Work area
The disruption of the economic base of the district made education almost impossible to afford. Livestock being the main source of income for school fees. The government sponsors the building and the teachers, but not the uniforms, shoes, socks, exercise books, textbooks, pens and so on. School fees or development fees have to be paid to help pay the wages of teachers, renovate school buildings, buy benches to sit on, etc. With no surplus to sell, where does the money come from?
pta contribution: 360.000 sh
development fee:120.000 sh
The Government pays the 41.000 sh, the rest is still up to the parents to pay.
Very many seek accommodation with relatives who are in town, thus creating problems of feeding a large number of people. A lot of other local (community) organizations are coming to LindA Foundation to seek working relationships, as our organization is already making a big impact, just by being there. We give them hope, give them the idea that the world is not forgetting them. They have the idea that our Foundation has the funds and the knowledge to help them with the orphans and the needy people. We have told them that LindA Foundation welcomes the chance to work together, by sharing the “know how”. But like them, we are lacking funds. We are finding that many more orphans are in fact in need of total care.
Lira town is a major commercial centre in the Sub-region. It is strategically located and connects the other towns and districts of Kotido, Pader, Kole, Oyam, Dokolo, Apac, Soroti, Kaberamaido, and Kitgum, in the north. The Langi are a social tribe, hospitable and quite adaptive to new approaches for development. As a result of the start of missionary work in the colonial days, the majority of the Langi are Christians (98%) the rest being Moslems. Atheism is unheard of.
