uganda.txt ForVim version 9.2. Last change: 2026 Feb 14VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram MoolenaarugandaUgandacopyingcopyrightlicenseSUMMARYKuwashaVimis Charityware. You can use and copyitas muchas you like, but you areencouraged to makea donation for needy children in Uganda. Please seekccbelow or visit theKuwasha web site, availableat the following URL:https://www.kuwasha.netYou can alsosponsor thedevelopment of Vim, seesponsor. The money goes toUganda anyway.iccfICCFICCF Holland and KuwashaBram Moolenaar's charity,ICCF Holland, has long supported the education ofchildren inUganda through theKibaale Children's Centre. Following Bram'spassing in 2023,ICCF Holland transferred all activities to its sistercharityKuwasha in Canada and dissolvedat theend of 2025.Donations from Vim users are still welcome and will continue togo directly toUganda. 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However, differentlicense conditions may apply to some runtime files included with Vim; these will be specified in the header of each respective file.==============================================================================Kibaale Children's CentrekccKibaalecharityKibaale Children's Centre (KCC)is located in Kibaale,a small town in thesouth of Uganda, near Tanzania, in East Africa. The areais knownas RakaiDistrict. The populationis mostly farmers. Although people are poor, thereusuallyis enough food. But this districtis suffering from AIDS more thanany other part of the world. Some say thatit started there. Estimations arethat in the past 10 to 30% of the Ugandans are infected with HIV. Becauseparents die, there are many orphans. In this district about 60,000 childrenhave lost one or both parents, out ofa population of 350,000. Although AIDSis now mostly under control, the problems are still continuing.The children needa lot of help. The KCCis working hard to provide the needywith food, medical care and education. Food and medical care to keep themhealthy now, and education so that they can take care of themselves in thefuture. KCC works ona Christian base, buthelpis given to children of anyreligion.The key to solving the problems in this areais education. This has beenneglected in the past years with president Idi Amin and the following civilwars. Now that the governmentis stable again, the children and parents haveto learn how to take care of themselves and how to avoid infections. Thereisalsohelp for people who are ill and hungry, but the primary goalis toprevent people from getting ill and to teach them how to grow healthy food.Most of the orphans are living in an extended family. An uncle or oldersisteris taking care of them. Because these families are big and the income(if any)is low,a childis lucky ifit gets healthy food. Clothes, medicalcare and schoolingis beyond its reach. Tohelp these needy children,asponsorship program wasput into place.A child can be financially adopted.Fora few dollarsa month KCC sees toit that the child gets indispensableitems,is healthy, goes to school and KCC takes care of anything else thatneeds to be done for the child and the family that supports it.Besides helping the child directly, the environment where the child grows upneeds to be improved. KCC helps schools to improve their teaching methods.Thereisa demonstration schoolat the centre and teacher trainings are given.Health workers are being trained, hygiene educationis carried out andhouseholds are stimulated to builda proper latrine.I helped setting upaproduction site for cement slabs. These are used to builda good latrine.They are sold below cost price.Thereisa clinicat the project, which provides children and their familymedical help. Since 2020a maternity ward was added and 24/7 serviceisavailable. When needed, transport toa hospitalis offered. Immunizationprograms are carried out andhelpis provided when an epidemicis breaking out(measles and cholera have beena problem).Summer 1994 to summer 1995Bram spenta whole yearat the centre, workingasavolunteer.Bram helped to expand the centre and worked in the area of waterand sanitation.Bram learned that thehelp that the KCC provides reallyhelps. WhenBram came back to Holland, he wanted to continue supporting KCC.Todo this he has been raising funds and organizing the sponsorship program.Howdo you know that the money will be spent right? First of all you have thepersonal guarantee ofBramas theauthor of Vim, who knew the people workingat the centre personally. Furthermore, the centre has beenco-sponsored and inspected by World Vision, Save the Children Fund andis nowunder the supervision of Pacific Academy Outreach Society.Bram hasvisited the centre many times,starting in 1993. The visit reports arehave been shared on theICCF web site (may no longer be available).If you have any further questions, send an e-mail: info@kuwasha.net.The address of the centre is:Kibaale Children's Centrep.o. box 1658Masaka, Uganda, East AfricadonateSending money:Check theKuwasha web site for the latest information!Look on their site for information about sponsorship:https://www.kuwasha.net/If you makea donation toKuwasha you will receivea taxreceipt which can be submitted with your tax return.Credit Card:You can use PayPal to send money witha Credit card. Thisisthe most widely used Internet based payment system. It'sreally simple to use. Use this link to find more info:https://www.paypal.com/en_US/mrb/pal=XAC62PML3GF8QThe e-mail address for sending the money to is: info@kuwasha.net vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: