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From Colorado to Uganda, Far Away Friends connects students who want to make a difference

Lakewood High School students raising money for a new Ugandan preschool

LAKEWOOD, COLORADO - NOVEMBER 14: Former Lakewood High graduate Jayme Ward started Far Away Friends, a nonprofit that continues to help women and children in Uganda. Ward meets with students that are part of today’s Far Away Friends club at Lakewood High School on November 14, 2023 in Lakewood, Colorado. Ten years after the start of the club the group has been able to enrolls 500 students at a primary school in Uganda while providing education and health resources for the region. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
LAKEWOOD, COLORADO – NOVEMBER 14: Former Lakewood High graduate Jayme Ward started Far Away Friends, a nonprofit that continues to help women and children in Uganda. Ward meets with students that are part of today’s Far Away Friends club at Lakewood High School on November 14, 2023 in Lakewood, Colorado. Ten years after the start of the club the group has been able to enrolls 500 students at a primary school in Uganda while providing education and health resources for the region. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 10: Denver Post reporter Katie Langford. (Photo By Patrick Traylor/The Denver Post)
By | klangford@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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In a Lakewood High School math classroom on a late fall afternoon, a handful of teenagers are plotting how they will raise $15,000 to build a preschool in rural Uganda.
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