Partner Update: A Valentine Greeting
Date: February 14th, 2023
Enjoy this seasonal greeting from our partners in South Africa.
Enjoy this seasonal greeting from our partners in South Africa.
Registration is now open for Ubuntu Global Connection’s THIRD annual Walk in Their Shoes to benefit Axium Education’s educational initiatives in the rural Eastern Cape of South Africa. Axium Education reaches children who live in unremitting socio-economic hardship, bringing innovative high-quality educational programs that engage and satisfy their deep thirst...
To all our friends and supporters of Ubuntu Global Connections, have we told you how much we appreciate you? Together we raised over $355,000 in 2022 to support our South African partners, and I’m sure you can imagine what an enormous difference this makes to so many. We are now...
For several years, Axium Founder Craig Paxton and his colleague Mike Gathercole have made an October visit to Concord, MA to connect with friends who have visited and volunteered at Axium in years past. Craig and Mike especially enjoy putting their racquet skills to the test during a Paddle fundraiser....
April 23 was a beautiful day for a Walk in their Shoes. The Ubuntu Global Connections fundraiser was truly a global event, with 170 people around the world involved. Walks were hosted in 5 countries, and supporters from over 20 countries all came together for an entertaining, educational kick-off Zoom...
A Note of Thanks from Ubuntu Global Connections Founder, Amy Gleason: Thank you to those of you who supported Ubuntu’s March 2022 trip – our milestone 30th trip! – by donating items and/or money for the nonprofit organizations in South Africa. You sent us with a total of $7,700 and...
In preparation for Ubuntu’s March 2022 trip to South Africa, we have requested a list from each of our organizations of their current, most-needed items. We invite you to share in the journey by helping us fulfill these “wish lists” in one of three ways.
Thanks to you and other generous donors, Ubuntu Global Connections directed a total of $203,817 to our partner organizations in South Africa between September 2021 and today. This funding has had an extraordinary impact on the important work they are doing to serve and strengthen their communities. Their new and...
Axium Education is ending its 12th year of raising student achievement by working with schools in rural Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. What amazing growth and impact they have had! From an initial science- and math-focused team of two, Axium has grown to a staff of 103 serving 3,500...
Jabulani Rural Health Foundation is constructing a Livelihoods Access Centre in the center of the village. This building will serve the community in a variety of ways. Primary funding for the building has been secured, but your donations allowed Ubuntu Global Connection’s to make a $5,000 contribution to provide much-needed...