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We love to hear about the impact that ABF alums are having around the world. \u00a0In Kampala, Uganda, Dixon Ampumuza has put his passion for education to good use in his position as Advocacy Manager for Media in Education at the country\u2019s leading daily newspaper, New Vision.

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Dixon and his team recently received a silver award from the World Association of Newspapers (WAN-IFRA) for developing a feature series that teachers primary students important lessons about clean water, sanitation, and hygiene.

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Dixon\u2019s Newspapers in Education program has reached 400 schools nationwide and helped\u00a0 train 834 teachers \u00a0to use the feature series in their teaching! Partner organizations that leant their support to the project include WaterAid Uganda, Save the Children, Bwindi Community Hospital, the National Drug Authority and United Bank for Africa supported the program.

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This year, New Vision was the only newspaper in Africa to receive the World Young Readers Award from the World Association of Newspapers, and this is the first time that the media house has received an award from the international newspaper organization since 1986.

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With help from The Albert Baker Fund, Dixon earned his Master\u2019s Degree in Education Planning and Management from Ndejje University in 2012, and his Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Library and Information Science from Makrere University in 2010.

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He recently wrote to us, \u201cI am really entirely thankful for the whole ABF team in Africa and the team in USA for the opportunity that has enabled me to give back to communities through innovative projects \u00a0that have a heart \u2026a principle I learned from Christian Science and ABF.\u201d

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Thank you to our Africa Programs Manager, Lamech Katamba, for sharing Dixon’s good news with us!

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Marilyn gathers with members and ABF friends after Sunday service at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Nairobi, Kenya.

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When ABF\u2019s Director of Programs, Marilyn Jones, set off on a six-country trip to the UK and Africa in April, she says she knew it would be an adventure\u2014but she came home with so much more than pictures and memories. She returned to Sacramento inspired and re-energized. And what inspired her so much? \u201cOur fellow Christian Scientists,\u201d she says. \u201c

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Marilyn met with dozens of ABF\u2019s recipients\u2014students, volunteers, and former recipients now starting their careers. She says everyone made her feel not only welcomed to their countries and their churches, but as part of the family, whether in groups or individuals one-on-one, sharing lunches, dinners, afternoons and evenings. Often as the only American in these groups, she says \u00a0she learned from meetings with the students and members how to bridge misperceptions about ABF. \u00a0Together, they worked through questions about the application process, which in turn gave her new and creative ideas to bring back to California.

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We can\u2019t wait to hear what she and our Administration Manager, Jen Day, report on their May trip to the Philippines to visit our Christian Science brothers and sisters in Manila and Baguio City.\u00a0 So stay tuned\u2026

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\"MapABF first began its outreach to Christian Scientists in Africa in 2006. Many of those students have now graduated from university or completed their technical programs and found employment. Following is a partial list of our first ABF alums in Africa and how they are putting their education to good use.\u00a0 If you are an ABF alum and would like to be listed here, please email your information to africa@albertbakerfund.org with the subject line “News from ABF Alum in Africa.”

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