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Discovery Trust is delighted to be supporting Elevate Life, a not-for-profit initiative of Elevate Eleven.  Elevate Life supports young people in both primary and secondary education who are suffering from severe anxiety and a range of other mental health issues that cause difficulties with schooling and interaction with their peers.   Elevate Life’s specialist youth clubs (

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We are pleased to be able to support and endorse Bible Gift Aid Uganda, founded in 2014 by Seth Gichuru to distribute Bibles to Christian believers in poor and remote communities who have no other access to Bibles of their own. Since its foundation in 2014, Bible Gift Aid Uganda has given out 250 Bibles, and has an initial target of distributing at least 5000.

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In Africa, the majority of people could never afford a landline telephone, and communication for the masses jumped straight to mobile stage. Now the same thing is happening in power generation. This interesting article explains why simple economics are driving an explosion in solar power generation in the developing world, where most people don't have access to the electricity grid: http://

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The latest news and photos from Namungoona show great progress on the building project, with the concrete slab of the second floor laid, the 'forest' of internal scaffolding removed and the auditorium returned to use. However, political changes among the planning authorities pose a significant threat to the project. This latest front elevation shows the almost completed fascia and the finished

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Some of the pupils at Quality Primary School, Namungoonawho have received sponsorship from the UK

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Some of the students at Namugoona Parents Schoolwho have received sponsorship from the UK

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I just came across this amazing map that graphically demonstrates the sheer size of Africa compared with other parts of the world.http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/71630Thanks to @KMPR (http://twitter.com/KMPR) for the link.

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Congratulations to Louise Bowley who took part in the Windsor Half Marathon on 26th September to raise sponsorship for students in Namungoona, Uganda. Please consider a donation via her fundraising page, http://www.justgiving.com/Louise-Bowley

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In spite of the strides it has made politically and developmentally, Uganda was recently ranked the 17th poorest nation in the world, behind even Haiti and Nepal: http://www.businessinsider.com/poorest-countries-in-the-world-2010-8#17-republic-of-uganda-4 Neighbours Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo also appear on the list, the latter being the poorest nation of all.

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We are looking forward to Gichuru Jeremy visiting the UK again in the Autumn of 2010, en route to Norway and the USA, and on his return.Details of the visit including speaking engagements will be posted here as soon as they are confirmed.

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I found this animated video link on Roger Mitchell's blog - very interesting, entertaining and thought-provoking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAMbpQ8J7g

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After 3 years studying Business in the UK, Seth Gichuru returned to his home country of Uganda to start up a business of his own. With help from friends in Molesey Community Church, he is now busy developing a chicken farm on the outskirts of Kampala.Watch a video of his progress here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hwoPPSeTaQTwo other established businesses, belonging to Mr Karioki and Mr &

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The church in Namungoona are continuing to take increasing responsibility for the ongoing church building project. They recently organised a Harambee, or fundraising event ('Harambee' is Swahili for 'pull together'), to raise money to continue the work. This included both a raffle and an all-pay auction, in which everyone pays what they bid, win or lose, and the highest bidder wins.Gichuru Jeremy

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In May of this year, Gichuru Jeremy and Fred Musisi, assisted by Koboi Edward from Namungoona, went on an eight day pastoral mission to visit and minister in various small village churches in the regions of Sembabule and Kiruhura (formerly Mbarara), districts that lie in the south-west of Uganda towards the Rwanda border.The mission began with a day's training for pastors at Nyungu, the main base

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In March 2009 one of Uganda's main newspapers, New Vision, ran an article about marriage that featured Gichuru and Eunice Jeremy. Gichuru talked about their own experience, and suggested some helpful practices for avoiding and resolving conflict in marriage - such as dealing with issues before bedtime, not bringing up past mistakes, and not trying to change your partner.

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These pictures show orphans from the orphanage run by pastors Moses and Joseph. They are enjoying a Christmas meal provided by donations from the men's group at Molesey Community Church in December 2008.Pastor Moses commented, "We had wonderful Christmas celebrations. One of the boys told me that this Christmas has been the first when he has had good meals three times in the day, and he told me

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Inevitably the effects of the current economic crisis will extend well beyond the shores of the west where it originated, to have a serious impact on poorer countries like Uganda. Uganda's inflation rate is currently running at around 7%. That's quite moderate compared with many third world nations. But when you are already living on the breadline, a 7% reduction in your standard of living has

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Gichuru Jeremy reports from Uganda:As per now, we are maintaining 16 orphans in a rented house at Namungoona. The project is sponsored by Louise and Andy Bowley from the UK. Since the money donated is not enough for the children’s upkeep, Eunice and I have been trying our best to assist as we did not want to overburden our Church members because of the heavy task of the Church construction. We

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The church in Namungoona has been continuing the building project, raising about £100 a month locally, which is a relatively huge and sacrificial effort by the members.This photo shows a model of the finished building, based on the actual plans. The next stage of the project will see the completion of the third and final floor. This will house the youth and children's work, which currently

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The church building project in Namungoona was started in 2006, when the City Council passed a law that all temporary timber buildings must be replaced by permanent structures. The project has been substantially funded through Discovery Trust, but over the last few months the church has been pushing on under its own steam, raising around £100 a month locally for the work. In such a poor community,

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After delivering relief supplies to the refugee camp in Uganda, the team from Quality Discipleship Church brought several of the worst affected families back to Kampala so that they could better care for them. They have been provided with housing, food and clothing, and their children settled in local schools.One of the refugees Mr Solomon Koome, seen here in Uganda with his wife and children,

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Since tribal violence erupted in parts of Kenya, in which tens of thousands were savagely attacked and driven from their homes, Quality Discipleship Church in Uganda has been helping to alleviate the suffering of several groups of refugees. The photo here shows a few burnt timbers which are all that remains of a family home destroyed in the violence.In January, a team from the church visited one

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In December 2007, Kerry Townsend arranged a collection of children's clothes and toys for two orphanages in Namungoona, in the outer suburbs of Kampala the capital of Uganda.Discovery Trust was able to help with the shipment and distribution of these toys through our local partners, pastors Gichuru and Eunice Jeremy of the Quality Discipleship Church of Uganda.

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