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- Vim is public domain. If you are happy with Vim and want to express that,
- don't send me money. I don't need it. But I know a place where they do need
- your money. Please read on.
-
- Summer 1993 I spent one month in Uganda with a Dutch team. What I experienced
- there was very impressive. Together with local people we built a nursery
- school in Kibale. In only three weeks from nothing to a roofed building!
-
- Kibale is a small town in the south of Uganda. It is an area that is suffering
- from AIDS very badly. About 30% of the adults are infected. Because parents
- die, there are many orphans. They need a lot of help. The Kibale children
- centre is working hard to provide the needy with food, medical care and
- education. Food and medical care to keep them healthy now, and education so
- that they can take care of themselves in the future. This is the best charity
- program I have ever encountered.
-
- The key to solving the problems in this area is education. This has been
- neglected in the past years with president Idi Amin and the following civil
- wars. The people have to learn how to take care of themselves and how to avoid
- infections. There is also help for people who are ill, but the primary goal
- is to prevent people from getting ill.
-
- I was impressed by the progress that is being made there. The work is very
- well organized. Every dollar is spent on something useful. Our team brought
- about $2000. For that money we were able to built most of a two classroom
- nursery school. They have further plans to build a primary school and houses
- for the teachers. They also need money for books and other teaching materials.
-
- If you want to support the Kibale children centre, please send a contribution.
-
- How do you know that the money will be spent right? First of all you have my
- personal guarantee as the author of Vim. Further the project is co-sponsored
- and inspected by World Vision and International Child Care Fund. I will visit
- the project a second time in January 1994. Friends of mine will go there in
- the summer of 1994. So I keep informed about what is happening there.
-
- If you have any further questions, send me e-mail: mool@oce.nl.
-
- The director of the project is:
- Sekaran Vellasamy
- p.o. box 1658
- Masaka, Uganda, East Africa
-
- Transfering money from Holland:
- Use one of my accounts:
- Rabobank Venlo, nr. 3765.05.117
- Postbank, nr. 1644503
-
- Transfering money from Europe:
- To avoid banking costs the best thing is to send me a Eurocheque. But any
- other method should work.
-
- Transfering money from USA:
- Send me a check that can be cashed in Holland. Any "standard" banking check
- should be OK. Please consider adding $10 for banking costs.
-
- My address: Bram Moolenaar
- Clematisstraat 30
- 5925 BE Venlo
- The Netherlands.
-
- Or you can transfer the money directly to the director of the project.
- I don't know how well this works and what the costs are.
-
- Gold Trust Bank LTD - Kampala
- a/c no. 36059709
- Citibank, N.A.
- Global Clearance Services
- 111 Wall Street 16th floor
- New York 10043
- U.S.A.
- Beneficiary Mr. Sekaran Vellasamy a/c no. 2100
-