Children of Uganda

12/17/2024

Are you depending on coffee to get through the busy holiday week ahead?

Well, the Ugandan family you're about to meet relies on coffee for their very livelihood. Gertrude Babirye is the single-mother of COU sponsored student, Daphine Namugenyi. The family was chosen over 2 years ago to participate in our FASTrack partnership program, which provides holistic care and income generating activity (IGA) investments.

Gertrude decided to establish a coffee growing project knowing that trade in the area performed well and could produce long-term yields. Gertrude also owns the land where her project is being established, which can sustain the family for generations to come.

Thanks to Gertrude's FASTrack partner, she received 120 coffee seedlings, a backpack sprayer, manure, herbicides and pesticides. To improve the family's hygiene, we also aided in the construction of a pit latrine.

With healthy, abundant plants - she is now in a position to harvest and turn a profit. She is so grateful to Children of Uganda for the life-changing education and empowerment support.

The transformation you see here would not have been possible without the continued generosity and support of friends like you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

12/03/2024

This , you can help grow twice as many tomatoes!

That's right, all gifts to Children of Uganda are now being matched dollar-for-dollar up to $6,000! So, your gift of $50 will really be worth $100 - for a limited time only.

Your support today will help families like Catherine’s (pictured here). Her mother, Beatjuma, is a farmer and beneficiary of our FASTrack partnership program. With investments made in her tomato growing business, she has been able to hire labor to increase yields and generate sufficient income to meet her family’s basic needs.

Additionally, Beatjuma diversified her income streams by investing money in charcoal and has also acquired nine goats to supplement her crop farming. And because Catherine's education is sponsored by Children of Uganda, she can invest even more money into her businesses.

Catherine and Beatjuma are very grateful to Children of Uganda for transforming their family's life and giving them hope for the future.

Right now is the best time to give! Double your impact this Giving Tuesday with an investment that can create generational wealth for vulnerable families in Uganda:

12/02/2024

Now through midnight tomorrow on , all donations to Children of Uganda will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $6,000! Join the global giving movement and double your impact at www.givebutter.com/journey or via Paypal (), Venmo () and our website (www.childrenofuganda.org/give).

11/27/2024

With just a day away, we wanted to bring you a Children of Uganda success story involving turkeys! That's right...

Peter Kagwa is a visually impaired student who joined COU back in 2002. During the COVID-19 lockdown, Peter took it upon himself to buy 50 turkeys with his very own savings. He fed them by hand and raised the turkeys until he could resell them for a profit. This helped his family during the pandemic and provided some pocket money for when school reopened.

With support from his sponsor, Peter recently graduated from New Living Hope Training Center Of The Blind where he gained valuable skills in cooking, basketry, shoe making and other handicrafts.

Peter is a hardworking and disciplined young man who has never let his disability hold him back. His hope for the future is to start-up a shoemaking business.

To learn more, visit our Pearls of Hope blog: https://childrenofuganda.givecloud.co/blog/visually-impaired-student-sets-his-sights-high

11/27/2024

On behalf of kids like Daniella, we would like to thank each and every one of our child sponsors for the many blessings you've given. Your support has truly transformed lives and we are so proud to count you among our family

11/01/2024

Children of Uganda proudly honors our wonderful friends at The Georgetown Presbyterian Church with our Lifetime Legacy Award.

A few years after Children of Uganda inception, this amazing church and it's fellowship became partners with COU. The contributions they have provided over the years are beyond measure - hosting our Tour of Light tours at their church, welcoming COU members to their weekly services, coordinating mission trips to Uganda, as well as providing major gifts and sponsorship to some of our beloved students.

We are forever grateful to our GPC family and are honored to introduce you to Susan Bell and Pat Davies - members of the GPC Missions Committee.

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Children of Uganda proudly honors our wonderful friends at Georgetown Presbyterian Church with the Lifetime Legacy Award. A few years after Children of Ugand...

10/11/2024

WATCH ON DEMAND NOW

Join us for Children of Uganda 4th annual Journey of Light virtual event - an evening of powerful testimony and philanthropy. This year, we're celebrating the triumphs of our students and their families thanks to the support of friends like you.

You can donate via Venmo (), PayPal () or on our Journey of Light IV event page at www.givebutter.com/journey. Our goal is to raise $100,000 to help fund our life-changing education and empowerment programs in Uganda, so we need your help! There is no gift too small to make an impact.

For more information, visit our website at www.childrenofuganda.org or e-mail [email protected]

10/10/2024

T-minus 1 hour until Journey of Light IV premieres! Text “JOURNEY” to 53-555 to donate. You can also donate on PayPal — and Venmo — to help us raise $100,000 again this year.

10/10/2024

Several of our sponsored students are in friendly competition with one another tonight to see who can raise the most for ! If you would like to support Peter Andrew Ssenyondo please donate via this link:

https://givebutter.com/journey/peterandrewssenyondo

10/10/2024

ATTENTION: All Children of Uganda sponsors, partners and friends, is about to begin! Just 2 hours away now. Tune in at www.givebutter.com/journey

10/09/2024

T-minus 1 day until Journey of Light IV premieres! Text “JOURNEY” to 53-555 to donate. You can also donate on PayPal — and Venmo — to help us raise $100,000 again this year.