Homes of Promise

Visiting days, mid term reports, me visiting churches!

While Tresor visits Musumba, Brian and Joshua at their schools, Raymond's teacher praises his great improvement at Little ...
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Back to school/college, rain and more rain, Griffin

There has been plenty of rain again this week, some of it torrential. Monday morning when the boys were due back at school/college was particularly bad and Peace, Petra and Tresor had difficulty ...
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Highs and Lows, fish and chip jumpers and visiting Ibanda

Haruna is now on a plumbing and welding course at Connect Africa. He will have an opportunity to try all the other courses available – baking, hairdressing, carpentry etc. and will also receive ...
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Looking for an ‘allotment’, Peace has been sick, Omoding voted School Prefect, boys thinking of way to economise.

I spoke to the younger boys and staff at George’s Place on Tuesday evening. They are all fine – the rabbit has survived so far but they tell me he and Peanut my dog are friends. I suggested that they ...
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A new boy arrives, Charles, new office rented, Ziwa moving into independent living, T-shirts from the U.K.

Homes of Promise Afternoon Tea on Sunday 4th September 2022 at 2.30pm with an update on our work in Uganda. All welcome. This week we have rented an office space, this was planned before we moved ...
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Church holiday club for younger boys; Ivan, Dennis, Robert and Bethel visit family, Tresor goes to Rwanda, the boys lose their football match 7:3!

The weeks seem to be flying by. All is well at George’s Place and in the office. The younger boys have been enjoying a ‘church holiday club’ each day this week – Benard joined them. I took Joseph ...
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Boys visited in boarding school and vocational college, I’m back in Uganda, Joshua and young Denis give their lives to Christ.

I must apologise for the delay in writing this week’s newsletter. I am now back in Uganda having had an amazing holiday with friends in South Africa. We visited so many places and experienced such ...
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Harry’s Book Challenge

A great big thank you from the boys at Homes of Promise to Harry who is raising money for the charity through a sponsored ‘Read’. It is absolutely amazing that a young lad would want to help ...
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Training day, visiting Kayunga, school visiting days, meeting Bethel’s mum.

I’m sitting in the shade at ‘Coffee at Last’ cafe, where I usually come to write my newsletter and listen to the Contemplative Walk from St. Martin’s in the Fields, from Tower Hill today. I’m here so ...
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Musumba (Johnson) has an eye operation, most of the boys are back at GP, I have received my work permit recommendation letter from the NGO board

Life seems to be pretty hectic here! Most of the boys are back, Dennis and Ronald are planning to return on Monday from Pader. Kasita has returned from Mukono and Musa’s father brought him to the ...
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Ram back at dentists, boys back at school and Afternoon Tea today

Afternoon Tea and update on the work of Homes of Promise TODAY 2.30-4.30pm at The Charis Centre, Jesus Church, Forty Hill, EN2 9EU. I’m looking forward to seeing many of you this afternoon. There has ...