MISSION REPORT DECEMBER 2009

During the month of December Keneth, Geoffrey and Patrick were accompanied by their friend from the USA. Elysia came from the United States to work with another orphanage in Uganda and she joined us on a trip to Masaka.

A lot of activities were done, including a soccer tournament, teaching sanitation, hygiene, HIV and AIDS, home visits, children’s Christmas Party, craft class, letter writing and community work.

We are so glad that all these were accomplished successfully.

During the tournament were able to reach out to more than 15 community villages and almost 500 children and youth. They learnt a lot from all these classes and assured us they would put what we taught them into practice.

Classes for the kids

The soccer tournament begins

Soccer spectators

The prize giving


We also got involved in home visits as part of our activities. We visited their homes, talked to their guardians/parents. We try to talk to our kids too and see how they are doing and address the problems they face in their homes.

Visit to Gerrald & Margaret's home (all their cousins)

Making clothes to help earn money to feed the family

We recently donated a matress and blanket to this family


We have started a craft class for the community children. Here we teach them how to make different hand crafts from the traditional raw materials. Our main objective is to teach children how to make things that they can then sell or help to raise money for the ministry.

Elysia trying to make her own doll from banana fibres

Geoffrey and Patrick teaching the kids how to make necklaces from beads

All the kids getting involved


In our sponsorship program, every sponsored child writes a letter to his or her sponsor. It was during this time that we helped our kids to write these letters to their sponsors, to thank them and also tell them about their general life.

We send our sincere thanks for the sponsors of our kids and we encourage everyone to get involved in this program.

Cissy writing a letter to her sponsor

Enoch writing his letter

Geoffrey & Sylvia writing together

It is vital that everyone knows the importance of community work in the places they live in. The group gathered a number of older children to get involved in cleaning a community well in Segero, Kyamukudde village.

There is a problem with lack of clean water in the villages of Masaka and most of the wells are not protected or very well built. We were able to get everyone involved in cleaning these wells. Hopefully at some point in the future we will be able to raise money to build more wells for the communities.

Keneth, Elysia, Geoffrey and Patrick lead the community children to clean the well

Our visitor Elysia also helped in treating various wounds.

I would like to extend our grateful thanks to the people who have sent us medical supplies, thank you so much and may you keep up that wonderful heart.

Each year HFACM organizes an end of year Christmas party. It gives us a chance to spend time together and enjoy ourselves. These children spend most of the year enduring such hardships and this is a great opportunity to have some fun.

Preparing food for the party

Kids enjoying the meal

We handed out prizes for the best performers of the year.

The children thanking Elysia for the gifts she bought

The community is very generous with what little they have and all vistors are given gifts when they leave. Here Elysia exchanges gifts with the families she has spent time with.

It is a sign of love, appreciation and acceptance.

Let me thank all the people that have really supported us in our work throughout this year.

Thank you so much and I encourage you to continue doing the same in 2010.

Without you we couldn’t do this work for the communities and families in Masaka, Rakai.

Please keep up that wonderful kind heart and know that any amount however small, will make a big impact in the lives of these people.

Thank you.
Yours faithfully
Keneth kiyija