The NBC affiliate in Portland, Oregon– KGW Channel 8–has produced a fantastic 8-minute segment on Julius Achon and the founding of the Achon Uganda Children’s Fund.

After AUCF founder Julius Achon and Executive Director Jim Fee visited with Runner’s World magazine in Emmaus, PA, in June to thank them for the “Born to Run Back” article in January 2012, Runner’s World Editor-in-Chief David Wiley wrote a wonderful “Editor’s Letter” in the September issue, sharing the impact AUCF had on Runner’s World, and the impact RW has had on AUCF.

Tom Grant, Andrew Gorny, Kristen Hewitt, In Good Company, Alex Taimanao, and Travis Stine present the Achon Uganda Children’s Fund Benefit Concert, taking place on Friday, August 10, 2012, at the beautifully renovated Arista Ballroom in Portland, Oregon’s Hawthorne District.

Julius Achon and Jim Fee, AUCF Executive Director, traveled to Northern Uganda September 10th – 22nd. Here are the trip highlights: After a 24-hour trip from Portland, we arrived in Kampala on September 11th and left the morning of the 12th for Nebbi in NW Uganda, close to the DRC (Congo) border. Nebbi is the [...]

The email came through on July 14th from Julie Smith, International Project Manager, Lifewater International; “Great news- we have just received funding for the deep well at your clinic! I have talked with Deleo (note: owner Divine Waters, Lifewater’s Uganda drilling partner) and we are ready to drill the well very soon.” On Monday July [...]