- 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.
- 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.
- Educational Aid for Nomadic Schools
- Our destination was a nomadic settlement school in the Niger Republic, West Africa. As the settlement wasn't easily accessible by vehicle, the best way to get there was the same way the locals do—by camel. So off we went, with the school supplies and food supplements tied securely to each saddle.
- Mother and Baby Support Group
- Through this project we support a total of 19 HIV-positive mothers and their babies.
- Murals Brighten Lives
- For several months our team accompanied one of our volunteers, Nyx Martinez to the main government hospital in Kampala.
- Mother's Club Activities
- In the past few months the local clinic referred more mothers to our Mother's Club for young HIV-positive mothers and their babies. We now have 17 mothers and babies, and it is encouraging to see them able to talk about their status and make short-term and long-term plans.
- 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.
- Changing Lives
- We met Michael and his brother, Stephen, seven years ago in Mombassa. They came to our door after they had received a call from the Lord to start a work with children in one of the local slums.
- 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 Education Support Programmes
- An adequate education, from the foundation stages of early primary through secondary school, sets the tone for success and productivity in adult life.
- 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 Gwako School
- In the year 2001, our organization sent a team to survey Gwako village and other surrounding villages in Abuja. We discovered that many of the people living in these villages were Gwari farmers, who were systematically losing their farmlands to development.
- Ikota Community Clinic
- Family project Family Care Association sponsored construction, equipping, and commencing operations of a model free/subsidized healthcare clinic in Ikota community in Lagos state. We are working toward a plan to replicate this initiative in all six geopolitical zones of the country.
- Free Dental Project, Ikota Community Clinic
- The Family Care Free/Subsidized Healthcare Centre situated in Ikota, Lagos had its medical debut with a five-day free dental programme during the last week of July in 2006. One dental surgeon, Dr.
- More on Enugu State Training Centre
- Over the years, Family project Family Care Association has developed a range of capacity-building initiatives that contribute to sustainable development. These initiatives teach business skills, research, and communications.
- Radio: Reflections
- We are also providing radio stations with an inspirational radio spot called Reflections, which has become very popular here in Uganda. Reflections contains a wealth of true stories, anecdotes, wit, wisdom, and interesting incidents in the lives of the famous, as well as the unknown.
- Radio: The NuBeat Show
- Each week for the last eight years, we have been broadcasting a free, syndicated, public service youth programme called NuBeat from seven major upcountry FM stations.
- Radio: Night Light
- Our late-night radio programme Night Light has been on air nightly for three years now. We have built up a regular listening audience from a wide cross section of Ugandan society—from students and business people to government officials. The show airs at a convenient time; between 9:30 and 11:00 p.
- Project Hope
- Project Hope currently administers the following programmes:
HIV/AIDS counseling
Bible-based education that promotes lifestyle changes that help in HIV/AIDS infection prevention
HIV/AIDS awareness seminars
Counseling
Conflict resolution
Collecting and distributing highly nutrit
- Incentive Programme for Mothers with HIV/AIDS
- Once an expecting mother is diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, she is taken for registration, which starts her on the necessary course of treatment to prevent transmission to the child.
- The Story of Sally
- The Story of Sally
by Iris Richards, Family Project Manager, Nairobi, Kenya
HIV/AIDS is one of the greatest social and economic challenges in Kenya today. It has had, and continues to have, a devastating impact on all sectors of society.
- 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.
- More on Steps to Education
- Our Steps to Education project started in 2006. Steps to Education addresses the urgent need in our modern society to reinforce positive values in children, helping educators and parents to take education beyond just academics, providing moral and character-building material for their training.
- Blankets and warm clothes for over 200 children
- The winter had been particularly cold and we wanted to give all our Sunday school children something to keep them warm, many who attend barefoot and with ragged clothes. We identified the neediest children and gave out 15 warm, fleecy blankets. The next week we gave out fifty more, one to a family.
- More on Oyo and Kaduna Dental Projects
- A team of six medical and coordinating volunteers set off to give free dental care to the awaiting beneficiaries.
- Ibadan Dental Project
- We recently carried out another small-scale healthcare initiative in Ibadan, Oyo State.
- Personal Testimony from Suwaida
- My name is Suwaida Abubukar. I come from a small village called Jardarji, very close to Daura in Katsina state, Nigeria. Female education was not emphasized when I was growing up, so I got very little or no education. When I was 16 years of age, I got married to a man almost twice my age.
- VVF Patient Support
- Vesico-Vagina Fistula (VVF) is a terribly dehumanizing condition caused by an obstructed labor. Many women with VVF are from poor backgrounds. Causes include early marriage, negligence, lack of antenatal care during pregnancy, and ignorance.
