love. They rarely own more than the clothes on their back and each day they walk the streets begging or looking for work to survive. Lets turn things around for them...

"Life was difficult on the street; I would go out to bins and on roads looking for something to eat. On the street I would be sick all the time, but still could not go back home to be mistreated." Regan 10 years old and living on the street.

We have already built 4 water wells in Zambia, but the need is so great. With a life expectancy of around just 40 years, it is estimated that roughly only 28% of people have access to water.

Medical drugs, bandages and equipment may be something we take for granted, but to a hospital in Africa, they are expensive. This means that often they have to charge too much for treatment and many people can't afford to pay.