CROSO is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping street children in Uganda. CROSO completes this
mission through:
1) providing scholarship funds, completely sponsoring C.R.O. children in their post-secondary education.
2) accepting tax-deductible donations to C.R.O., supporting their mission to provide a strong alternative to street children in Uganda. For more information about C.R.O., please visit their website: www.crouganda.org
Why We Started CROSO:
When I was studying abroad in Uganda in the fall of 2006, I had the opportunity to complete an internship with C.R.O. to have experience working with a non-government organization. During my time there, I interviewed many of the street children and staff to learn about their lives and their experiences with C.R.O. Through these interviews I learned about many of the wonderful services that C.R.O. provides, but I also learned about some ways that C.R.O. needed improvement. A new problem they were facing was a lack of funds to send students on to continue their education past secondary school. When C.R.O. first began sixteen years ago, there was no need for this because the children were all going to primary school. As C.R.O. has continued to grow over the years, they have found people to sponsor students in secondary school. Now, these students need support in order for them to go on to universities and technical institutes.
As I wrote home about my activities in Uganda, I received feedback from people who were hoping to donate to this wonderful organization. There was no tax-deductible forum for American donors and that made me begin thinking about creating a non-profit organization. Furthermore, I thought it would be great to combine some of our resources to create a specific fund for scholarships. With positive feedback from C.R.O. staff and friends and family from home, we were able to put this organization together!
Thank you for all your support and I hope that we can keep working together to provide a brighter future for these Ugandan students.
