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The other thing for which he was widely known and respected was his charity work. Since 1995, Vim has been "charityware." If you open the editor without specifying a file, in the opening text, it displays the following message:

~ Help poor children in Uganda!

~ type :help iccf for information

The ICCF to which it refers is the International Child Care Fund Holland, which Moolenaar founded after visiting Uganda to do voluntary work in 1993. He continued to act as the organization's treasurer for the rest of his life. In addition to the ICCF, any income which he received as sponsorship for development of Vim went to the charity as well.

The charity supports a school for AIDS orphans at the Kibaale Community Centre in southern Uganda, not far from Lake Victoria. Moolenaar worked on the school's water supply system, and even moved to Uganda for a year, during which time he worked on Vim on a purpose-bought laptop powered by a car battery. The ICCF sends some 99.5 percent of its income to Kibaale. As the ICCF page about the school says: KCC works from a Christian base. Help is given to children of any religion.

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