We would like to wish our family around
the Globe Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year 2014. So challenging 2013
it was, we congratulate every reader and well-wisher always on our side. I
would on this special note thank on behalf of Children’s Hope Uganda everybody
who has spared a minute or two to say a word of prayer to our ministry or share
it with a friend. The Lord has really heard your prayers and we would want to
share the following with you.
School
We would first of all thank everybody
behind the schooling of Akankwasa Hillary, Byaruhanga Darius, Kasigwa Gracious
for the far you have taken them. Thanks goes to Breanne Williams, Lauren
Ellings and the teammates, Alyson Thatcher and Rene Bos for providing all the
requirements and fees to these boys. All the students have been promoted to the
next level.
The rest of the kids in our ministry
are doing well in the programs we have and very soon with your support and
help, we could enroll them in schools. The kids have been in holidays for one month’s
now and they will report back for a new term on February 3rd 2014.
Sponsorship program
We are grateful to inform you that we
have had people confirm to sponsor individual kids though not all of them have
got yet, but 30% of them now have sponsors who have already started giving
monthly support for them. This is very important and we need more people on
board to support the kids in this way to be able to cover all of them. We ask
for $35 monthly for each child. This caters for school fees, scholastic
materials, lunch for the every weekend programs for all the kids, and as well
feed the care taker and cooks who remain at the centre full time to protect our
kids.
Health
Every kid is well. No more worms
because we ensue timely deworming every three month. With cleanliness, all kids
are improving generally. We pray that everyone gets what to use like towels,
tooth brush, tooth paste, bathing soap, sponge, sandals, a bed, beddings, a
metallic bag to keep their belongings safely. With all these in place, we shall
be at greater heights. On top of this, we need a first aid house kit for the
care taker to attend to any emergencies just in case one arises.
If anybody can support us with the above items
to support 15 kids, it would be of a great help.
Sports
We love and wish to be active in
sports to keep and strengthen talents of the kids. You could sponsor us with
any kind of sports materials because our kids are passionate for sports but
lack playing materials. With such playing materials, we would greatly be the
best in sports.
Project
We thank
everybody that has taken the interest in supporting our ministry through
prayer, or help or letting a friend know about what we do. We have received
$350 dollars that we used to acquire mattresses and provide food from Carly and
her teammates students from APU. We have received another bunch of $370 that
has provided rent for three months (November- January) all by Courtesy of our
dad David Bixby. We have received $630 dollars again from David Bixby and
Rhonda Thatcher. All this was to provide special meals this Christmas season
and other supplies. We have by God’s Grace received a PAS through plant a seed
organization where every support would pass through their organization to
Children’s Hope Uganda with a negligible tax.
Pressing Needs
The kids having
been resettled, there is a need to buy them a set of clothes, 2 pairs of bed
sheets, beds and a pair of shoes. These
are really so much needed at the moment to supplement what we already gave them
to complete our planned package for them.
Once again,
individual sponsors are in our daily prayer requests. Come up and be our answered prayer.
Continue to
pray that we acquire income generating projects. This would support us in one
way or the other in case of any emergency or at times when funds delay and
above all for sustainability of our ministry. You could sponsor one or two
projects for sustainability of our ministry.
There is
still need for rent until the ministry acquires its own buildings. We urge you
to support us generously with a house rent of $150 per months, $50 water and
electricity bills, and $15 dollars per day to provide meals to 15 kids. And
with this, we shall be enabled to reach the next phase we are looking forward
to achieve.
Conclusion
We
thank all those who pray for us and support us financially, especially Dr.
David Bixby, Rhonda Thatcher and others plus plant a seed organization for
giving us a PAS through to Children’s Hope Uganda. For it is the reason we are
today. We very much appreciate your partnership and support, and we pray that
you will be blessed the more so as to continue being a blessing to us.
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by Levis Katwesigye
Project Director
