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Western Kenya is suffering from the devastation caused by HIV-AIDS. In Busia District alone, almost half of the children have lost one or both their parents to AIDS and 30% of the adults are HIV positive.
	The primary goal of the Children of Bukati (COB) Project is to enable all AIDS orphans and destitute children in the rural village of Butula to attend the Bukati Primary School. Learn more about the Children of Bukati Project and how you can help. The "Children of Bukati" project expanded in 2010 to include 3 schools all within Busia District: Bukati Primary School, in the town of Butula.  This was the original school.  Bukati will be self-sufficient in 2012. Bwaliro Primary School, in the outskirts of Butula.   Funding started in 2010. Buduma Primary School - it is 20 km away from the Bukati Primary school in the opposite direction from the Bwaliro Primary School. Funding started in 2011/2012.
Recent Updates - Click for more details.  January 2013 Newsletter - Status of all 3 schools; summary of 2012   Community Photos; Page 1; Photos from the communities of Bwaliro and Bukati.   Community Photos; Page 2; Photos from the communities of Bwaliro and Bukati.     Buduma Videos, 2011 - Videos of the school in Nov. 2011, and the permaculture project.  Buduma Photos, 2011 - Photos of the school in Nov. 2011, and the permaculture project.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE  - Recent Examples Below: Ieva VanGeest Mikelsons gives a cheque for $568 to Dr. Cate Dewey on Nov. 4 2012, to help support the Children of Bukati project.

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Below: Dublin United Church donating $10,000 to Dr. Cate Dewey on June 17, 2012, for the Children of Bukati project.

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Let's Help STOP AIDS The Children of Bukati (COB) project is aimed at educating children who are AIDS orphans. That is why COB supports Bill C-398 - to update Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR).  What is this bill? In Canada right now in 2012, a Bill is going through Parliament to allow affordable, generic drugs to reach Africa and the Developing World to treat the pandemics of AIDS, TB and Malaria. The passing of this bill would mean many, many more AIDS sufferers could afford treatment. To learn more about this LIFE-SAVING Bill go to Bill C-398 - to update CAMR to allow generic AIDS drugs to be shipped to Africa. Grandmothers Advocacy Network - which is a voice for Grandmothers and Children orphaned by AIDS in Africa. To learn more about how you can help, please click on the green CAMR Petition button on the Grandmothers' Home Page. COB is supporting the need to pass Bill C-398 revising CAMR, along with UNICEF Canada, Oxfam Canada, Doctors Without Borders, Bracelet of Hope, the United Church of Canada and many other social justice organizations. Learn about this Bill at these websites, then add YOUR voice to pass this life-saving Bill.

Braids, written by Robert Munsch, was donated by him to eight-year-old Taya Kendall, who has now published the book, and is donating all proceeds from the sale of Braids to the Children of Bukati Project. Braids was launched on June 16, 2009, the International Day of the African Child. Braids is available in stores and online. Click here for more details about Braids, and how to buy the book.

Click here for a short (10 minute) YouTube video taken of Dr. Cate Dewey, from a presentation she did at the University of Guelph in March, 2008.