I have recently been assigned to the community partner I'll be working with in Uganda. It's called The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) and was founded by the first Ugandans to come out as HIV positive. TASO focuses on promoting living positively with AIDS. I'm not sure what exactly I'll be doing with them but apparently their volunteer program is well established. The CVAP coordinator also mentioned that volunteer work with TASO is counted as an international internship. Check out TASO's website: http://www.tasouganda.org/
On another note, today after receive an online donation from a friend and a cash donation from my uncle out west, I have almost raised $2000! Bake sales and tickets for a dance fundraiser over the past week really helped! I raised over $400 in bake sale sales alone. That's a lot of cupcakes, brownies, cookies, and banana bread. I'm now completely out of flour and sugar, so there will be no more baking until July. It's hard to believe that it has only been a month and a half since I launched the fundraising campaign. I am incredibly appreciative to everyone that has contributed and I feel very proud of my friends for supporting this good cause.
I am confident that together we can raise the remaining $500 by May 2! May 2 - that's when I leave for Uganda. Can you believe it?!
Melissa
