11/19/08

Making a difference in Uganda with the web

Two weeks ago, the mother of two of our founding partners and soon-to-be mother-in-law of our managing partner called us from Kampala, Uganda. Susan Evans is there for a 5 week professional trip to help one of the main hospitals there in the capital of Uganda set up a Social Work program. She will be returning later this week and opening up her private practice after many years working for public schools in Illinois.

She is a humanitarian at heart and saw a chance to help an individual directly. One girl she came across is 13 years-old and suffering from a lethal yet treatable bone cancer for which her family has no chance of being able to pay for chemo treatments. The entire set of treatments would only cost $600 and have a good chance of saving her life. 3oproof set up a donation site and information and the response was overwhelming. In under a week, we raised more than $1500 in small donations. This money will help several other patients directly. The amount keeps growing. Susan has set up an account with the social work program in which the money will continue to be sent after she leaves late this week. For now, the information is available at her web page.


After this week, Susan's progress will be available on her main page at SusanEvansLCSW.com.

Good Job Susan!

-30proof team

Here is the current amount raised: