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The Family International Uganda: Projects

Donation Distribution and Charity Work, Countrywide (9)

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.

Murals Brighten Lives (1)

Murals Brighten Lives
For several months our team accompanied one of our volunteers, Nyx Martinez to the main government hospital in Kampala.

Programs-Prison (1)

Seeds of Hope Germinate in Prison
One of our friends, Lukia, has an ongoing ministry to the inmates of a women’s prison here in Uganda. A number of these women were simply near the scene of a crime and so were rounded up by the police. Then, without the means to afford proper representation, they languish in prison indefinitely.

Public Service Radio Broadcasts (3)

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 P.M.

The Ik: A marginalized tribe in northeast Uganda (1)

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.