Would you like to volunteer or contribute to a project with Oysters & Pearls in Uganda?

Volunteer Opportunities

We welcome your participation in one of our teaching programs or if there is a project which you would like to design, we can help you get connected to the community that will most benefit.  This can include your travelling to Uganda or organizing funding and supplies that are sent to the community through us.  Please use the contact form to get in touch.

Donate Cash or Stocks

All proceeds from any donation will go directly to a project or program of your choosing. Oysters & Pearls is a 501(c)(3) based in the United States, with the purpose of fundraising for Oysters & Pearls – Uganda, an NGO registered in Uganda.

The Washburn Fund for Uganda is registered with Schwab Charitable and can accept cash or appreciated stocks that are tax-deductible in accordance with Federal Tax Laws.

Oysters & Pearls is a registered non-profit on Amazon Smile.

We can accept donations via Pay Pal.

Purchase Wish List Items

Most Urgent Needs

Secondary School Scholarships for Blind Students – blind and visually students who perform well in Primary are often overlooked for secondary school. Our scholarships are awarded to Primary Leavers who finish with Distinction.

PlexTalk – for about $300, these small appliances can play back recorded class lectures or read aloud scanned Textbooks for Secondary students.

Discretionary Funds – monetary donations at any level go to support the purchase of supplies such as computers, software or data for modems for outreach to over 25 schools for Technovation Global Challenge for Girls (age 11 – 18) and the Annual Science & Robotics Challenge for all secondary school co-eds. We also purchase Braille Paper for University students.

Annual Tech Camp – Tech Camps for blind and sighted secondary school students are two-week intense residential programs for secondary school students to work in groups to gain skills, solve problems and express themselves creativity and are held in three locations during January before the new school starts.

Laptop Computers and Software – We carry these personally to Uganda. We need laptops that run Windows 10. We purchase MS Office through a non-profit. Oysters & Pearls – Uganda has a country site license for the purchase of FUSION (JAWS + ZoomText) which is a screenreader and magnifier for the blind and visually impaired.