Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Ussoforal helps over 200 children throughout Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Mozambique by providing an alternative to delinquency andidleness through the organization of artistic activities promoting culture, such as traditional dance and theater.

Project Message

I have followed several of the children over the course of three years and they are thriving. USSOFORAL is a small organization that has accomplished much with very limited resources.
- Michelle S. Jacobs, Regular Contributor to Ussoforal

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Tim Rosche,
English Language Correspondent
USAID DELIVER Project of John Snow, Inc (JSI)
PO Box 9263, TDFL 1 Building, Ohio St, 3rd Floor
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
2123970
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

Learn more about Grupo Ussoforal, Inc and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Guinea-Bissau and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Guinea-Bissau, read the Human Development Report on Guinea-Bissau or the Wikipedia entry for Guinea-Bissau.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on February 20, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 30, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Ussoforal Founder back in West Africa

By Tim Rosche - English Language Correspondent, February 20, 2008 05:54 PM

The founder of Ussoforal, Sadio Diatta Rosche, returned to West Africa after several months in the United States promoting the Ussoforal Group. After spending January in Senegal, she has now arrived in Guinea-Bissau.

Sadio brought back 9 huge duffle bags crammed with clothing and school supplies donated by generous contributors primarily from the Washington and Boston areas where she was promoting African dance and Ussoforal's community strengthening activities. These donations are now being distributed among Ussoforal's children in Ziguinchor, Senegal and the Plack 2 neighborhood in Bissau. In addition, Sadio has been hand delivering cash sponsorship donations for specific individual children chosen by US benefactors directly to the families to be applied toward school fees or other basic necessities.

March 30, 2008 will mark the 8th anniversary of the Ussoforal Group, and Sadio is now busy making preparations for the commemoratory celebration that will be held March 29 and 30 - confirming commitments from the local artists who have volunteered their time to perform, and contacting the numerous government and international organizations who will attend (and contribute).

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