Children are always saying something, silently or verbally; Are we listening?? We believe that for children to grow in confidence and self esteem, they need to be given opportunity to express themselves freely without feeling intimidated or inadequate. We can develop the David in them that will stand before the mighty, towering Goliaths of their communities and bring them down with one swing. In other words, we can develop the potential in them to stand against the forces of poverty and retrogression that plague their communities. There is a fighter in each of them, we can empower him!

It was with that in mind that we let each child stand before the rest and give their testimony in our recent gathering with them. Its such a joy to see the transformation as they grow in stature and wisdom!

Thanks our partners and sponsors for your tireless efforts.
 As we enter the second half of this year, we want to spread our wings and fly! We want to step up our capacity to reach more villages in Kisoro district.

One way is to fast track the plan to have our director, NATHAN KAIJA, visit Sweden in September 2019 between 10th and 25th. The plan is to meet up with sponsors and update them about their children and the work here, hopefully speak in some churches, and share the vision with potential partners and sponsors at social gatherings.

If you are in position to arrange a speaking engagement for him at a church/social group please dont hesitate to contact us. Linn Hultin and Linnea Larsson are our main coodinators for this.

Contributions towards this trip will be highly appreciated, especially towards the air ticket.

Together we can create a better world for our young ones!

Shining stars

Ooh the joy of witnessing beauty unfold out of ashes! The Love of God is transforming young lives from a state of despair to a rich and purposeful life.

At FALCO we release children and youth to discover their passion and pursue their purpose in life.

Some of our supported children are passionate about music and are involved in their church choirs. Justine cyimpaye, Miriam cyimpaye, Jovia kamahoro, Jackyline Dusabimana and Devota uwingabire are such an example as seen in this picture. 

 

Meanwhile our children are now doing end of term exams and will be closing the first academic term in the first week of May.

 

A HAPPY EASTER FROM ALL OF US TO YOU OUR SPONSORS AND FRIENDS!

 

 

 

CHANGING THE STORY OF A FAMILY

One of the families that we first encountered at the beginning of our program is the family of GATO JACKYLINE. She was out of school and most of her 7 siblings were not in school and were living a miserable life. A lot has changed now. We support 3 children in this family to study, have contributed to the renovation of their house which is old and had started getting cracks, and now we have supported them to grow crops at their small back yard garden. Weve also supported Gato to join boarding school because she had failed to concentrate because of the hostile conditions at home.

Unfortunately Gato lost her dad last year and that worsened the poverty but her mother is doing her best to work and get them basic recquirements.

However, there is still work to do. As seen in the photo, we found the younger brother crushing stones in the evening to make some extra money. That is very risky work for a child his age. We counseled him and we believe it will help.
Here is Gato's small garden before and a few weeks after planting.

TIME TO VISIT

We are glad to inform our friends in Sweden that our founding director, NATHAN KAIJA, plans to visit Sweden in the first week of April 2019! He will be casting our vision for the children and the community to a wider audience, fundraising and mobilizing more sponsors for children and telling the unique transformation story of Kisoro and Uganda.

This trip was planned as an expansion strategy to enable us reach more families and have more impact in the community.

Your involvement and support to make it successful will be highly appreciated. To contribute to the Visa and air ticket or arrange a speaking engagement for our director, please contact Linn Hultin.

In this picture, Mr Nathan was graduating from a 3 year Christian leadership course conducted in Kabale, Uganda, by STRATEGIC MINISTRY PARTNERSHIPS, based in the US

2019 HERE WE COME!

The school year has started and it was great preparing our dear children for the year. We now have two children who have crossed over to secondary school: Justine Cyimpaye and Erina Nyirahafasha. They have reported and are excited!
As usual we had time to prepare the children for the term not just through paying fees but also spiritually and psychologically.
Together with our social worker, we divided children into two groups: the young and the older(teenagers).
We then had amusing discussions with the little ones about their expectations and the importance of discipline and godliness.
Then we discussed issues to do with relationships with the teenagers. They asked questions, shared their views...it was exciting!

XMAS FUN 2018

  We had a great xmas time with the children. We enjoyed games, interaction, cake and a snack. Many thanks to those who contributed to this celebration, We look forward to a great 2019.