Orphfunds Up-cycled Artistry Rocks into Castlemaine Arts Hub. Platform 5. Totally stoked to have our new photo frames in Castlemaines coolest new hub. Thank you Platform 5 for helping us with the opportunity to raise more money for the kids. They’re selling like hot cake which is nice!
Rice Loan Campaign
Last year we initiated a rice loan campaign in Sierra Leone to help farmers and households back on their feet following Ebola. Recently the farmers paid back their loan (in rice) they now have rice and seeds to grow more again this season. And the real win is that the OrphFund kids are now eating free rice …
Orphfund’s 10th Birthday!
Oh Yes! Its our birthday!!! Today is the day we officially celebrate 10 years of OrphFund being a charity! Its been one heck of a decade. So many highs and quite a few lows. Its taken incredible determination, effort, belief and commitment to make it to this point. I’ve encountered loss, sickness, stress, depression, sadness, …
Another container reaching its destination in Kamakwie
Of course it was never going to be easy reaching Kamakwie! 3 miles from its final destination our container got stuck! Thankfully Foday and Tolo organised a big lift and have now arrived at our project.
Olivia and Issy!
Ivanhoe Grammar School students Olivia and Issy volunteering at our market stall in Melbourne last Sunday helped raise over $700 for new projects in Uganda. Amazing work girls! We’re always looking for new faces to help at our shop so drop us a message if you would like to get involved.
3 new and beautiful classrooms in Uganda!
YAY!! One mission accomplished – 3 beautiful & completed classrooms!! All thanks to the hard work & fundraising efforts of our 2016 Volunteer team. 100% goes to developments like this! The project created employment opportunities for the locals & we now have more space for educating the vulnerable children in the rural community of Karasandara! …
2016 Uganda Volunteer team.
Some of our 2016 volunteers! A bunch of ordinary people doing extraordinary things! Every one is self funded – giving up their time, work, money, energy & efforts to make a difference!
Orphfund shipping container in action!
We recently sent a shipping container from Australia full of items for our projects in Uganda. That container is now being rented out to new business owners running a Cosmetic Store and a CD shop. Volunteer @shiraz_k was their first client on opening day.