Chosen: Book Launched
CHOSEN: Book launched CHOSEN is a story of hope and healing and a story that Charlene Barr asked her brother David to tell. This book is a must read this summer. In Spring 2009 Charlene Barr was told the devastating news that she needed a lung transplant to survive. The very evening she received this […]
Janice Barr
Janice Barr Administrator Janice is Charlene’s mum and the person you are most likely to make contact with if you contact us here at Charlene’s Project. A trained social worker who gave up her job to care for her family full time, she has never looked back. Together she and Richard raised six children, five […]
Janice Barr
Janice Barr Administrator Janice is Charlene’s mum and the person you are most likely to make contact with if you contact us here at Charlene’s Project. A trained social worker who gave up her job to care for her family full time, she has never looked back. Together she and Richard raised six children, five […]
Diane McClelland
Diane McClelland Trustee Diane got to know Charlene as her Primary 2 teacher, and became closer to the Barrs as all the girls passed through her class. Seeing Charlene and her genuine love for others and her desire to make a real difference in the lives of the children in Uganda when she herself had […]
Basil O’Malley
Basil O’Malley Trustee Basil’s history is in the financial industry, and has experience with Church building projects and Christians Against Poverty. While gifted with numbers, his passion is to use this in relevant and practical ways for God and others. Travelling to Uganda to sign the contract to build the first school less than 24 […]
Audrey McCollum
Audrey McColum Trustee Audrey is a Primary School teacher from Waringstown who got to know the Barrs as one by one, they attended her school. From developing a close friendship with Charlene through her illness, she was asked to become a Trustee in the charity Charlene was hoping to start. She would freely admit to […]
David Barr
David Barr Trustee David is Charlene’s brother, a Liverpool fan, passionate about social justice and helping continue the work Charlene began. He has written a book outliing the history of Charlene’s Project, using his unique and first hand experience to provide an authentic retelling of the journey. You can buy the book here. Don’t ask […]
Dr Richard Barr
Dr Richard BarrChair of Trustees Richard is Charlene’s dad and a doctor whose job took him to Uganda in 2006 to help with HIV prevention. It was this experience which led him to bringing the whole family there in 2008, and this was the experience which planted the seed in Charlene’s mind to build a school […]
Sport & Wellbeing
Health In Uganda the top 6 causes of death are neonatal disorders, HIV/AIDS, malaria, lower respiratory infections, Tuberculosis and diarrhoea (CDC). Uganda’s under 5 mortality rate is 49/1,000 live births compared to the UK’s rate of 4.3/1,000 live births (Global Health Observatory, 2017). Statistics from 2015 show that in Uganda 1 in 3 women aged […]