Frequently Asked Questions About Our Charity Research and Recommendations
FAQ below.
General Questions
Your gift, pooled with other support, will help us deliver critical aid to children and families in Uganda during emergencies and within our programs.
In fiscal year 2014, on average, 89% of all expenditures support program services. 89% is an average for all of Save the Children’s programs in Uganda.
More information about our finances and the use of funds is available:
here on our financial page.
Yes, donations to Ugam are 100% tax deductible. If you have questions or live outside of the Germany, please contact your tax advisor.
Ugam.ev Tax ID Number: 060726487
Ugam.ev, Attn: Lauren Ralston, 501 Kings Hwy E, Fairfield, CT 06825, OR fax the form to 203-221-1067 Attention Lauren OR email the form to info@ugam-ev.de
Paying by PayPal is an option from Save the Children’s website. PayPal protects your financial information with industry-leading security and fraud prevention systems.
When you use PayPal, your financial information is not shared with the merchant.
Once your payment is complete, you will be emailed a receipt for this transaction.
Checks/money orders should be mailed to:
Ugam.e.V
Ulmenallee 19,
82110 Germering Germany.
Make checks payable to: .
Please write reason for donation in the memo field
Please contact Lillian Ikulumet at +49-17669308861 or Michael Lwanga at +49-15164510004
General Questions
Atleast 3-4 working days to confirm for donations raised by SMS or Mobile money. This is a convenient means for donors to reach us.
Web donations will show up on our database approximately 24 hours after the transaction is complete, but donors will receive an immediate confirmation of their donation.
Yes, but we only accept donations in U.S. dollars.
Foreign donors giving in US dollars (i.e. via credit card) will receive a mailed acknowledgement from Ugam.
These contributions are tax-deductible in the US.
you may need to consult their tax advisor in your individual country to determine if it is tax deductible there.
Volunteers for Ugam diefferent projects, please visit our volunteer or Careers page, to submit your resume
We are delighted that you are interested in a Ugam Vacancy, however at the moment we have no open vacancies.
contact link on our site.
For fundraising tools, please visit our Become a Fundraiser page.
We don't have any hard-and-fast rules for what constitutes persuasive evidence;
we believe that interpreting evidence on charity effectiveness always takes a substantial amount of judgment calls.
We discuss our general principles for evaluating evidence of impact in a series of 2014 blog posts:
You still have questions? Ask us
Our programs are not be possible without your generous support. With each donation,
we support children's education, help vulnerable families achieve self-sufficiency, enable access to healthcare, and bring disaster and crisis relief to those in dire need.
All contributions will be graciously acknowledged.