One of the most important parts of the UMMO for us is to give back as we donate all of our profits, sans working capital, to peoples in need. We do our very best to ensure the entirety of our donations go 100% to those that need help. Inasmuch, we stay away from organizations where the money gets absorbed by 'administrative fees.' Our charities change from time to time but they is always a personal and local aspect to them. This years charities are listed below.
Feed My Starving Children
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Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit organization committed to feeding children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: children and adults hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished children, and they ship the meals to nearly 70 countries around the world. |
Church Hill Primary School
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Church Hill Primary School is located in Santoy, Hanover, Jamaica. Its such a small town that one is hard pressed to find it on any map.
When most people think Jamaica they think sandy beaches, ocean and delicious rum drinks. In actuality most of the Jamaicans don't live
near the beach and life is very hard. Daily attendance at school was estimated at only 62 per cent for the children of the poorest
quintile, far from the national average of 92.5 per cent. About 62 per cent of absences were due to lack of money for transportation,
textbooks, school fees or uniforms. In the last decade the percentage of children who reach grade 5 had dropped nearly 10% (all data
from UNICEF).
Our friend Nav Harvey teaches at Church Hill and continues to petition for available funds to no avail. The teachers do the best they can with extremely limited and outdated materials in classes where the kids outnumber the them 40:1. Here is somewhere that 100% of our funds will absolutely help out instantly. The kids sent us these wonderful pictures. |
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