The "signature" project of the Hawk Children's Fund (HCF) in 2010 will be a $15,000 partnership with the Uganda Community Library Association (UgCLA). This "Rural Solar Demonstration Project" will fund the renovation and solar powering of two small rural libraries in Uganda. The most ambitious part of this project is to construction of a library building in Lokotore, Uganda with the Uganda Rural Community Development Association (URCODA).

The second major component of this funding is the renovations and solar powering of the existing community library in Mpolyabigere, Uganda. This project will also include the construction of an outdoor "reading building" and the additional of new restrooms for the library. We hope to have both of these projects completed before the end of the summer 2010.

This project has been 100% funded. Funding included a $5000 grant to the "Hawk Children's Fund" from the UMES Rural Development Center, Cooperative Extension Center (RDC,CES,UMES) for a "Rural 'Off-Grid' Solar Demonstration Project". An additional $5000 in funding was raised by the student managers of the Hawk Children's Fund thought a series of charity luncheons and dinners in 2009. The remaining $5000 was donated by private citizens in the community who wish to support our efforts to help children in Africa.