{"id":89,"date":"2020-03-04T08:44:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-04T08:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shtheme.org\/demosd\/fundee\/?page_id=89"},"modified":"2024-10-14T08:20:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T08:20:39","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/?page_id=89","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"89\" class=\"elementor elementor-89\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-095ac7f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"095ac7f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fd0401\" data-id=\"3fd0401\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b28ee70 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdevs-banner-other\" data-id=\"b28ee70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdevs-banner-other.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t  \r\n\t<div class=\"breadcrumb-area pt-150 pb-155\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/header.png)\">\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-xl-12\">\r\n                <div class=\"breadcrumb-text text-center\">\r\n                \t                    <h1>About Us<\/h1>\r\n                                        <ul class=\"breadcrumb-menu\">\r\n                        <li><a href=\"https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\r\n                                                <li><span>About Us<\/span><\/li>\r\n                                            <\/ul>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-267f0c2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"267f0c2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-717253f\" data-id=\"717253f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc8a39 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdevs-about\" data-id=\"3dc8a39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdevs-about.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t \n<div class=\"about-us-area pt-130 pb-100\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-xl-6 col-lg-6\">\n                <div class=\"abbout-us-wrapper mb-30\">\n                    <div class=\"section-title mb-40\">\n                    \t                        <span><i class=\"far fa-heart-circle\"><\/i> about us<\/span>\n                                                                        <h1>We are an association from M\u00fcnster that has been active in Gulu, in northern Uganda, since 2010<\/h1>\n                                                                        <p class=\"mr-50\">The north of Uganda was affected by severe civil war fighting for over 24 years. A war that turned children into soldiers and girls into mothers. A war that traumatized entire families, made children orphans and turned people into refugees.<\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"row mb-25\">\n                        <div class=\"col-xl-6 col-lg-6\">\n                            <div class=\"about-us-text mb-30\">\n                                <div class=\"inner-about\">\n                                \t                                <\/div>\n                                                                <p>Today, Uganda is one of the poorest countries in the world. We at Lichtstrahl Uganda e.V. have set ourselves the goal of ensuring basic medical treatment and the supply of basic foodstuffs. <\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"col-xl-6 col-lg-6\">\n                            <div class=\"about-us-text mb-30\">\n                                <div class=\"inner-about\">\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                <p>In addition, we create access to school education through our schools and thus support the most vulnerable children in our community. It is particularly important to us to make their homeland \"liveable\" where their home is.<\/p>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"col-xl-6 col-lg-6\">\n                <div class=\"about-img mb-30 pos-rel\">\n                    <div class=\"about-img\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/abouttt.png\" alt=\"\">\n                        <div class=\"shape-img bounce-animate\">\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/shape-5-1.png\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-578c475 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"578c475\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5208447\" data-id=\"5208447\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ad000 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdevs-History\" data-id=\"96ad000\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdevs-History.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t \r\n<div class=\"history-area pt-130 pb-100\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bg-14-1.jpg)\">\r\n    <div class=\"container\">\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-xl-6 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 offset-xl-3\">\r\n                 <div class=\"section-title white-title text-center mb-80\">\r\n                 \t                     <span><i class=\"far fa-heart-circle\"><\/i>The glow on site<\/span>\r\n                                                               <h1>Something to know about our history<\/h1>\r\n                                      <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n        \t\t        \t\t\t            <div class=\"col-xl-4 col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\r\n                <div class=\"history-wrapper text-center history-arrow mb-45\">\r\n                    <div class=\"history-text\">\r\n                    \t                        <h4>In 2010<\/h4>\r\n                                                                        <p>Our Lichtstrahl project in northern Uganda\/Gulu was created in 2010 with a small, simple medical station on a small piece of land outside the city area towards the bushland.<\/p>\r\n                                            <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \t        \t\t\t            <div class=\"col-xl-4 col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\r\n                <div class=\"history-wrapper text-center history-arrow mb-45\">\r\n                    <div class=\"history-text\">\r\n                    \t                                                <p>As so often in life, new opportunities arise from many small things and chances and our project has been able to grow steadily thanks to great donations. <\/p>\r\n                                            <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \t        \t\t\t            <div class=\"col-xl-4 col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\r\n                <div class=\"history-wrapper text-center history-arrow mb-45\">\r\n                    <div class=\"history-text\">\r\n                    \t                                                <p>We have now expanded our little lightray world to 4 locations. Three of them are within walking distance of each other. <\/p>\r\n                                            <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-12\">\r\n                <div class=\"history-line\"><\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"row\">\r\n            <div class=\"col-xl-8 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 offset-xl-2\">\r\n                <div class=\"row\">\r\n                \t\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"col-xl-6 col-lg-6 col-md-6\">\r\n                        <div class=\"history-wrapper text-center history-arrow-2 mt-50 mb-30\">\r\n                            <div class=\"history-text\">\r\n                            \t\t\t                        \t\t                        <p>On our largest site there is a medical station, HIV and vaccination base, maternity ward, mothers' crisis house, kitchen and staff lounge area, administration building, preschool, Lightray roestbar coffee shop and our guesthouse - many call this area \"the little lightray oasis\". <\/p>\r\n\t\t                                                    <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    \t\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t                    <div class=\"col-xl-6 col-lg-6 col-md-6\">\r\n                        <div class=\"history-wrapper text-center history-arrow-2 mt-50 mb-30\">\r\n                            <div class=\"history-text\">\r\n                            \t\t\t                        \t\t                        <p>The other two locations are our primary school with boarding section, the workshop and the children's crisis house with our two therapy dogs Amalia and Noah. Location. Number 4 is our agricultural project in Pangu and is about 15 km away from us.<\/p>\r\n\t\t                                                    <\/div>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3267a52 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3267a52\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7bee70\" data-id=\"a7bee70\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0e4ea6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-bdevs-features3\" data-id=\"a0e4ea6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"bdevs-features3.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t  \n<div class=\"features-title-area pt-130 pb-240\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/bg-09-1.jpg)\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-xl-8 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2 offset-xl-2\">\n                <div class=\"section-title white-title text-center\">\n                \t                    <span><i class=\"far fa-heart-circle\"><\/i>Our Projects<\/span>\n                                                            <h1>Here is an overview of our project <\/h1>\n                                    <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"features-03-area pb-100\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n        \t\t        \t\t\t            <div class=\"col-xl-4 col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\n                <div class=\"features-03-wrapper text-center mb-30\">\n                \t                    <div class=\"features-04-icon\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/?courses=healthcenter\"><i class=\"flaticon-icon-829141\"><\/i><\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"features-03-text\">\n                    \t                        <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/?courses=healthcenter\">Health Care<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                                        <p>Our Health Care facility comprises of Medical station including laboratory, Vaccination base\/dental area and one-dollar glasses, Maternity ward<\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            \t        \t\t\t            <div class=\"col-xl-4 col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\n                <div class=\"features-03-wrapper text-center mb-30\">\n                \t                    <div class=\"features-04-icon\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/?courses=ovc\"><i class=\"flaticon-care\"><\/i><\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"features-03-text\">\n                    \t                        <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/?courses=ovc\">OVC Home<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                                        <p>The children in our children's crisis village live in family-like structures, a maximum of 4 girls and 4 boys each together with a caretaker (foster mother) in our 7 residential buildings. <\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            \t        \t\t\t            <div class=\"col-xl-4 col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\n                <div class=\"features-03-wrapper text-center mb-30\">\n                \t                    <div class=\"features-04-icon\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/?courses=agric\"><i class=\"flaticon-icon-182480\"><\/i><\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"features-03-text\">\n                    \t                        <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/?courses=agric\">Education<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                                        <p>At the beginning of 2013 we were able to build our Lichtstrahl preschool including a daycare area. The Education sector comprises of Pre-school, Nursery and Primary School<\/p>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            \t        \t\t\t            <div class=\"col-xl-4 col-lg-4 col-md-6\">\n                <div class=\"features-03-wrapper text-center mb-30\">\n                \t                    <div class=\"features-04-icon\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/?courses=shop\"><i class=\"Icon\"><\/i><\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"features-03-text\">\n                    \t                        <h3><a href=\"https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/?courses=shop\">Re-Income<\/a><\/h3>\n                                                                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b393a97 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b393a97\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a77c6d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a77c6d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54b80b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"54b80b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"tmm tmm_a\"><div class=\"tmm_5_columns tmm_wrap tmm_plugin_f\"><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_container\"><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_a_0\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1.jpeg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Acaye <\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Denis<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">Administrator in charge of Children's Home and Child sponsorship program <\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_a_1\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2.jpeg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Onen<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">George William<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">Administrator in charge of Finance<\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_a_2\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/3.jpeg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Abol<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Judith<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">Administrator in of Health Center<\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_a_3\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4.jpeg); margin-left: auto; margin-right:auto; background-size:cover !important;\"><\/div><div class=\"tmm_textblock\"><div class=\"tmm_names\"><span class=\"tmm_fname\">Awekonimungu<\/span> <span class=\"tmm_lname\">Consolate<\/span><\/div><div class=\"tmm_job\">Administrator in charge of Human Resource<\/div><div class=\"tmm_scblock\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><span class=\"tmm_two_containers_tablet\"><\/span><div class=\"tmm_member\" style=\"border-top:#333333 solid 5px;\"><div class=\"tmm_photo tmm_pic_a_4\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/lightrayugandaltd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/5.jpeg); 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