The Potter's Village

11/05/2026

A huge thank‑you to our wonderful supporter, Sarah, who chose to give back to the community by donating brand‑new medical equipment to the Medical Centre. Her gift of a new suction machine will make a real difference to the care we can provide.
We’re so grateful for supporters like Sarah, Thank you!

27/04/2026

A few weeks ago, the Potter’s Village Rehab unit for disabled children held a Praise and thank you party for the 10 children who have started walking over the last few months. There was singing and dancing, lots of testimonies and Praise to God for what he has done in their children’s lives, cake, balloons and bubbles. Here is a flavour of the day 🥰

We also welcomed Crissy our new Physiotherapist working alongside Keti and Annah to continue this incredible work.

20/04/2026

It was with much joy that the staff at Potter’s Village enjoyed an Easter meal together. Not only was this an opportunity to celebrate the message of Easter, but it was also a way of saying thank you to all the staff.

05/04/2026

10/03/2026

Potter's Village currently supports over 60 children living in the community in Kisoro district. Each month all these children are invited to Potter's Village to by weighed and checked and for their carers receive their support money.

The group who visited in February from St James and Emmanuel, Didsbury took many children's shoes and also many donated clothes and some brand-new hoodies and sweatshirts. Most of the children left with new clothes or shoes along with a bag of food, which includes sorghum flour, rice, sugar and dried fish. They were also giving a huge bar of soap!

These are some of the ways that the children living in the community are supported and we are so grateful to all those sponsors who give regularly so that this support can continue month by month.

(Photographs used with permission)

24/02/2026

New babies! This week Potter's Village has seen the arrival some piglets. These little babies are part of the projects income generating scheme and will be sold when bigger.

17/02/2026

A group from St James & Emmanuel (Didsbury) have arrived for a visit at Potter's Village, giving them a chance to support the work hands on.

They brought a number of baby bouncers with them, which were assembled on arrive and all put straight to good use! In the last month we have had another four new admissions into the crisis centre, taking the number of resident babies to a high of 30!

If you would like to support caring for these babies, please consider child sponsorship. You can request to sponsor one of the new residents if you would like Mishelli, Samantha, Prossy and Emmanuel are all looking for sponsors.

If interested please contact [email protected] or leave a message on this page and we will get back to you. Thank you!

02/02/2026

The disability rehab unit at Potter's Village was delighted to received 6 new baby walkers from one of the Ugandan diocesan partners. We are thankful for the donation of such useful
equipment and hope that it will be helpful for so many children needing this type of support. Thank you!

19/01/2026

Appeal for new sponsors!

The Potter’s Village Crisis Centre has been so busy in the last two months, with the number of babies increasing steadily.
Currently the Crisis centre as at its highest capacity with 30 baby’s resident and needing support, eight of those have arrived in the last six weeks!

Babies, Maria, Micah, Moses, Briana, Norah, Christmas, Michelle & Nduwayo have all arrived recently and are all looking for Child Sponsors. Due to such high need, we have re-instated the ‘Shaping lives appeal’ and are looking for 8 new sponsors for these children.

Please visit our Shaping lives webpage which gives access to set up a regular donation online or request a Child Sponsorship form, or if you know anyone who is interesting in becoming a sponsor please pass this information on. Thank you!
https://www.pottersvillage.org.uk/how-to-help/shaping-lives-appeal/

13/01/2026

Staff at the Disability Rehabilitation Unit recently completed ‘baby Ubuntu training’. The training included the three rehab staff and three other staff picked carefully from the medical centre and crisis centre. Our intention was that the trained staff will pass on the knowledge to others, and that way, we shall improve our early intervention systems, and when the team is bigger, the impact increases. Two mothers from the community were also part of the team that was trained.

Ubuntu hub is a non-profit research and educational team based in the International Centre for Evidence in Disability at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Their aim is to help improve the lives of children with developmental disabilities, and their families. https://www.ubuntu-hub.org/

06/01/2026

Over Christmas staff at Potter's Village were gifted food parcels to thank them for their dedication and support throughout the last year. Also all the community support children were invited to come to Potter's Village for a fun day of activities and were gifted some clothes for Christmas. It was a lovely gathering and lots of fun for the children and their carers.