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Objective  To Train Ugandans To Build World Class Acoustic Guitars.



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$10,290  Amount Raised:
$60,000   Fundraising Goal:


 
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These guys are going to make some amazing guitars...

Tags: community, Empowerment, enterprise, guitar, uganda Edit Icon Edit

 
Our Story:
Vancouver based guitar maker (luthier), Jay Duncan has pledged to spend at least three years in the village of Mpigi, Uganda, training young people to build world class acoustic guitars. 

These guitars will become available in the United States, Canada, and the UK within a few years. 

While in school, our students will learn english, math, computers, basic business and worldview. Upon graduation, they will qualify to continue their studies if they choose.

As the students complete the 4 month course, they will be invited to create their own co-op style company. We will then purchase and distribute the guitars for them, and all proceeds will pay for humanitarian aid programs in the village of Mpigi, and  surrounding villages.  These programs will be implemented by local men and women and will encompass the areas of education/scholarships, health/disease prevention, water, sanitation & electricity, and micro-enterprise. 

Our goal, developed along side local leaders, is to be able to remove ourselves in eight years.  At this point the village of Mpigi will be growing economically, and will become a new role model for economic development in the third world.

We have a large task ahead. Please take a moment and consider how you might aid us in our bid to permanently deal with extreme poverty.

One village at a time.

Sustainable.

Thank you.

Jay Duncan
Luthier & Founder
www.duncanafrica.com


Our GivingGroup Will:

- provide adult education, training, technology and mentoring in an area of high unemployment.

- invest in programs for health, education and sustainable micro-enterprise ventures.

- assist our graduates to create their own co-op style company, and export their products.

Our Commitment:

DuncanAfrica will become a symbol of hope and an ‘instrument for change’ that breaks the cycle of poverty and offers the opportunity for many African people to provide the necessities of life for themselves, their families and their neighbors.

Our Request:

Make a small donation right now!  Find out how easy it is to become an instrument for change. Blog it!  Tell your friends!  Join a growing movement of people who believe that we can do something smart about 'stupid' poverty. 

Throw a party to raise awareness.  Stage a concert, a car wash or cut your Grandma's lawn. Do Something.

On behalf of our future graduates, thank you. 
You are making a difference.

Become An Instrument For Change.
 
 

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