Donations Kisoboka Uganda, Inc.

Friday, November 23, 2012

The Season of Giving

The perfect gift for someone that is hard to buy for or has everything they need.  
Please indicate which gift you are providing.  I will mail you a card and  when the child or teacher  receives the gift a picture will be take an emailed to you. This picture may take a month from donation.
  • Sponsorship - $300 - indicate age and sex preference.
  • Meal for all the children - $1,000
  • Teachers Salary - Monthly - $77.00
  • Shoes - $25.00
  • Animal - $25 pig - $50- goat
  • blanket - $25
  • mattress - $25
  • School Uniform - $10
  • Mosquito net - $10
  • UN-Designated  -



Sunday, November 18, 2012

Christmas Field Trip- November 28th

On November 28th- 300 Children  3rd grade through the 7th grade and 9 Teachers from the Christian Mission Academy  will be going  on an adventure they will remember for the rest of their lives.
Most of the students and teachers have never been out of Bakka.  They will be going on 4 buses to the Entebbe Zoo, visiting the Entebbe Air port and eating lunch somewhere in either Kampala or Entebbe.
Every field trip even in the US  is filled with joy and stress for the team that coordinate the event and attends the event I am requesting  the following prayers. 

Thank God for providing the funds for this trip.  It is amazing that the funds were raised in two weeks! 
Thank God for our on the ground Project Management Team; Hope, Paddy and Pastor Frank.  They are the team that is making it happen!
Pray for the Lords Blessings on the day
For good weather, rain makes the roads very hazardous,
Pray for the Drivers of the buses, the roads are hazardous, safety for all on the trip,
Pray for the children
Pray for safety and and a joyful  day for all.
Pray for the chaperons 

     1. Kawola Maurine Head Mistress P7
     2. Kibirango David- P6
     3. Babirye Joyce- P5
     4. Mawanda Micheal- P4
     5. Nakaungu Suzan –P3
     6. Birungie Esther- P2
     7. Nalwanga Edith –P1
     8. Kayitesi Margaret- Top Class
     9. Nasolo Betty – Baby Class

     10. Hope Kalibbala - Project Manager
     11. Paddy Walikira- Project Manager
     12. Pastor Frank Mukiliza- Pastor

I will  be providing updates after the trip.  Thank you all for your support!
love mom sandy gwoyagala

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Bakka Christmas Field Trip

I received an email from Pastor Frank today saying there will be a teacher /adult for every 20 children on the field trip.
The teachers from the school are as excited as the kids are  They have never been to the zoo or Entebbe before. :)

We are very close to making our goal we just  $500.00 more.  My Partners in Uganda tell me this will be a Christmas the children and the teachers  will remember the rest of their life.

Friday, November 9, 2012

Planning Baka Christmas Celebration 2012

Every year we provide a special Christmas Gift to the children at the Christian Mission Academy.  This year along with the meal we are going to provide a field trip to the zoo.  This will be another first for many children.
Their first field trip
The first time they will be in a van,
The first time they will see Kampala and
The first time they will see the zoo
The first time they will have a meal out.

This trip will cost ~$2000.00
I will be having several craft sales where the proceeds will go toward this event.  Please consider attending one of these events or making a donation.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Highlights from Uganda 2012

I just returned from my 4th visit to Uganda.  It was truly and amazing blessing to be there with the children and the people I love so dearly.   We were cared for and loved by an amazing group of people. Agnes and Rose shopped, cooked,  washed our clothes and cared for us daily.  Hope, Paddy and Pastor Frank our on the ground Project Management team informed us and guided us through our visits.  Delgracious drove us day and night with driving skills that were amazing.  Esther the teacher from the school lead us around the village to all of the homes we visited. Nicolas guided us through the craft fair and helped me purchase some amazing crafts.  Below is the outline of our trip.
Sunday October 21st at 5:00 pm we left for our adventure. After confirming that our connecting flight was not cancelled.
Monday October 22nd we arrived in  Entebbe at 11:20PM.  We were greeted by 13 people.
Rose, Agnes, Nicolas, Hope, Edrian, Paddy, Delgracious, Julie, Immaculate, Issac, Maggie, Lydia, and Pastor Frank. A van and car was needed to transport all of us plus our 450 lbs of luggage to the apartment.

Tuesday October 23rd we went to the Christian Mission Academy.  We were greeted by a team of children doing traditions dance and the remainder of the children lined up.  This is always one of the most emotional times of the visit.  375 children lined up for as far as we could see. All singing and clapping with joy but their physical illnesses are very obvious, skin disease, lice and swollen bellies.
After the children sang a couple songs and we greeted them in return. We were  then off on our marathon home visits.
Our first visit was Farouq's home.   His mom was so grateful for the care we had provided for her son.  She showed us her garden that supplies the food for them plus Farouq showed us his hog.  He is so proud of the hog.  We made plans for Farouq next step in his medical treatment.  He will have surgery in January for the hernia in his chest.
While walking to Angels house we had a quick visit with Barbaras's mom and saw hog that will be sold soon because he is rough.
Second visit was Angel a sweet young child that was over joyed with her tweetie back pack.  Her mom was also grateful for the sewing kit and money provided.

The third home we visited was the teacher Esther and  her daughter Penniah, Sadrick and Experito.  The baby Sadrick was afraid of us, white people are very scary. :) This was by far the nicest home we visited there were 2 coaches and a chair in the multi purpose room.  Esther has a very good heart and opens her home to many kids form the Christian Mission Academy.

Forth home visit was Nelco.  He and is sister are living alone because his mom has HIV and is no longer able to care for them.  Pastor Chris prayed for the family and healing for their mom.

The final visit for the day,  Peter, Joseph and Babiyira or so we thought. We found out that Babiyira is also a twin. The mother was not home she had gone to get money.  (sell herself)  The dad was caring for the kids.
We scrambled and found a gift for the 4th child.

 Wednesday October 24th  We first visited Show Mercy International to deliver the 120 Malaria test kits and the 100 Typhoid test kits from Science with a Mission. The timing of the visit was not good  because Show Mercy was holding a Pastors conference so we did not get a tour.  Then we went back to the Christian Mission Academy for the next group of home visits.  These children lived a little further from the school so we rode to their homes.  The rode was so filled with holes sometimes it felt like the van was going to tip over.  Our very skilled driver Delgracious kept us safe.

First visit  of the day was Steven Madada (Ricardo). His home is a mud shack, his mom rents it is so poorly built and failing it will collapse in the next heavy rain.  Inside the mud hut was a 6 month old baby.  The room was about 6 by 6 with nothing but a mat.  We are investigating finding another place for them to rent. We will make up the difference. 

Second home was down the path away, we past by 2 pigs submerged in water trying to stay cool.  This visited was special because Tony's sponsor was part of the team.  His mom was so grateful for the gift.  Tony now has his Christmas outfit. They were both very excited.
8 Children have had their US sponsors visit them in Uganda this is so powerful.  To meet the person that loves them from across the world.
While walking down the road we met Frank Bongles grandmother she expressed her gratitude for the sponsorship program. 

Third home visit Alice.  We visited Alice because she has been writing to me asking me to pray for her Grandmother continuously since February.  Her grandmother is suffering from high blood pressure. The first place we stopped her Grandmother was not there. We went to her home where she was waiting for us.  She is also suffering from gum disease. Pastor Chris prayed for her and her family.

After visiting Alice we went by the Secondary school where our graduating students are attending. This school is very impressive and the students are doing well.  It was a wonderful visit.  Next year we may have a graduating class of 13.  I am praying we will be able to sponsor all of them.  Attend my craft sales please!

Fourth home visit for the day Yosi.  We all thought the van was going to tip over driving to his home.  It was at a 45 degree angle.  Yosi is staying with his mom and sister.  Across the street from his home there were two little boys playing one was naked.  He is still leaky.  The older child was ~ 4 and the younger child maybe 2.  The 4 year old was caring for the 2 year old while his mom was off working in someones field.

Fifth visit of the day was Mathius.  He was staying with Esther and is now staying with his cousins and Grandfather.  There were several young children at the home the relationships were not clear.  Living with his grandfather Mathius is still allowed to attend school.  When he was staying with his dad he was not that is why he was staying with Esther.

The sixth visit of the day was Specozia.  This baby walks very far alone everyday, no other child lives near her.  She walks past a very large ant hill.  Scary what may be in it.  When we gave her the gift from her sponsor she disappeared into her home to change right into it.  Her mom said it would be her Christmas outfit.

Wednesday evening we were off to Church. Pastor Chris provided ideas and leadership guidance to the the leaders of JPC.   

Thursday October 25th.  The day of celebration at the Christian Mission Academy.  We started the day with the classroom visits passing out lollipops and pencils to every child.  We then met with all of the sponsored children and passed out their gifts.
All the children were provided a special meal.  Rice, sauce, beef and a soda.  Yes the Bzungus caused a bit of a ruckus in passing out drinks.  Lesson learned let the teacher do what they know how to do organize the children.
We then passed out the dolls to children identified by the teachers.
The final event of the day was the movie.  This event did not go as planned the movie we brought with us Lion King did not work. Hope and Paddy saved the day by coming up with an alternative movie the children were able to see their first movie ever. 

Friday October 26th.  Katie and I spent the day with our Ugandan family.  Rose, Agnes, Nicholas, Steven, Barbara, Misha, Malcom and Delgracious.  We first went to the craft fair and identified additional products that Rose, Agnes and their mom could make.  With Nicholas expert  guidance we purchase several very unique and beautiful products.
We then went to visit their Mom in the village.  The home she lives in is surrounded by avacado trees, banana trees, mango trees it is a tropical paradise.  She also has 3 little pigs.  The compound itself is still being constructed but will be a wonderful haven for the family when it is complete.  To end the day we had a meal.  The day visit was very good.
At 5:00 we were off to visit the sewing business.  The women are doing amazing work and creating many cute outfits from the pillow cases.
At 6:00 we met with the ladies at JPC the plans needed to change because there was no power so we could not show the movie.  I read Ann Menzi's sermon and Hope translated.  We did this by candlelight.  There always has to be a plan B.  The ladies enjoyed the sermon very much.  The meeting ended at 8:30.
Friday Todd Klipp arrived and provided another blessing to the women.  He is funding the beauty salon another opportunity for the women to earn a living.

Saturday October 27th  Our site seeing day.  We drove through Kampala, past the US Embassy. No pictures allowed. :) We then learned about the Ordinary and the Executive status in Uganda.  We visited the Ordinary Lake Victoria and the Executive Lake Victoria. The Ordinary was crowed,  filled with people selling their goods.  The Executive was clean and quite the Ordinary people are not allowed, the taxi we were riding in was also not allowed to park in their parking lot.  While the Executive lot was beautiful it was also sad because none of the money raised goes back to improve the conditions of the people right outside the gate.  The Ordinary have no resources or power to change their lives or conditions and the Executives choose not to do anything.  Deadlock.
Saturday evening we attended a celebration the Sponsored college students held in Todds honor at  a very classy restaurant.  This is when we learned about hurricane Sandy.

Sunday October 28th  We attended Sunday School at 11:00 Pastor Chris taught the adults and Katie and I attended the children's class.  Nicolas is doing an amazing job of teaching the children they were all paying close attention and knew the answers to his questions. One child Ruth was able to answer some really tough questions I was very impressed.  Nicolas also taught the children to dance and sing which they did during the service.  It was a true gift.
The Church service ended at 2:00 (no snacks or lunch was served) then there was a leaders meeting until 3:00.
When we left the church we went to Aminas home a women from the church suffering from HIV.  She is weak and unable to attend church.  We then had a tour of the medical center her daughter Clair works at.  The Doctor and owner of the center was very gracious in providing a very detailed tour.
We then took the supporting team to lunch an Nandos'  Rose Agnes and Clair tasted a hamburger for the first time in their lives. It was a wonderful day.
In the evening Pastor Chris, Pastor Frank, Todd, Hope, Paddy and I met to discuss the project and needs. This is the evening that Pastor Chris fell in a hole when a grate fell in.  He hurt his back it was very scary moment.

Monday  October 29th our final day in Uganda. We went back to the Christian Mission Academy.  The school choir sang and danced for us.  Farouq now has the energy to sing in the choir!  The teachers and the girls net ball team played a game the futeball team played a game the children ran races and  the school showed us all their love.  We ended the day with a group picture and an emotional goodby.
Monday evening we were off to the airport with many  loving kind people. They stood outside the airport waving and watching us until they could no longer see us.  

Tuesday  October 30th we landed in Logan an hour early.  God had provided amazing travel mercies!