Many thanks to our new sponsor Daytime with Donna, for working with us to help find sponsors for the children.
Check out the website.
Blessings,
Sandy
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
End of the School Year
In Uganda the school year ends the beginning of December. This Friday the children will learn if they are being promoted to the the next grade. It is a day filled with anticipation and excitement.
Their vacation begins and they don't return to school until the beginning of February. During their vacation they will work in their families gardens or their neighbors gardens. They call it digging on the land.
I am attempting to raise enough money for the children to have a Christmas celebration of a meal, soda and candy. This is what every child in Uganda dreams of receiving at Christmas.
I pray you all had a blessed Thanksgiving and are filled with anticipation of the coming of Our Lord this Christmas Season.
Much love,
Mom Sandy
Their vacation begins and they don't return to school until the beginning of February. During their vacation they will work in their families gardens or their neighbors gardens. They call it digging on the land.
I am attempting to raise enough money for the children to have a Christmas celebration of a meal, soda and candy. This is what every child in Uganda dreams of receiving at Christmas.
I pray you all had a blessed Thanksgiving and are filled with anticipation of the coming of Our Lord this Christmas Season.
Much love,
Mom Sandy
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Donation Button
Hello All,
Many people have been asking for an easy way to donate. I now have a donate button set up with PayPal on my blog.
My goal by the middle of December to have 200 people donate $4.00 each!
I will post the status.
The money raise will be used to provide a Christmas celebration for the Children at the Christian Mission Academy.
Many people have been asking for an easy way to donate. I now have a donate button set up with PayPal on my blog.
My goal by the middle of December to have 200 people donate $4.00 each!
I will post the status.
The money raise will be used to provide a Christmas celebration for the Children at the Christian Mission Academy.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
2011 review
Thank you for all of the support you have provided this year for the projects I work on. Together we are changing a village by providing hope through education and showing God’s love. During my visit to Uganda in October I was overjoyed to see the children happily enjoying their school. It is a source of pride for them. They have a net ball team and a fute ball (soccer) team and a school choir. Praise God!
The women were rejoicing and praising God for the gift of a rental place for their sewing business.
2011 accomplished this year.
Through the sponsorship program, fundraising and donations
v 26 children receive mattresses,
v 11 children received mosquito nets.
v 400 children received a meal every day
v 8 teachers were paid monthly
Through fund raising, donations and jewelry sales
v The 3rd school building was completed
v 3 shipments of clothing and school supplies
v Supporting a couple, by providing the hospital fees to release their baby that died from the hospital for burial.
v A child was provided a nebulizer and asthma medication
v A child is being care for with spinal TB
v The women’s sewing business has a rental place
v The women are being trained to make pillow case dresses
v During my trip to Uganda I visited 12 sponsored children’s homes
v Donations paid for an emergency c-section.
v 3 children were sponsored for their secondary education.
The women were rejoicing and praising God for the gift of a rental place for their sewing business.
2011 accomplished this year.
Through the sponsorship program, fundraising and donations
v 26 children receive mattresses,
v 11 children received mosquito nets.
v 400 children received a meal every day
v 8 teachers were paid monthly
Through fund raising, donations and jewelry sales
v The 3rd school building was completed
v 3 shipments of clothing and school supplies
v Supporting a couple, by providing the hospital fees to release their baby that died from the hospital for burial.
v A child was provided a nebulizer and asthma medication
v A child is being care for with spinal TB
v The women’s sewing business has a rental place
v The women are being trained to make pillow case dresses
v During my trip to Uganda I visited 12 sponsored children’s homes
v Donations paid for an emergency c-section.
v 3 children were sponsored for their secondary education.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Farouq-
Farouq has spinal tb and is on medication to stop the progression of the TB. I am trying to learn how the system works to get him medical visa and treatment in the U.S.
- They mom Farouq and the interpreter need to get passports
- The Doctor in Entebbe has to write up something for a medical visa
- I need to find sponsors for him and I think his mother and interpreter ??while they are here.
- Raise money for air fare- 3 tickets I think. An interpreter because neither Farouq nor his mother speak English
- Find a doctor here that is willing to help him.- I have contacted a doctor from Childrens Hospital recommended by another Doctor in Philly that treated a child with the same condition.
Prayers and money needed. No child should have to suffer as much as this child is suffering.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Uganda 2011
Pastor Frank, Hope, and Paddy were with me everyday as I went on my extraordinary adventures. We were filled with Joy and Humbled while we were working for God.
My visit at the school was a true joy. The third school block is almost finished. The students continue to be proud of their school and like their teachers. There are 8 students in 7th grade this is doubled from last year.
While visiting we enjoyed a net ball game the teachers verses the students, The teachers won but the cheer leaders were definitely in favor of the students. There was a fute ball game, the school choir sang. I visited all of the classes met with the teachers. I enjoyed the 3 days I spent with them.
But I do have a major concern with the school. The children from ages ranging from 4-7 grade preschool through 2nd are released from school at 1:00. These children walk home alone many walk for 2 – 3 hours. To put in perspective there day. they have walked to school 2- 3 hours then they studied at school have a small snack at 10:00 and then walk another 2-3 hours home. This past week a young girl from the top class (kindergarten) was hit and killed by a car while walking to school.
When I asked why do the children walk so far to school why don’t they go to a school closer to home. The answer was they can not afford to go to the other schools. The Christian Academy is the only school that allows children to attend when they can’t afford to pay.
The school is supported by the children that are sponsored, I currently have 25 students that are sponsored. To meet the schools needs monthly approximately 84 children need to be sponsored. If you are interested let me know. I promise you it will be the BEST $25.00 you spend in a month. Less than $1.00 per day how many times do you spend a $1.00 without even thinking about it. $1.00 is 3 meals for a hungry child in Uganda.
During my time in Uganda I visited 12 of the sponsored children’s homes. While I don’t have the time to tell the story of every home visit I have selected a few to represent the intense joy and pain I experienced during my visits.
One of the first homes, we visited Lydia’s was quite a distance off of the road, so we walked through the bush. When we came into the clearing and the Grandmother JaJa saw us coming she dropped to her knees and looked to the heavens and praised God. She then hugged me and prayed for me. I did not understand the words she was saying but I felt like I was being hugged by God. Lydia’s JaJa then told us that during the rainy season this year their house collapsed (the pile of rubble in front of us.) she praised God that no one was killed and the community had built her a new home. The mattress we were delivering to her was an answer to her prayers. She invited us into her home which was an empty except for a baby sleeping on the dirt floor and the materials she was using to make mats for them to sleep on. Lydia’s, JaJa is a substance farmer they live on what she grows. I was truly humbled by this visit.
A visit to Hasan’s home, Hasan is a total orphan no family at all. He lives off of the road so we walked through the bush at the end was a tiny house. When I entered the house Hasans JaJa was sitting preparing for tea. Her first response was to look up and praise God, then she held my hand and prayed for me, another powerful prayer.
Surrounding the JaJa were 3 small children 2 sleeping on the floor. Ja Ja told us they had malaria and she was praying the treatment they had was enough
to heal them. None of the children she cared for were hers, they were all abandoned by their families. She told us when they become older she has to protect the children from being taken to work as slaves in neighboring gardens. I counted 7 children and the house was too small to hold the mattress we were delivering. It was not much bigger than a closet.
Now the home visit that caused me to take immediate action. Farouq a young handicapped child. It was not until my home visit that I learned about Faroug’s needs. He has trouble breathing, hunched back has a hernia on his chest, suffers from malnutrition and malaria. The mother said the hunch back was not treatable but the hernia was. She did not have the money to get treatment for him. Farouq was take to the hospital in Kampala on Wednesday. The hospital in Kampala said they were not set up to treat him so they sent him to the hospital in Entebbe. The hospital in Entebbe said to bring him back on Tuesday with the money for the tests. Please pray for healing for this child. Donations for his care would also be greatly appreciated.
On to my next project
I spent 2 days with the women’s sewing business. The pillow case dress project was received with great excitement. The women learned how to cut the pillow case dresses and started sewing. I have pictures of the children modeling them also young girls using them as blouses. They were all VERY excited. During my visit Pastor Frank and I also identified a place for them to rent so they could start their business. Rentals are done very differently in Uganda. My September Crafts from around the world shows raised enough money for 3 months rent. They should be moving into their space this week.
Hope and Edrian’s baby was born while I was there. The celebration was small because Edrian had just come home from the hospital from having a c-section. When I presented them with the shower gifts and money they were truly over whelmed with wide open eyes and huge smiles they kept repeating the Lord has blessed our baby.
The last full day of my visit was spent with my Ugandan family, our own Steven Kakiyia’s family. They are a humble family that care for so many people that I don’t think they know how many brothers and sisters they have. We began the day at the Uganda’s Independent day celebration. 10 children bouncing on bouncy rides and trampolines enjoying a day of fun.
We then went to home and spent time visiting with their Mom. The day with a family picture for me to bring to their beloved brother Steven.
This was my third trip to Uganda, it is very painful, I know and love the 400 children and many families in Uganda. I am in pain and tormented that their need is so great and my resouces are so small.
There are 2 billion people in the world living in the circumstances I witness in Uganda. God knows everyone of these people by name I can't even fathom his pain.
Checks can be made out to Trinity Covenant Church
mailed to
Trinity Covenant Church
7 Clematis Road
Lexington MA 02421
Attention Sandy Gannon
A donation of any amount would be greatly appreciated, as mentioned above $1.00 is 3 meals.
Love and Peace,
Mom Sandy
My visit at the school was a true joy. The third school block is almost finished. The students continue to be proud of their school and like their teachers. There are 8 students in 7th grade this is doubled from last year.
While visiting we enjoyed a net ball game the teachers verses the students, The teachers won but the cheer leaders were definitely in favor of the students. There was a fute ball game, the school choir sang. I visited all of the classes met with the teachers. I enjoyed the 3 days I spent with them.
But I do have a major concern with the school. The children from ages ranging from 4-7 grade preschool through 2nd are released from school at 1:00. These children walk home alone many walk for 2 – 3 hours. To put in perspective there day. they have walked to school 2- 3 hours then they studied at school have a small snack at 10:00 and then walk another 2-3 hours home. This past week a young girl from the top class (kindergarten) was hit and killed by a car while walking to school.
When I asked why do the children walk so far to school why don’t they go to a school closer to home. The answer was they can not afford to go to the other schools. The Christian Academy is the only school that allows children to attend when they can’t afford to pay.
The school is supported by the children that are sponsored, I currently have 25 students that are sponsored. To meet the schools needs monthly approximately 84 children need to be sponsored. If you are interested let me know. I promise you it will be the BEST $25.00 you spend in a month. Less than $1.00 per day how many times do you spend a $1.00 without even thinking about it. $1.00 is 3 meals for a hungry child in Uganda.
During my time in Uganda I visited 12 of the sponsored children’s homes. While I don’t have the time to tell the story of every home visit I have selected a few to represent the intense joy and pain I experienced during my visits.
One of the first homes, we visited Lydia’s was quite a distance off of the road, so we walked through the bush. When we came into the clearing and the Grandmother JaJa saw us coming she dropped to her knees and looked to the heavens and praised God. She then hugged me and prayed for me. I did not understand the words she was saying but I felt like I was being hugged by God. Lydia’s JaJa then told us that during the rainy season this year their house collapsed (the pile of rubble in front of us.) she praised God that no one was killed and the community had built her a new home. The mattress we were delivering to her was an answer to her prayers. She invited us into her home which was an empty except for a baby sleeping on the dirt floor and the materials she was using to make mats for them to sleep on. Lydia’s, JaJa is a substance farmer they live on what she grows. I was truly humbled by this visit.
A visit to Hasan’s home, Hasan is a total orphan no family at all. He lives off of the road so we walked through the bush at the end was a tiny house. When I entered the house Hasans JaJa was sitting preparing for tea. Her first response was to look up and praise God, then she held my hand and prayed for me, another powerful prayer.
Surrounding the JaJa were 3 small children 2 sleeping on the floor. Ja Ja told us they had malaria and she was praying the treatment they had was enough
to heal them. None of the children she cared for were hers, they were all abandoned by their families. She told us when they become older she has to protect the children from being taken to work as slaves in neighboring gardens. I counted 7 children and the house was too small to hold the mattress we were delivering. It was not much bigger than a closet.
Now the home visit that caused me to take immediate action. Farouq a young handicapped child. It was not until my home visit that I learned about Faroug’s needs. He has trouble breathing, hunched back has a hernia on his chest, suffers from malnutrition and malaria. The mother said the hunch back was not treatable but the hernia was. She did not have the money to get treatment for him. Farouq was take to the hospital in Kampala on Wednesday. The hospital in Kampala said they were not set up to treat him so they sent him to the hospital in Entebbe. The hospital in Entebbe said to bring him back on Tuesday with the money for the tests. Please pray for healing for this child. Donations for his care would also be greatly appreciated.
On to my next project
I spent 2 days with the women’s sewing business. The pillow case dress project was received with great excitement. The women learned how to cut the pillow case dresses and started sewing. I have pictures of the children modeling them also young girls using them as blouses. They were all VERY excited. During my visit Pastor Frank and I also identified a place for them to rent so they could start their business. Rentals are done very differently in Uganda. My September Crafts from around the world shows raised enough money for 3 months rent. They should be moving into their space this week.
Hope and Edrian’s baby was born while I was there. The celebration was small because Edrian had just come home from the hospital from having a c-section. When I presented them with the shower gifts and money they were truly over whelmed with wide open eyes and huge smiles they kept repeating the Lord has blessed our baby.
The last full day of my visit was spent with my Ugandan family, our own Steven Kakiyia’s family. They are a humble family that care for so many people that I don’t think they know how many brothers and sisters they have. We began the day at the Uganda’s Independent day celebration. 10 children bouncing on bouncy rides and trampolines enjoying a day of fun.
We then went to home and spent time visiting with their Mom. The day with a family picture for me to bring to their beloved brother Steven.
This was my third trip to Uganda, it is very painful, I know and love the 400 children and many families in Uganda. I am in pain and tormented that their need is so great and my resouces are so small.
There are 2 billion people in the world living in the circumstances I witness in Uganda. God knows everyone of these people by name I can't even fathom his pain.
Checks can be made out to Trinity Covenant Church
mailed to
Trinity Covenant Church
7 Clematis Road
Lexington MA 02421
Attention Sandy Gannon
A donation of any amount would be greatly appreciated, as mentioned above $1.00 is 3 meals.
Love and Peace,
Mom Sandy
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Crafts from Around the World
Crafts from around the world began when a group of (5) women discovered they were doing the same thing for women and children in different locations around the globe.
This group of women all travel to the locations that they support. The trips are expensive and long the but the women feel personal connection of love and friendship with the women and children that are supported by these project. Come to one of the Craft Fairs meet these women and support their efforts in changing the world one village at a time.
1. Sandy Gannon –Trinity Covenant Church volunteers with Hearts and Hands for Uganda
2. Maria Haynes- First Baptist Church volunteers with Communities Without Boarders in Zambia.
3. Edie Swenson Volunteers with the Wings for Hope Lhasa, Tibet.
4. Ben Imsong volunteers with the Mercy Mission in Nagaland.
5. Robin McManus- Hancock Church volunteers in Ghana.
Crafts from Around the World Dates
September 17 at Trinity Covenant Church 7 Clematis Road Lexington MA
October 22nd at First Baptist Church, 1580 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington MA
November 12th at First Baptist Church, 1580 Massachusetts Ave Lexington MA
December 3rd at First Baptist Church, 1580 Massachusetts Ave Lexington MA
This group of women all travel to the locations that they support. The trips are expensive and long the but the women feel personal connection of love and friendship with the women and children that are supported by these project. Come to one of the Craft Fairs meet these women and support their efforts in changing the world one village at a time.
1. Sandy Gannon –Trinity Covenant Church volunteers with Hearts and Hands for Uganda
2. Maria Haynes- First Baptist Church volunteers with Communities Without Boarders in Zambia.
3. Edie Swenson Volunteers with the Wings for Hope Lhasa, Tibet.
4. Ben Imsong volunteers with the Mercy Mission in Nagaland.
5. Robin McManus- Hancock Church volunteers in Ghana.
Crafts from Around the World Dates
September 17 at Trinity Covenant Church 7 Clematis Road Lexington MA
October 22nd at First Baptist Church, 1580 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington MA
November 12th at First Baptist Church, 1580 Massachusetts Ave Lexington MA
December 3rd at First Baptist Church, 1580 Massachusetts Ave Lexington MA
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