Family Photo Gallery

All the trips I have done this year

West Coast Tour

Emily teaching

Build a school

Run down the Great Falls

Kids Kayaking

The Fun1

Emily in Australia

Pre-Worlds Australia

Kayaking by Dane

Emily Writes in from Chile

Kids Gear Guide

Q & A with Dane

New York City Boys and Girls Harbor Kayak Camp

Emily’s “Build a School” in Uganda Project - by Emily Jackson

Uganda is a small country in Africa about the Size of Oregon. Many paddlers travel there each year to experience high volume kayaking on the Nile. This up-coming winter I would like to do the same thing only I am doing a project along with it. The locals in the town where the White Nile rapids are are in need of school houses for kids to go to school.

My project, Kayakers for Cause, is going to be held in Uganda. It is going to be based around 10 kayakers, all of whom I am hoping can raise $5,000 for the project. What I would like to see happen is, all 10 of us bring the five thousand dollars, so we have around fifty thousand dollars. With this money, and the kayakers, I am hoping to build a school house in 2005. The money will get us supplies and teachers and other important stuff. The Kayakers will be kayaking, and building the school house. I already know some people located in Uganda that build school houses. I also know that I will be able to find 10 kayakers. But the hardest part is going to be, finding the money. So any donations for this would help a lot. I am setting up a checking account for “Kayakers with a Cause”. I will post be taking the donations to “kayakers with a cause” at this address and making the deposits. We would really appreciate it. We will list all people who make donations on this part of the Jackson Kayak website. Thanks! If you want to see about the land and people of Uganda, get my dad’s videos, “EJ’s Playboating Basics, or EJ’s Advanced Playboating” and look at the “Bonus tracks, About the Nile”

Emily Jackson