Support Set Her Free: Empower Ugandan Women

The school year has unfortunately wrapped up and we had our last chapter meeting on April 28^th. Some of our semester highlights include: our most successful conference yet, and our first annual GlobalGiving day where we were able to raise a ton of money with the help from all of our donors. We are so thankful for everyone’s support! With everyone’s help we were able to shatter our goal of raising $10,000 for SHF this year! We are so beyond proud of our chapter. As the year ended, we elected new presidents and a new executive board. We are so proud to call Elizabeth Campbell and Janani Krishnan our new co-presidents. We also want to take the time to thank Ellie Smith and Adam Ricker, our co-presidents for the 2018-2019 school year. They were amazing leaders and helped make it the most successful year of GlobeMed yet! As we transition into summer, we are looking forward to sending a new set of GROW interns to Set Her Free. They will be learning from Robinah and all the staff at SHF, a truly incredible and informative experience. We are so excited for them to strengthen our partnership and bring back lots of stories for our chapter. A few updates concerning Set Her Free include: the continuation of the Angel House project, construction plans for the buildings of the Angel House, the creation of a chicken farm, and all girls in formal education have been sent to boarding schools (which is the norm in Uganda). SHF has partnered with some architects from the US who are generously helping plan the blueprints for this amazing project. This past semester, the US-based architects had the chance to go to Uganda to meet with the local architects and builders to help solidify the plans. The chicken farm will help with sustainability efforts as it provides a means for food and alternative income. Formerly, some of the younger girls had been staying at the house and receiving their education at a local day school, but due to the strengthening of government regulations, that was no longer allowed. Although the SHF staff are sad that they are no longer as close by, they are happy that these girls are still given the opportunity to further their education. Finally, we just want to take the time to say thanks to generous donors like you, who help GlobeMed make its partnership with SHF so successful. Without people like you, we would not be able to reach our fundraising goals! We will be passing along updates from our new GROW team throughout the summer and we cannot wait until we are back in DC in August to start another year of GlobeMed!