May we all contemplate during this Octave of Easter the beauty and mystery of Christ’s Resurrection!
During this Easter season will you help us to transform the lives of these children and their future?
Give a Hand Home
For nearly two decades Gertrude Aketch has been taking orphans in to her home from her community in Tororo. She has gathered donations, grown crops, and partnered with local schools, like St Jospeh College to see that these children are fed, loved and receive a good education. She has even managed to push a few through university and one on to the seminary. To help with stability for the children she is seeking to start a bee keeping business on their land. This will create on-going reliable income for the home and children. Plus provide the region with essential honey and bees wax candles. We are seeking $600 to help them get started with their first 4 hives, gear, and flower field.
Will you join us this Easter season to raise $600 to launch a Bee Business for the children’s future?
Thanks to the great renovations that we helped completed last year to the primary classroom block at St Joseph College the high school has attracted more students. They have 30 new Senior 1 (freshman) students who came with their mattresses but are currently sleeping on the floor in the dormitory. They live too far away to be day students, so take advantage of boarding with the school.
We are seeking $1,000 to buy 10 triple decker beds like the ones in the photo. Will you help these 30 new students get a good night sleep so they can study well? Their presence helps with the financial stability and sustainability of the school too.
Will you contribute $100 for one bed for 3 students? Or $500 for five beds for 15 students?
We are seeking an additional $500 to help 8 more needy children to join the YOUFRA Youth Centre education program. They are the children of former war abductees sitting at home not going to school at all because their parents can’t provide basic requirements of uniform, back packs, school materials, mattresses, sheets and blankets. Will you help us buy 8 mattresses, 8 set of sheets, 8 blankets and school supplies for 8 more children?
Emma in photo below is happily making his bed after the beds were repainted this January. Help us put mattresses and children in the empty beds!
As we begin anew calendar year, Uganda also begins a new academic year. Ocer Campion Jesuit College in Gulu has 600 plus student with one-third on scholarship. St Joseph College, a Franciscan high school in Tororo has 150 students with nearly all students on partial or full scholarship. (See photo above.) Most of their parents are farmers struggling to eke out a livelihood. Without your generous support these youth would be growing up without an education. As you know, Catholic education is key to helping children become fully who God desires them to be. For only $50 per month, or $200 per term, or $600 for the year you can help one youth stay in school and reach his or her dreams. Graduating from a Catholic school experience is transformative in their lives and that of their families for generations to come. Collectively we help bring a brighter and more faith filled future for all of Uganda. Will you help one of these students reach their dreams?Donate Today!
In Lira diocese, we are helping YOUFRA (Young Franciscans) to support 20 students in primary school with boarding and personal requirements. Their parents are former abductees whose lives and education were disrupted when they were captured, dragged into the bush and forced to fight for the Lord’s Resistance Army or assist with their personal needs. While the conflict is over 17 years now, the parents have yet to recover–emotionally, educationally, socially, and especially financially. We are working diligently with Sr. Margaret Awor, LSOSF, and staff of the Young Franciscan (YOUFRA) Centre to help improve their livelihoods, heal from the traumas, and ensure a second generation of families doesn’t loose out on education. Personal requirements for the students includes mattresses, sheets, blankets, school uniforms, sturdy shoes, socks, books, paper, pencils, pens and markers, rulers, and meals. We are seeking $300 per term for these children, plus an additional $700 for one-time purchases. Will you help the parents redeem and reclaim their hope and dreams for their families and a good future? Will you help ensure their children have access to quality education?Donate Today!
We are seeking to help our partner St. Theresa Catholic Parish in Achilet, Uganda sing joyously to our Lord on Christmas eve! The parish electric keyboard is now silent (dead) and their drums worn out with 20 years of use. We are seeking to raise $2,000 to help them acquire new musical instruments and accessories before Christmas.
The Fr. Joseph Becket Othieno is the pastor supported by Fr. Paul Okoth and newly assigned Fr. Patrick Masuti. The parish has over 20,000 members including children. It is located in a very rural part of Eastern Uganda, Tororo Diocese. The church holds about 900 members at once. They are waiting with joyful expectations for a special Christmas gift and miracle this year for their parish. Could you help them join the heavenly Chorus and ring out even more joyously their Christmas Masses?
We are thrilled to provide for our Christmas dinner program once again to struggling families, children, elderly and disabled individuals in Uganda. Our goal is to raise Christmas dinners for 60 families and two children’s Christmas parties. A gift of $25 buys meat, rice, Matoke or potatoes, vegetables, Christmas cake, and sodas for a family of four. (See photos below.)
We connect with families through our partners Children’s Community Care, the Xaverians, YOUFRA Youth Centre Lira, YOUFRA Disabilities group Soroti, YOUFRA Youth Centre Tororo, St Joseph College, and the John Paul II Justice & Peace Youth Leaders Network.
Dear Benefactors, Thank you for your generous hearts and hands!
As we celebrate Thanksgiving with our families we are so very grateful to you for your support of the Catholic missionaries and families in Uganda! We have been blessed to accomplish many projects because of your generosity. By God’s grace, together this year alone we have:
built a chicken coop to help feed 16 children and staff at the YOUFRA Youth Center in Lira
completely remodeled the classroom building at St Joseph College, including a new roof getting a 140 students back to school
initiated the renovations of the outdoor bathrooms at the YOUFRA Youth Center
provided 6 scholarships for St Joseph College students in Padhola, Tororo
provided 3 scholarships for Ocer Campion Jesuit College in Gulu
provided 1 scholarship for the LSOSF (A-levels)
provided 2 scholarships for Children’s Community Care for 1 disabled student (diploma) & 1 sibling (a-levels)
provided 4 scholarships for YOUFRA to help 3 girls get back on track with education after having children (2 were suicidal) and 1 for the YOUFRA Youth Centre Director to start her Master’s in counseling
provided 2 scholarships for individual families A-levels and Diploma in Laboratory Technology
provided partial scholarships with boarding assistance and personal requirements for 13 children living at the YOUFRA Youth Center in Lira
assisted many families with health crises (hep C, malaria, h.pylori, hemorrhoids, and more)
May you all be richly blessed for your love and mercy! Laura, Founder
Thanks to American Martyrs Catholic Church in Manhattan Beach, two generous individual givers, and UK partner FOAG we were able to raise $22,000 to renovate the main classroom building at St Joseph College in Tororo, Uganda. The roof had been blown off during Holy Week this year leaving the classrooms unusable. The school scrambled to create four make shift classrooms to finish the first term, then go a second whole term while construction was underway. We reached out to our partners and friends for help and the response was great!
With the funds we were able to redesign and build a fresh the roof structure to make it more durable for the long-haul. We extending the roof out to include a proper verandah with much needed space in the raining seasons. We replaced all the rotted wooden doors and windows with new metal and class ones. We re-poured the foundation, reconfigured the classroom layouts, wired the building for lights and technology, added ceiling boards, re-plastered the walls inside and out, finished the floors, and painted the whole building. When possible students were able to learn and get involved in some of the construction too! The building looks fresh and fabulous!Students, teacher, parents and community members are thrilled to have the revitalized space!
Thank you to all our generous donors for making this project possible! The school is back to operating fully and students are actively preparing for end of year national exams.
Mary at St Benedict High SchoolJohn Mary (top center) at Ocer Campion Jesuit College
Ocer Campion Jesuit College in Gulu district has 600 plus students with one-third students on scholarship. St Joseph College, a Franciscan high school in Tororo district has 150 students with nearly all students on partial or full scholarship. Most of their parents are farmers struggling to eke out a livelihood and unable to pay for education. The government fails to provide options if you don’t live within walking distance of a school, which most of these students do not. We are seeking to support 12 students (3 @Ocer Campion + 9 @St Joseph). Currently we have raised funds for only 6 students. Will you help us reach our goal of 6 more students?
We also support girls to get back to school after an unplanned pregnancy in which they are forced to leave school, even if the child came from rape. We have FOURfemale students that we sponsors currently who are young mothers. This includes cost of feeding the young child and supporting the grandmother, great grandmother, or auntie that is caring for the child in their absence. The cost is $250 per term for fees, boarding, personal requirements, and food for the child. Will you help one of our young mothers?
In addition, we support the Little Sisters of St Francis to complete their A-level courses (post high school), which ensures they have an opportunity to study for a Bachelor’s at University. Without educating the young Sisters, the religious cannot lead the way to helping others grow and be healthy. Will you help Sr. Mary Jackline take another step in her educational journey?
Without your generous support these youth would be growing up without an education. Catholic education is key to helping children become fully who God desires them to be and leading families out of poverty. Only $50 per month, or $200 per term, or $600 for the year helps ensure one more youth is able to reach his or her dreams. You can make a transformative difference in their lives and that of their families. Collectively, we bring a brighter and more faith filled future to all in Uganda. Will you help one of these students reach their dreams?
St. Joseph College Students
For our younger students in Lira attending public primary day school (see photo below) there are still many personal requirements that are out of reach for the parents including school uniforms, sturdy shoes, socks, books, paper, pencils, pens and markers, and rulers. We also provide these 12 children with boarding and three meals a day at the YOUFRA Youth Centre in Lira town. We are seeking $100 per term for each child. Their parents are former abductees whose lives and education was interrupted when they were captured and dragged into the bush, forced to fight for and support the Lord’s Resistance Army.
While the conflict has been over for 17 years, the parents have yet to recover fully emotionally, educationally, socially, and especially financially. Through the Young Franciscan (YOUFRA) Centre we are working diligently to help the parents redeem and reclaim their hopes and dreams for families and a good future. The Centre offers counseling, spiritual development, and livelihood training for these parents. As well, the Centre staff is working diligently to ensure their children have access to quality education.
Will you give something today to help these children have a good future? Will you help right an injustice done to their parents?
Win great prizes in our raffle — gift certificates to restaurants, manicure/pedicures, bundles of beauty, food, wine, and more!!
Tickets are $5 or 6 for $25 (one book). You can purchase at the Dance OR online, OR email us at endeavors@globalechange.com. For online purchases use our red donate button and specify in the reference for the raffle. Make sure to give an email and phone number. We will follow-up with you.
Can’t make the event? You can help us to reach our goal of $5,000 for Scholarships by donating today! These students would not be attending high school, vocational college or university if we didn’t step in to fill the gap. Join us in transforming their lives and that of their communities.
We had a very fun night of dancing! Thank you to all of you who joined us on the dance floor or supported from a far. We raised $2,000 for scholarships thanks to the event sponsorship, donations and event funds with $800 coming from the raffle. We hope you can join us again next summer. To support our scholarship program donatehere!
Prayers and good wishes to the people of Uganda today as they remember and celebrate the sacrifices of the Ugandan Martyrs. #PrayforUs!
Help us lift up the missionaries and families in Uganda by supporting our scholarship fund, school enhancements, youth development, health fund, and livelihood initiatives.
