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ABC News published an op-ed by three of our board members, Michael “Mick” Mulroy, Eric Oehlerich, and Sasha Lezhnev. Excerpts are below – read the full piece here. Analysis: How the US can combat the soldiering of children By MICK MULROY and ERIC OEHLERICH, ABC News, and SASHA LEZHNEV (NEW YORK) — Stopping the use of childContinue reading “Our op-ed in ABC News: Combating Child Soldiering”

We are very excited to announce our Annual Report for 2019. Read the full report here. The highlights are below. GRG had a busy year, directly reaching a total of 2,623 former child soldiers, refugees, and host community members: 1,573 women & 1,050 men. Our total annual budget for 2019: $46,840 Problems Child soldiers. 1 in 3 boys and 1Continue reading “Our Impact, Thanks to Your Help: Annual Report”

A huge thank you to all our supporters for your generous donations This past September, we launched our campaign to tackle food insecurity for refugees and their host community members in northern Uganda. Following COVID-19 lockdown measures and World Food Program (WFP) cuts to food rations, refugees in Palabek Refugee Settlement have been forced toContinue reading “Thanks to you, 1,500 refugees will now receive livelihoods assistance”

“GRG’s Livelihoods program has helped us through a tough year. 2020 will remain unforgettable in my life, as so many things have happened within a very short period of time. At the beginning of the year, we encountered looting of our animals, a locust invasion in the northern region that destroyed our crops, and laterContinue reading “1 week left to donate and restore vital livelihoods for former child soldiers!”

Since your donations helped us to reach our original target of $3,000, we are now increasing our target to $4,000! With this extra support, we can provide essential livelihoods assistance to vulnerable refugee families. Many children arrive at Palabek without parents or caregivers, often due to losing their families during the war or on theContinue reading “Donate to support vulnerable refugee families”

We are super excited. $3000 raised within the first week! Thank you so much for your generous support! Help us share the campaign and reach our new goal of $4,000, before the end of September. Donate here: https://gogetfunding.com/grassroots/ So far, your donations have provided: 39 bunches of vitamin-rich sweet potato vines to 195 refugees. 184 kgContinue reading “Fundraising Campaign Taking-off! But you can still continue to support refugees”

GRG is announcing a new campaign today, “Thought for Food,” to help South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda and their host communities. Over 1 million refugees have fled war in South Sudan to northern Uganda in recent years, yet the World Food Programme announced that it is cutting food aid to the refugees down to 1 meal aContinue reading “Refugees’ Food Aid Cut to 1 meal a day: Help Them to Survive with Livelihood Projects”