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OML58 Free Medical Project
The project itself was short and powerful, but it was the end result of weeks of many long hours of intense preparation. To start with, US$60,000 needed to be raised.
More on Free Healthcare
While a typical free healthcare project runs for a week, our large scale projects are the result of months of planning, administration, logistics, volunteer recruitment, and a tremendous amount of coordination.
Ruth Speaks Out about Gwako School
My name is Ruth and my husband is Joshua Abu. We both come from Ado and Apa local government, Benue state, Nigeria. I got married when I was 19 and my husband was 36. Both my parents and my husband's parents are very poor. My husband was married before with two children. His first wife passed away.
More on Bible Courses
So far, volunteers have taught 123 classes to the 475 people enrolled in the course.Student reactions to Bible courses: Abiodun Many thanks for the Bible courses! They are all well received.
More on Vocation Development Initiatives
Many graduates from the Family Care vocational training courses have gone on to open their own small businesses, or have pursued additional studies in the subject, some at university level.
Murals Brighten Lives
For several months our team accompanied one of our volunteers, Nyx Martinez to the main government hospital in Kampala.
The Ik: A marginalized tribe in northeast Uganda
We were contacted by former missionaries to the Ik to see if we would be able to help by recording Bible stories in the Icetot (pronounced i-che-tot) language for a marginalized tribe, the Ik, who live on the peaks of mountains on the Kenyan/Ugandan border escarpment.
Kigo Women's Prison
We have been supporting the efforts of one of our long-term Ugandan colleagues by soliciting donations and counseling for the women in Kigo Prison.
HIV Positive Widows and Orphans
Over the years we have donated substantial quantities of income-generating goods to the Akutwala Ekiro Women's group, which cares for over 400 widows and orphans in Mbuya.
L'Arche Uganda
L'Arche Uganda cares for a number of physically and mentally challenged young people. They do an excellent job and we've assisted them on a weekly basis for several years with donations, food, income-generating materials, and programs for the young people.

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