Update From Fred

A Happy Christmas, 

Greetings, we are all fine and I pray you are fine too, This December we are doing home visitation program with kids, we have gone to 15 families already.

We are having discussion with different families of our children. We are talking about the properties of this children which is under their care to keep them for the children, we are also talking about their responsibilities as relatives of this children.  

Though there are some challenges like the family of Steven, the Uncle sold one of his goats without notifying Steven and we are telling him to replace the goat back. The same issue is with Gerad's family. We are telling these families that these are their children and they should be good stewardship, and to know they still have a roll in the lives of these children. 

We plan to reach out to all our children's families before January.
Greetings to all,
Fred

The Dedication Celebration!

The dedication of the second school building was a huge event.
There was well over 200 folks there enjoying the speakers, music and food. The children performed their traditional dance and modeled their uniforms.

Serving The Community

This has been a very busy day for all students of Saving Grace Primary School as they give back to the community. Our children was able to teach the community on how to give a hand to the elderly.  A team led by Sarah took to Mzee [ old papa, his real name is yeko ] bars of soap & beans. And a team lead by Steven was able to do clearing of the Mzee's compound, slashing around the hut. Sarah and the rest of the girls were able to clean up the house and arrange things for the old papa.

This old man was very happy, since in the community nothing like this has ever happen to him. This old man lives in a open door house with high grass where snakes can easily enter in his house.  But thank God for Saving Grace student who were able and willing to give a hand to this very old man in need.
 
Blessing to you all who is able to support these children. The children are learning how to give back to the needy people in the community around them.

Thanks so much, You will be able to watch this in the documentary next month.   Fred

Three New Children

                                         Emmanuel           Edmon            Monica

There is a long and painful story behind each child's face. As you read through them 
remember to keep children in your prayers.  There is much healing that needs to take place.

Monica spent three years on the streets when she lost both parents to AIDS. 
She had to walk 42 miles from her village to Lira town for safety. But after arriving to Lira town things became worst for her.  While on the streets Monica was continually abused sexually, and suffered emotional trauma.   She was eventually picked up and placed in a home as a slave. Monica was made to do all the house work including looking after a child. Street girls are often picked up and placed in homes to become a domestic worker. The treatment they suffer in these homes are not far from what they were dealing with on the streets.

Edmon lost both of his parents to AIDS and spent four years on the streets. Like Monica, Edmon was also abused on the streets and was used as cheap labor for business men in town. Edmon is 13 years old.

Emmanuel parents died of AIDS and spent two years on the streets. He was abused and bitten on many occasions by police patrol and night guards. Emmanuel is 12 years old.

You will find there pictures on our sponsor page soon.

Our Second House

Our second house all painted and looking great. Thank you so much Jim & Debby for making this possible. It is so exciting to see two beautiful homes on the property.

So Much Going On!

The children's village is a busy places these days. 

 The second school building is nearing it's last phases and the construction crew just broke ground for the soccer field.  Before long we will be able to hold some exciting games with other nearby schools.

Fred and the staff have been spending the last few days meeting with a group of street kids. Today they received  new shorts and shirts as an early celebration for their Independence day.

Fred wrote:   

The young girl in the school uniform is Zubedah Atime.  We have taken her of the street and she has been with us for one week.,We still want to get more information about her including her family, right now what we are doing is to familiarize her and for her to develop trust in us and we shall go to her relatives to get detail information about her. 

Here is the video of the birthday party for all the children at Saving Grace in Uganda.  It makes us all a little homesick for Uganda.