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May 9, 2009
Direct Development International is in talks with various Ugandan government officials to reserve our place in the realm of Ugandan NGOs.
Thus, in approximately one month’s time, DDI will have established its very first international branch abroad, Direct Development Uganda. The benefits of this project are manifold and include certain shipping exemptions at customs, and the [...]
May 9, 2009
Donations are not the only way you can help DDI, but they are an extremely useful tool to our partners in the developing world. DDI has two financial goals for 2009.
One is to raise half of the $13,000 USD required to build a school for 200 children in a suburb of Kampala, Uganda. Schools in [...]
May 2, 2009
This summer of 2009, Direct Development International volunteers, alongside allies who are disseminating DDI-collected materials through affiliated groups and projects, are working in Latin American countries including Peru, Nicaragua, and Colombia.
Two of DDI’s founding members, Camila Mateo and Anca Grigore are traveling on a two-month community-service oriented trip throughout Central and South America working in [...]
May 2, 2009
In the summer months of 2009, Kelly Heber, one of Direct Development’s founding members, will travel to the rural villages surrounding Entebbe, Uganda, in an effort to deliver collected textbooks, the result of a spring textbook drive at the University of Florida. This is a region where many people receive their first shoes at [...]
Apr 13, 2009
Our volunteers are going to personally deliver collected books throughout May and July of 2009, to help young minds in East Africa, and the Amazon region.
Students in the United States have a multitude of options for financing an education. In places like Entebbe, Uganda, and Belen, Peru, DDI has established links to distribute any [...]