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OBJECTIVE
Help the Women of Kireka start a tailoring business in Kampala, Uganda.
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If we reach exactly $23,000, then we will give money to: Siena Anstis and Beatrice Okeny

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THE PITCH

During the 22-year-old war in Northern Uganda, Eastern Africa, thousands of people fled the violence and abductions wrought by a guerrilla group called the Lord’s Resistance Army.

A group of thirteen women and their thirty children fled to Kampala, the capital of Uganda. They arrived destitute and jobless; their husbands and extended families killed by war or HIV/AIDS.

The women took the first jobs they could find: working at stone quarries for under a $1 a day or prostitution. Often both.

Our goal is to raise enough funding to help these women start a sustainable tailoring business and give them the right to feed their children more than once a day.

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Siena Anstis started this discussion on Sep 24, 2008

Hey all!

If you’re interested in learning more about the Women of Kireka, please check out our website at www.nuwechi.wordpress.com

Siena Anstis
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Andrew Mason started this discussion on Sep 19, 2008

How much specifically are you trying to raise? You should make that the tipping point for the campaign.

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    Dear Andrew,

    The tipping point is $23,000. Where can I post that on the website?

    Thanks!

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    Dear Andrew,

    The tipping point is $23,000. Where can I post that on the website?

    Thanks!

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    Cool – I updated the campaign for you. So the way it works is that people pledge, but the funds are only released once you raise the full amount you need for the project.

    Add as much detail as possible! The more we know about you, the people this will help, and exactly how the money will be used, the more people will want to donate.

    As a token of good will, I’ll throw in the first $100 :)

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    Hey there,

    Thanks! That’s kind of you.

    23,000 seems a very long way off!

    Any tips on advertising? I have this link all over the blog itself, Facebook, email chains etc.

    s

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