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GIRLS FUND HOME FOR UGANDA ORPHANS

Moved by the plight of orphans in a district of Uganda, girls from the13th Ipswich Girls’ Brigade Company attached to Castle Hill United Reformed Church set about raising funds to pay for a home capable of housing six orphans.
The 13th Ipswich Girls Brigade is a vibrant and energetic Company based at Castle Hill United Reformed Church in Dryden Road. Following an evening during which Church Members Lyn & Tony Wright gave a presentation of their visit last year, to Uganda, they pledged to raise funds for the area that Lyn and Tony visited. The girls were especially touched by the plight of the many homeless orphans at Bucence, near Rukungiri so specifically targeted this in an effort to raise the £400 necessary to build a semi permanent house able to accommodate six orphans.
To this end, the girls held a cake stall evening in April where they all brought along varieties of cakes, many made by themselves, for sale to parents and visitors. This raised and was followed by a fund-raising evening last month where the girls provided Cream Teas, held a sale of books, bric-a-brac, and set up fun stall with games , face painting etc. Money raised by the girls at these events exceeded their target and they were able to present a cheque for over £518 to the fund

Lyn Wright said; “This was a tremendous effort by the girls - it is so gratifying to know that our youngsters really do care for their brothers and sisters in Africa who can only dream about the things that we, in the UK, take for granted.”

Photo: Church member Mark Ward receives the cheque on behalf of the appeal.

Reverend Kenneth returns to Rukungiri.

In November 2007 Reverend Kenneth returns to Rukungiri to take Workshops in the Diocese on Team Building, Christian Leadership and new to the Diocese, Bereavement Counselling.

These courses are to be run at our Bible College under the watchful eye of Principal Reverend Canon Gershom Muhanga

The Team Building Workshops were a great hit the last time they were run with material kindly donated by Mr Peter Webb who runs Marsh Training in Kent, UK.

The Christian Leadership courses were started in two Archdeaconries in August 2007 and now the two remaining Archdeaconries will follow when Archdeacon George Kinyanda and Archdeacon Fred Timusiime join in leading these courses.

With death being a regular occurrence in North Kigezi the need for Bereavement Counselling is great and this will be our first of such workshops covering 6 days for a group of 15 participants.

Please pray for the success of these workshops as we all come together in the sight of God to learn how to better serve HIM and our Parishioners and Leaders.

Rev Kenneth Berkin at ken.berkin@ntlworld.com
God Bless

Ugandan “Rapper” Richard Tumukunde helps with our Mission.

In September 2007 a coffee morning was held at the Riversiide Project in Canterbury run by Kent Refugee Action Network, a Kent based Charity that looks after Refugees and Asylum Seekers.

Richard Tumukunde fro Mbarara on South Western Uganda came along and gave us his moving testimony and delighted us all with his music and his very personal ”Rap” style of presentation.

We are very grateful to Kran Staff of Gwen and Wendy who made is all possible and the young Asylum Seeking Children who helped so much with the cooking.

With sales of Ugandan Tea and local made crafts some £110.00 was raised which will go to providing housing for our “Double Orphans” in the village of Bucenci
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Mukaama Asiimwe “Praise God”