Throughout the start of summer, the AIA Center has been humming back to life. We’ve been saying it a lot lately, but it is so great to see all of our programs fully up and running after two long years of lockdown. The sound of laughter and pencils being sharpened, the smell of hot porridge cooking, the piles of shoes outside all the classrooms…We just couldn’t be any happier!

Throughout the start of summer, the AIA Center has been humming back to life. We’ve been saying it a lot lately, but it is so great to see all of our programs fully up and running after two long years of lockdown. The sound of laughter and pencils being sharpened, the smell of hot porridge cooking, the piles of shoes outside all the classrooms…We just couldn’t be any happier!

We're *so close*, but we still need $700 to get us to the finish line. If 20 more people can give $35 each - that will get us to our goal!

Together we have raised 86% of the $5,000 which will allow us to purchase:

5 laptops for incoming university scholarship students to use at school

5 new laptops for recently hired Ugandan staff

A new printer for the AIA office in Uganda

Thank you to everyone who has already given for helping us provide these crucial tools!

Last year you pitched in and helped us purchase laptops for our staff and university students in order to give them the tech tools they need to be successful.

A year later, our staff in Uganda is continuing to grow and we have five new university students joining our University Scholarship Program. And while printers aren’t exciting, having a working one is crucial to the work our staff does. That's why we are coming back to you a year later to see if you will once again join us in supporting our tech-related needs in Uganda.

It’s been a long two years of doing whatever we could to help our community remain resilient during the COVID crisis, but we’ve turned a corner and are working on making 2022 our biggest and best year ever! Below is just a brief summary of what we’ve been up to so far, but stay tuned - we’ve got lots of exciting announcements planned for the coming months!

High School Clubs are the foundation of AIA’s work and support our mission by hosting fundraisers, organizing supply drives, and even volunteering in Uganda. Because of this, we felt it was important to support these young leaders in their development and awarded three scholarships to students from our Aspen High School Club to participate in Aspen Institute’s High School Great Ideas.