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2/5/2007 - ORDINARY PEOPLE DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS ORDINARY PEOPLE DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS WITH OPENING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UGANDA i.HUG Foundation Call-to-Action Results in Funds to Help Educate Poverty Stricken Children NEW YORK CITY, February 5, 2007 - Thanks to the dedication of local community leaders and the i.HUG (I Help Uganda Grow) Foundation, Kabalagala, Uganda today celebrated the opening of its primary school, the Kabalagala Community Academy. “The Kabalagala Community Academy presents children the same opportunities as Oprah Winfrey’s school for girls — a future,” said Joanna Breitstein, co-founder and president, and executive editor of Pharmaceutical Executive magazine. “Our school opening is evidence that anyone who wishes to help children in Africa can help make a big difference.” i.HUG is an 501c3 international non-profit organization founded to provide disadvantaged and orphaned children in Uganda education and access to healthcare. After a year of fundraising, i.HUG has been able to secure a school building, books, school supplies, desks and teachers—and to feed and clothe the students so that they can concentrate and learn. “Co-founder and i.HUG vice-president Jane Dicker is serving as the head teacher until the educational program is firmly in place,” noted Breitstein. “She is working closely with community leaders to ensure the school becomes a permanent fixture in Kabalagala.” Many of the children in Kabalagala are orphaned from AIDS or abandoned in the face of overwhelming poverty. The unlucky ones live on the streets. But with the opening of Kabalagala Community Academy, they’ll have the opportunity to break the poverty cycle by gaining an education. Lessons taught at the Kabalagala Community Academy include reading, writing, and math. The children also will be taught basic life skills, such as farming. i.HUG has attracted not only individual donors, but also has engaged in private/public partnerships. Groups like LyonHeart and Cushman/Amberg HealthInfo Direct have committed resources and volunteers to help the organization. LyonHeart, one of the largest U.S. healthcare marketing and advertising agencies, recently donated an undisclosed amount through the generosity of their employees. Together, these donations have been used to finance the start-up costs for the Academy. While the school is open to all needy children in Kabalagala, attendance is limited. “There are not enough funds to expand our capacity to treat more of the children who so desperately need care,” noted Breitstein. “We continually need to seek out support so more children can attend school and have the opportunity to life themselves out of extreme poverty.” People interested in learning more about the Kabalagala Community Academy or in making a donation to Kabalagala Community Academy can visit www.iHUGfoundation.org.

2/5/2007 - ORDINARY PEOPLE DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS

ORDINARY PEOPLE DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS WITH OPENING OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UGANDA
i.HUG Foundation Call-to-Action Results in Funds to Help Educate Poverty Stricken Children

NEW YORK CITY, February 5, 2007 - Thanks to the dedication of local community leaders and the i.HUG (I Help Uganda Grow) Foundation, Kabalagala, Uganda today celebrated the opening of its primary school, the Kabalagala Community Academy.

“The Kabalagala Community Academy presents children the same opportunities as Oprah Winfrey’s school for girls — a future,” said Joanna Breitstein, co-founder and president, and executive editor of Pharmaceutical Executive magazine. “Our school opening is evidence that anyone who wishes to help children in Africa can help make a big difference.”

i.HUG is an 501c3 international non-profit organization founded to provide disadvantaged and orphaned children in Uganda education and access to healthcare. After a year of fundraising, i.HUG has been able to secure a school building, books, school supplies, desks and teachers—and to feed and clothe the students so that they can concentrate and learn.

“Co-founder and i.HUG vice-president Jane Dicker is serving as the head teacher until the educational program is firmly in place,” noted Breitstein. “She is working closely with community leaders to ensure the school becomes a permanent fixture in Kabalagala.”

Many of the children in Kabalagala are orphaned from AIDS or abandoned in the face of overwhelming poverty. The unlucky ones live on the streets. But with the opening of Kabalagala Community Academy, they’ll have the opportunity to break the poverty cycle by gaining an education. Lessons taught at the Kabalagala Community Academy include reading, writing, and math. The children also will be taught basic life skills, such as farming.

i.HUG has attracted not only individual donors, but also has engaged in private/public partnerships. Groups like LyonHeart and Cushman/Amberg HealthInfo Direct have committed resources and volunteers to help the organization. LyonHeart, one of the largest U.S. healthcare marketing and advertising agencies, recently donated an undisclosed amount through the generosity of their employees. Together, these donations have been used to finance the start-up costs for the Academy.

While the school is open to all needy children in Kabalagala, attendance is limited. “There are not enough funds to expand our capacity to treat more of the children who so desperately need care,” noted Breitstein. “We continually need to seek out support so more children can attend school and have the opportunity to life themselves out of extreme poverty.”

People interested in learning more about the Kabalagala Community Academy or in making a donation to Kabalagala Community Academy can visit www.iHUGfoundation.org.