A Gala For Giving Hope
The Gala for Giving Hope will celebrate the 12-year anniversary of the Uganda Education Campaign, which has been keeping orphans in school through their university education. U-Touch also provides women's empowerment programs and training for youth ages 15-25 in technology and job skills. The eighth Annual Gala, held in a private home in Del Mar, will gather San Diego students and showcase how the San Diego community is working together to make an impact in Uganda. The event will have live music, cocktails, dinner, and a live auction including vacation packages, yacht sailing and a Rolling Stones signed guitar. There will be presentations from an international development specialist as well as a presentation of excerpts from, Secrets of War: Told Through the Drawings and Stories of the Young People of Northern Uganda. The event will also have live African drumming as well as fine African art, jewelry, and gifts.