WELCOME TO 2020

We welcome you all dear friends to a new year 2020.

We said goodbye to 2019 in a bigger way than we have ever done.

Thanks to your support, we were able to organize a Christmas and new year party for over 100 children!

Our sponsored children were asked to bring along one or two friends and we were one big family.

We are committed to making this new year unique in many ways. Particularly, we will put much effort in growing our sustainability project of potato growing which is in its initial stages, hoping to start planting in a few weeks.

The long Christmas holiday will be coming to a close in about 3 weeks and then the children will report for a fresh academic year.
Please pray that they all start off strong and healthy.

THINKING SUSTAINABILITY

We would like to thank all those that donated towards our potato growing project. The land has been hired. We are now waiting for the owner to harvest his crops then we buy seed and start planting. That should be in a months time.

This is going to be a beneficiary run project, parents will spearhead it right from the planning stage up to harvest. Those that are able will participate in digging and others in different activities like weeding.

Apart from contributing towards the food security of the families, our plan is to put some of the proceeds into a revolving fund where parents can borrow and use to run their family businesses. The whole idea is empowering them towards self sustainability as families.

In the picture is part of the land(the owner hasn't harvested his maize yet), the seller, and a parents' representative.

CHRISTMAS AGAIN!

Its December and as usual we plan to celebrate Christmas and the new year in style!

This is the time of year that children look forward to most, not only because of the delicious Xmas cake, but the adventure of going to a new, beautiful place and having fun with friends.

We want to arrange a party for 100 vulnerable children, these include the sponsored ones, their friends and the registered but Unsponsored ones. We have estimated that 300 Usd would be sufficient for it.

On the other hand, we would wish that every sponsored child gets a Xmas gift of 20 Usd. This would be suffficient to buy a set of new clothes or pair of good, durable shoes as the need may be.

We request your generous contributions to the above plans. You may buy a gift for one or more children and/or contribute to the general party for all of them.

Just to remind us, this is how last Xmas looked like...

INVESTING FOR THE FUTURE

With only 30 Usd or 230 SEK per month, you may offer a child the gift of education

Skilling the next generation of leaders

Its always an honor to host student interns every year. This November, we hosted two from Belgium and two from Sweden.

Among other activities, we visited our partner school and had fun and a bit of games!

This holiday, there will be special classes to teach children practical skills like making baskets for home use(Like what the teacher is holding in the pic). These classes are paid for separately from the normal fees. We have decided that we shall pay for all the children to attend these classes in the month of January. Skills like craft making are very important to rural children because as he grows, a child can make crafts, sell them and get an income for himself.

BRINGING UGANDA CLOSER TO SWEDEN!!

Like they say, DREAMS COME TRUE!

When we first discussed the idea of a trip to Sweden, it sounded like a far fetched dream. Well, it has been fulfilled!
It has been a slow but steady journey since 2014 when the first sponsors begun to support vulnerable children through our sponsorship program. Slow partly because of little contact between us on the ground and potential donors. This gap needed to be bridged.

Furthermore, we have been having peaple in Sweden sponsoring children even when theyve not met them or any of our staff. A closer interaction with us was necessary for them to get a feel of whats happening on the ground.

Its for the above reasons that a trip was arranged with an aim of increasing our capacity to reach more children and their families in the community. Only 29 families are fully sponsored. We have registered 60 children that are just as vulnerable and need sponsors, our goal is 100 sponsored children by December 2020

The trip was succesfull, thanks to our coordinators, Linn Hultin and Linnea Larsson, together with all those who hosted me in their homes.

Our campaign right now is to raise 24000 SEK (2400 USD) by the first week of November 2019.

10,000Kr for a potato growing project for the sustainability of the project and 14,000 Kr for a rain water harvesting tank.

Other needs of the organisation in the short term include:

1- Play items for children..................1,000 Kr
2- A printer....................................... 2,500 Kr
3- Office furniture.............................3,000 Kr
4- Motor cycle for field visits...........15,000 Kr

TOTAL...............................................21,500 Kr

Please feel free to contact us on the contact page for more details.

THANKS  A BUNCH!

HOLIDAY FUN

We had another great moment of games, learning and interaction with the children yesterday 8/9/2019. They are soon reporting back for their last term of the year. We discussed tips for academic excellence, did a simple, interactive bible study and fun games