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.

LETS MAKE THIS SEASON SPECIAL

Below are images of a previous Christmas celebration that we had with our children. The smiles tell it all.

We thank all the sponsors that have contributed to the Xmas party that we are organizing. It will take place next week, Saturday 22nd December 2018. We have secured very beautiful hotel gardens for the function.

Originally we had planned for our sponsored children and a few others but we have decided to make it a slightly bigger outreach to more children and youth in the community. We want to make Xmas special for 100 children and 50 youth aged 15-25. These youth are part of a group that we have been empowering through our partnership with SOARAWAY, a local NGO. For most of them this is the only opportunity they have in the year to move out of their familiar villages and have fun in a beautiful place with friends.

We will ask each of our sponsored children to invite two other friends so that they enjoy together.

We have calculated that we will spend 10,000Ush ( $ 3) on each child. Total cost for the party will be $450.
Those who still wish to contribute may do so through Linn Hultin. Its not too late.

LETS JOIN HANDS AND MAKE THIS SEASON THE BEST FOR THE CHILDREN!

BLESSINGS!