{UAH} UNAA Dallas 2013 Welcomes Twegaite to UNAA's Silver Jubilee
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The 2013 Basoga Twegaite Convention that took place earlier this year during the memorial weekend in Los Angeles was a truly wonderful event that featured an incredible amount of positive information about the past, present and future of Busoga.
Twegaite will be fundraising for a project to build a Cancer Wing at Jinja Hospital at the upcoming UNAA Convention in Dallas, Texas as well as participating in a Health Forum discussion with other health sector stakeholders including the Minister of Health from Uganda on Sunday, September 1st; Noon – 2 pm at the Omni Downtown Dallas Hotel.
Twegaite continues to advance its mission of providing health needs for Busoga Region. Through your donation we hope to see many lives changed for the better.
The goal of the Basoga community of California is to continue to make a difference in the health of the people of Uganda starting with the people of Busoga. With the help of donations from supporters such as you we will continue to see health improvements in the region and Uganda as a whole
The cancer center is critical in alleviating the much dreaded disease across Uganda and also provides a palliative care unit, screening center as well as a laboratory testing center used for various tests across East Africa. The center will eventually have a cancer education institute.
Because of the criticality of this center, there was a parliamentary delegation sent to augment the Twegaite convention and see that the cancer center plan is developed further and therefore this initiative has garnered support in Uganda to the highest level.
Later in 2014 there will be a ground breaking ceremony for the $ 5 M first phase.
About Us
Twegaite was founded in New Jersey in 1998.
We started out as an organization of Basoga and their friends in the Diaspora with the commitment of the development of Busoga and Uganda.
We have now grown into a multinational organization and take on initiatives that include the communities in which we live across the world.
What We Do
- Promote efforts that better our communities through the delivery of better health care, developing education, promoting advanced agriculture, technology, environmental protection and improving the socio-economic conditions of our members.
- Exchange information, discussion through seminars, conventions, workshops and other methods to better understand problems facing members, and to celebrate and share information and advanced methods of improving self-reliance.
- Foster business and inter cultural exchanges and relationships.
- Advocate for the socio economic improvement of our communities.
- Identify barriers and solutions that hinder socio-economic development in Busoga, Uganda and international communities in which we live.
- Promote the spirit of unification and togetherness through Twegaite - United We Stand.
U.S. Activity
· We hold annual international conventions:
· Los Angeles, May 2013 | Washington, DC, May 2014
· Implement an immigrant settlement and assistance program
· Adult Education Support Services
· Support for community activity initiated by local governments
Activity in Uganda
· Developing the Jinja Cancer Institute
· Development of the Kidera Education Institute
· Development of the Busoga Language Program
· Development of the Twegaite Microfinance
· Support for Hospice Jinja
· Support for Cultural Center, Jinja
· Support for Busoga University
· Support for the Mayuge Health Centers
· Support for Pest + Hunger Eradication Fund
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Brian Kwesiga
Chairman, Convention Organizing Committee & Deputy Speaker, UNAA Council
Ugandan North American Association (UNAA)
Cell: +1 972 415 6372 | Fax: +1 503 218 6565 | http://www.unaa.org/
UNAA Dallas 2013 - Silver Jubilee Convention: Harnessing the Power of the Diaspora
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