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Harvest fruits, help Brian this Christmas...
Helping Hands

Trip News

Thank you so much to each one of you who prayed for Emma and I during our three week trip. It was a very full time and we needed all that extra strength to complete all that had to be done, including the curtain making! Seriously, it was amazing to be able to bless so many children and to see how well they are thanks to your ongoing care of them. Parents are so appreciative and some teenagers now come up to Joy and thank her for caring for them when they were little. Over the next few weeks I will share some of our stories but here are a few highlights. Like Helping Hands' News on Facebook


First Fruits

So many children arrived at school with fruit or vegetables from their harvest to say thank you to us for feeding the vulnerable families in the famine. It was wonderful to see that no-one had taken it for granted and that no-one saw it as their right but something that they wanted to value and appreciate. We really did impact communities over those four months with God's unconditional love. Some parents remarked on how we did not discriminate but helped anyone in need. Thank you for making that happen.


Curtains make a home!

Alice, the tailor from Kisozi, made 19 curtains for us over the course of the trip and I am happy to say that Mirembe looks more homely now than it did when we arrived. Our solar lanterns got us through the 7 nights without power and the little gas camping stove churned out omelettes on a daily basis! It was lovely to be living once more in the village - much more relaxing and less tiring.


Bless Brian this Christmas

This young man was abandoned by his mother as a toddler and has recently been left by his father who is in jail for stealing food. A drunken relative offers occasional care but his hands and feet were riddled with jiggers, a parasite, suggesting that little real care is given. Brian will receive help from us this Christmas through our alternative gift catalogue... have a look to see how you could help him.

Our friends on the ground really know the children so well that we can guarantee that our Christmas gifts will go to where they are most needed. We are aiming to bring more than health to these children, we want to give them hope. Consider how a chicken could help Brian throughout the year - a few eggs a week will add some much needed protein to his diet.
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