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Ovens in Uganda are Heating Up – YOU Made it Possible!
Did you know that you gave women in the Kyengera Kinship in Uganda a reason to celebrate? And changed their lives forever! It’s true! Pastor Pauline Kamanzi emailed us just last week and couldn’t contain her excitement. Your contributions bought the Kyengera Kinship a kitchen and a brand new oven. With the oven, Pastor Pauline can now teach other women how to bake treats to sell around their villages. Most women in Uganda don’t have a way to make money. They depend solely on their husbands for everything. And some husbands hold this over their wives and even abuse them Appreciation
5 Unlikely People You’d Meet in a Kinship Home
Just like it takes a whole village to raise a child, it also takes a LOT of people to keep a Kinship Project functioning! There are way more people in each of our Kinship Projects than you might even realize. First, there are the caregivers. You’ve probably heard about them, because they do so much we can’t help but brag about them! These widows live with the children in the Kinship Home and are loving mamas to all of the kids. The caregivers are our heroes for the way they take care of children with traumatic pasts, helping them through Caregivers
Your Gifts at Work: this Woman’s Reaction is Priceless!
“Thank you so much, dear donors, for the heart of giving that you have. You have brought joy and hope to this mama.” – Elizabeth, Kenyan Field Team Member One of the best parts of giving gifts is to see the other person’s reaction. Their face breaks into a smile, a laugh escapes their lips. In some cases, maybe tears well up in their eyes. As a contributor, you give some of the most meaningful gifts. But you don’t always get to see the priceless reactions from the people who are touched by your generosity. So I’d like to introduce you Appreciation, Community
“I Don’t Want To Die”
Racheal Nanfuka came into Jungo Kinship Home after both of her parents died. Just a few years later Racheal started to get sick. Here is Racheal’s story from her own perspective: In the middle of last year, my stomach started swelling. Everyone at school thought I was pregnant and no one believed that I wasn’t, not even my teachers. One day, the head teacher sent me to a nearby clinic to take a pregnancy test. Tears started flowing down my face when the nurse at the clinic declared me pregnant. I knew it wasn’t true, but who was I to Child Stories, Medical
734 Students Received Meals because of You!
Thank you again for giving your support to Burkina Faso. We are overwhelmed by your generosity for the people in Burkina Faso who suffered the tragedy of terrorist attacks. Because of your generosity and the help from our partners, Feed My Starving Children, we have been able to make a donation of food to 6 different bible schools! Daniel, our head pastor in Burkina Faso held a donation event on Wednesday, March 3. On this day Daniel and his team gave out 272,000 meals to 6 bible schools, with a total of 734 students receiving food from the event. By Appreciation
