Donations Kisoboka Uganda, Inc.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Christmas dinner



Christmas Dinner-December 24th
The estimate is the 280 children attended the Christmas Dinner. They had a Christmas Service filled with stories and prayer. They shared a cake  had soda and a meal of rice, meat, dried fish, matoke  and g-nut(ground nut or peanut) sauce.

Friday, December 20, 2013

2013 year in review



2013 has been a year of incredible joy and deep sorrow.
We met and exceeded most of our goals for this year. 

Medical Care
The year  started with great sadness Pastor Deo's  11 year old son died of malaria. It infected his brain before they could afford to have him treated.  In Uganda you must pay for treatment or they will not treat you. 
With this heavy on my heart and filling my daily prayers; God  answered providing another blessing and connection.  Show Mercy opened a medical center not too far from the school. All of our children and their families can go to Show Mercy and be treated at no cost to them, they send the bill to me. 
All children are de wormed every semester.  We provided treatment for jiggers (insects living in their feet)  To help prevent jiggers, we provided every child with a pair of shoes.  
The result is the children are healthier.  In 2008 these children did not own a ball, this year they won the district tournament. I could visibly see the difference during my visit their stomachs were not as swollen and their skin had a healthier glow.  

This connection was scary for me, how was I going to pay the bill when it comes in.   Since we started there was only one month that I had not raise enough funds when the bill came in.  So I prayed for 3 days, on the third day I sent one email.  In the email I asked for assistance paying the bill. The immediate response, they were going to pay the entire bill.

Another situation that brought me deep sadness a young child in the 1st  grade was consistently sick.  The nurse at Show Mercy suggested that the child be tested for HIV.  The mom did not want to have her tested, she did not want to know.  We assured her that we would provide for her and care for her. The entire family was tested.  The mom and the young daughter are both HIV positive.  We are providing monthly food and transportation to the medical clinic where they receive their treatment.    Two other families have been identified as being HIV positive .  We are providing the same care.

To help prevent malaria we provided every child with a mosquito net
We also provided every child with a pair of shoes  to help prevent jiggers.

Piggery
We started the year  purchasing a going out of business piggery.  This included 48 pigs many were pregnant. We gave them to families that were prepared to care for them.  The condition was that they must give 4 from the first litter to 4 other families. The gift that keeps on giving.  This gift has been a blessing to so many families.  During our visit we saw and learned more about taking care of pigs than I ever imagined.  The 192 families have been  blessed by the gift.

In the past we had purchased some families goats .  When Cathy’s Grandfather heard we were in the village and looked  for us until he found us. He wanted  to let us know how grateful he was and thank us for the gift of a goat.  They now have 4 goats which are providing milk and income for the family. 
The Visit
When we visited every child received a gift,  a back pack with pens, pencils, pencil  sharpener eraser and other trinkets.
Another note area of sadness 2 young girls were sold into prostitution. During our visit we were able to rescue one, but later learned she is pregnant.   We are praying over how best to handle this situation. Winnie we are still trying to find.   This is heartbreaking.  We have rescued several girls over the years and the pattern is they are sold between Christmas and February.  I am planning on going in February this year to try and prevent this from happening.  Donations would be greatly appreciated to help support my  trip.  Cost $3,000.00 most of that is air fare.

School Changes
Working towards being a Government recognized school.  Every classroom has benches / chairs and the teachers all have desks with cabinets.  We hire a second cook and purchased very large pots.  We also hire 3 new teachers that are certified.  2014 we are hiring 3 more  qualified teachers and creating a new position for Esther.  Her new role will be overseeing all the children for health care and following up if they are not attending school. 
An end of year very generous donation was made to build a bore hole at the school.  This project should be completed by the end of 2013 early 2014.


The school year is ending with many celebrations for the children

  1. Speech Day on December 6th, the children sing dance and perform for their parents and receive their report cards to find out if they are promoted.
  2. The school field trip on December 13th 
  3. Christmas Eve Dinner on December 24th.
I will be posting 2014 goals after spending time in prayer!

Loving a Village One Child at a Time!
Love,
Mom Sandy Gwoyagala  (my Ugandan name)



Saturday, December 7, 2013

The story of the well at the Christian Mission Academy.

God's plan is perfect and he places people in the right place at the right time. 

  I am a member of Zontas, Women for advancing Women around the world.  The end of October I attended the convention in Bedford.  It was an amazing weekend.  Zontas women are doing amazing things locally and around the world!

One evening at dinner there was a gentleman at our table.   I was talking about this project,and through divine intervention he was seated at my table.  Five days before we met, his mom told him she wanted him to help her find a way to build a well in a third world country without a lot of administration fees.  

You will all see the rest of the story unfold.