NEWS

KITGUM PROJECT 1
Darren Darren

KITGUM PROJECT 1

We are delighted to announce our design partnership with @architectswithoutfrontiers & @jcbarchitects.

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News ideas (content that could be repurposed from existing Instagram posts)

  • 2021 Qurban campaign results

  • 2021 Ramadan Foodbank campaign results

  • Support Stories: Arach – single mother, was very delighted to receive the food relief provided by UDI. Pregnant at 13 and dropped out of school; the father denied responsibility, and she has been struggling alone since. Very happy for UDI and wishes them well

  • Story about Mescidi Aksa, Uganda mosque, built by Uthman and volunteers

  • 2020 COVID-19 relief

  • Community: Supporting Gang Ber Ki Mon Women's Group (21/10/2020)

  • Story about the chance meeting between Muhammed and Uthman, and how UDI came to be

  • Support Stories: Achil - disabled, appreciates the food relief but wishes UDI can ‘teach her how to fish’ so she can eat for a lifetime – education (https://www.instagram.com/p/CBseoYPDb0p/)

  • 2020 Qurban campaign results

  • Sportsco Werribee donation of 40 pairs of footwear to those in need

  • Support Stories: Matthew, elder man, lives in Urom. Very grateful for food relief and prays for UDI to continue their great work (https://www.instagram.com/p/CBseoYPDb0p/)

  • Is UDI a Muslim organisation? No, although faith is a strong driver of what we do.

  • UDI half-yearly report 2020 (link to Accountability)

  • Post about supporting local districts/communities

  • Support Stories: Amor – 84 yo, widow raising 9 orphans during COVID-19. Has been a struggle and "sometimes she wishes she had died as well so that she could rest". The donated relief helped out tremendously (https://www.instagram.com/p/CBseoYPDb0p/)

  • Partnership Announcement with Architects Without Frontiers (AWF) and Jackson Clements Burrows Architects (JCBA) for the plan for Kitgum 1

  • 140kg donated clothing by volunteers on 2019 Uganda trip

  • 2019 Volunteers trip

  • Sponsoring Broadmeadows Stars SC (2019)

  • Donating new mattresses for orphans (03/10/2019)

  • Third Man Up Charity Event (2019)

  • What is Fitre, and why is it important to Muslims?

  • Sunshine KKTC Grand Opening (2019)

  • Post about helping local hospitals and prisons

  • Support Stories: UDI assisted with transport and medical expenses for Annet, who was suffering from skin cancer (CEMINET (Community Empowerment Initiatives Network))

  • UDI 2019 Iftar event – Melbourne and Kitgum (2019)

  • UDI GoFundMe campaign - $7000+ raised

  • Sport is a very powerful way to bring together community and encourage unity (Soccer)

  • Official formation of Uthman's Dream Incorporated

  • Land donated by Uganda Muslim Supreme Council to UDI for Kitgum 1 (07/01/2019)