For the Love of Africa Ministries, Inc.
Winter 2016 Edition
YOUR GIFT IS DOUBLED
By: Dr. Gilbert Birungi, Africa Team
We
are very excited and in much joy today as we break ground for our new permanent
Mercy Junior School. Construction will begin immediately! The children of Mercy
Junior School are very excited!!! They see our dream coming true. We want to
appreciate FOLA and all our supporters who are giving towards this project.
Thank you for all your support! We humbly request that you continue to partner
with us, as we still need finances to finish Phase I, before we begin Phase II.
Your donation will be a much needed blessing to us. We are saving this
generation and looking forward to our future! Together, we are making a
difference!
Your gift up to $55,000 will be matched dollar to dollar by a very generous
donor. Please help us meet our goal
by our deadline of December 31, 2016.
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Mercy Junior School
Mercy Junior School
“The Year of Humble Beginnings”
By: Mary Linette, USA Team
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Dr. Gilbert
Birungi and I became acquainted while working together on a medical mission in
a remote village in Uganda, Africa in 2011.
In May 2012, we began corresponding via email and after several months of
correspondence, we felt God was calling us to begin working together as a
team. On October 31, 2012, we opened
Mercy House Children’s Home and in February 2013, we started Mercy Junior
School. Since that time, we have added an education sponsorship program, financed
some medical surgeries, and completed several water projects. It has truly been an adventurous ride!!! We
are thankful to the Lord for what He has accomplished these past 4 years.
“It was in the early part of February 2013 that in one week 5 children showed up wanting to go to school, even though we did not have an ‘official school’ yet at that point. The following week 5 more children came and the week after, 10 more children came. We found that God did not need our help to start the school! By sending the children, He started it all by Himself!”
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| First school year graduation in
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| First 5 students being taught on the floor |
When the Lord provided the finances, we did “officially” open Mercy Junior School with 20 students in a city slum village called Katanga in Kampala, Uganda, Africa. This area records the highest criminal cases in the whole country. Many children who grow up in this area end up as "street children” because of child neglect, child abuse, and many other unfavorable circumstances. Without an education, these needy children do not have a chance in life. Our aim is to help change these children’s destiny and help them see life from a different perspective...
OTHER ARTICLES IN THIS EDITION:
Meet Veronica Babirye and Brian Mwesigwa, two disadvantaged children who have made amazing progress at Mercy Junior School.
TEACHERS CORNER
Doreen Nkosi, a teacher in Mercy Junior School, talks about how she developed a passion for becoming a teacher and the pathway that was created for her to pursue her heart's desire. Read it!
THE NEW MERCY JUNIOR SCHOOL
Read about the plans and goals for building a larger, permanent school that can handle our growing number of "at risk" children, and how you can help! Read it!
HOW TO HELP FOLA
Learn additional ways you can be a part of helping For the Love of Africa Ministries. Read it!
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