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Our History In 1997, co-founder and CEO Brian Iredale first volunteered in Africa. During this time Brian witnessed first hand the high level of poverty and illness in Uganda. Once back in Ireland, Brian decided to study paediatric nursing, which would enable him to return to Uganda and offer better assistance to HIV infected children. In 2002, Brian realised that he could try to do something small to assist the many orphans and vulnerable children directly affected by the HIV epidemic who were not gaining access to any services from government institutions or NGOs. In 2003, Nurture Africa was co-founded by Ugandan lady Nakawunde Annet, Irishman Brian Iredale and concerned Ugandan youth, who met when Brian was volunteering in Uganda in 1997. They focused the organisation upon providing access to healthcare and education for the most vulnerable children within the communities the organisation would operate in, in Uganda. In 2005, alongside

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