By Sam Vonumu | Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board
Dear Sponsors and Friends,
For those who do not know me, I was a slum dweller once upon a time from India. It is because of a sponsor’s help I was able to go to school and get an education. Education has changed my life forever and today I have learned to give back. I have been giving my time, my money and almost everything for 19 years. I have a full-time job in the IT Industry. Outside my job, leading Uplift a Child International as it’s CEO in a voluntary position spending 2000+ hours annually. I may be one of the poorest American living in Washington D.C area. But I am very happy in life living a simple life with my little daughter Stella and my wife Rena. We are very satisfied in life and happy to go many extra miles to make a difference to underprivileged children in the world.
2019 was a challenging year for us. It was a great year for all of our children. Out of our 4,000 children, we had close to 1,000 children without sponsors. We took the risk and put them in school with a hope that we could manage. Making a little adjustment will change someone’s lives. Uplift a Child is thankful to our Sponsors and Volunteers for their dedicated service to humanity through their contribution of time and money. They are our backbone and we are successful because of their help. Once again, we left “No Child Behind” for education in 2019. All our children within our network are at School and doing very well.
Wish you all a Happy New Year 2020
Sam Vonumu
Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board
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