Today over 75 women in 4 different communities are enjoying the benefits of making baskets. we would like to encourage you to order a basket made specially by our women and in the process contribute towards improvement of their lives. go to our contact page and send us your email and postal address and we will send you a basket. Visit our donation page to see how you can donate to us

Pr Robert Bagonza of the Redeem church hailed Words of Hope for their contribution and urged them to extend their support programmes to other vulnerable people countrywide. “I am very happy to see some of the orphans infected with HIV/Aids getting a donation of goats from Words of Hope. I am optimistic that this would improve their social welfare. I encourage you to cultivate a relationship with God. Make Him your friend think about him. You should reach the level when you wake up in the morning and ask God how you are. Job was so close to God that God was thinking about him all the time. I also encourage Words of Hope to extend its activities in all sectors across the country if possible,” Bagonza urged.

Currently Words of Hope operates in eight Villages across Western Uganda. Words of Hope is works to create a community of disciple believes living for the glory of God According to officials they intend to donate goats to other HIV/Aids orphans in their areas of work.

Words of Hope is sponsoring one local pastor each year to go the Baptist seminary in Jinja for Biblical training. We are thrilled to announce that Pastor Begirira Francis of Kibingo Baptist church in Bushenyi is the first pastor to benefit from our Equip project. He is a father of 4 and married to one wife. He has been leading the church for 4 years and we have been part of our several pastors conference in partnership with Brainerd baptist church.

* that the nations may KNOW me (God)
* I will vindicate MY holiness
* I will show my greatness and holiness
* I will make myself KNOWN in the eyes of many nations
* Then they will know that I am the LORD
* My holy name I will make known
* Let not my holy name be profaned
* I show my glory, declares the LORD God
* I will set my glory among the nations
* I will be jealous for my holy name
* And the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel

Don’t miss the main point of Ezekiel 38-39: The LORD, our God, is high and holy and great and jealous. Everything He does has His glory and name and reknown on the line. Whether He acts in mercy or judgment, He intends that we see His glory, His holiness, His greatness..and that we KNOW Him and that the nations KNOW Him.
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Philippians 2:9-11

The provision of cows to those women and orphans:
• Provides an important source of nutrition through the milk.
• Allows milk to be sold to pay for daily needs such as education, clothes and health care.
• Produces manure which can significantly improve crop yields from the exhausted soils.
• Allows calves to be donated to other widows so that more benefit
• Provides a focus for the widows groups to support and encourage each other and the community around them.
For its success the project needs grazing land, sheds for shelter, good quality stock for cross breeding as well as native cattle. Here at words of Hope we will work with your club to identify the families and to monitor the progress of the project and provide you with all the reports about the project for your club.
By making best use of their natural resources – soil, crops, animals, and water – people can farm cheaply, effectively, and sustainably. Words of Hope has already provided many families with suitable animals such as goats, Rabbits and Pigs, and provides the training on how to manage and look after the animals.
Families learn natural farming methods to boost crop and vegetable yields. Key to those techniques is the use of composted manure – crucial for families who cannot afford commercial fertilizer. They also learn how to keep their animals healthy and productive, and prevent them from damaging the land. With a good supply of vegetables and milk, eggs or meat to eat and sell, families no longer go hungry, and can even share produce with their neighbours
Words of Hope differentiates itself by promoting more than just food security. It looks at happier families, greater community spirit, more respect between women and men, better health, housing and education, more spiritual fulfilment and increased dignity.
We work with people to help them overcome challenges such as lack of education, low self-confidence, isolation and prejudice. The cow project club programme aims to give people the courage and skills they need to make a success of the agricultural assistance provided, and leave poverty behind for good.
Words of Hope works with some of the poorest people in the community, including children orphaned by AIDS and widows. Most of those are women, as they tend to be the poorest in their communities. Gender awareness training aims to help them understand and fulfil their potential, lifting the whole family’s happiness. By challenging the stigma of disability and HIV, the social development teams want everybody to play their part in their community. Always working through groups, the charity taps into the strong community spirit that characterizes much of African society.
Pass it on principle
Sharing knowledge and skills is a unique aspect of Words of Hope’s work. Each farmer that receives training, seeds or livestock from the charity is asked to ‘pass on’ the benefits to another needy family in the community. This Pass it on principle not only builds stronger communities, it allows Words of Hope to help even more people to develop skills, confidence and self respect. People are happier and healthier, children are educated, homes are improved and communities are more harmonious.
By joining or forming cow projects group for your work mates church friends school or youth group, you will be helping us to reach many families with words of Hope from the word of God and also practical love.

Thanksgiving and Christmas is just around the corner and here at Words of Hope we are preparing to provide 50 meals for the poor widows and Orphans this holiday season. There has been a huge increase in the number of individuals and families needing assistance, many of who are facing food insecurity for the first time. We need your help to make sure we have enough food for all those who come to our doors for help. By providing food supplies to make a warm holiday meal we bring hope to those who are struggling to survive. It takes just $2 to provide a meal for someone in need

• · $20 provides 10 Thanksgiving meals & other essentials for those in need.
• · $35 provides a Food Box & other essentials for a family in need.
• · $55 provides a Food Box, Beef & other essentials for a family in need.
• · $110 provides a Food Box, Beef & other essentials for 2 families in need.
  The simple gift of a Thanksgiving/Christmas meal or food box can make all the difference for someone who is hurting.  Select the Donate to us Button if you would like to partner with this love season.

Dec 1st is the World Aids day. In the past years words of Hope has joined the world in a words of Hope prayer walk. This year we are holding a fund-rising Dinner at Agip motel to raise funds to buy cows to give to orphans in the words of Hope program. We will be providing 5 cows to 5 families to and the cows will be for orphans as we work to restore Hope to everyone using the power of the Word of God.
There will be many activitie…s at the dinner, we shall have a video showing our work in the communities, there will be items for auction, great food and great music
Tickets are on sale
Contact
Charlotte at 0788127487 Aloysius at 0703314584 Anthea at 0773109935 Justine at 0774922464
You can also buy the dinner cards at JM Computer Service High street city center building opposite Crane Bank. Call Ahabwa Iren at 0775660648/0702892199

Prices are
Diamond: single 100.000, double 150.000, three 200.000
Gold: single 80.000, double 120.000, three 160.000
Silver: single 60.000, double 90.000, three 120.000
Bronze: single 40.000, double 60.000, three 80.000

Time for checking on Piggs. We moved into people’s home to have a look at the piggs. The group is made up of 37 members and they devided themselves into 7 smaller groups and each group got its piglet to look after. Looking at the piggs, all are 1 month from giving the first produce. Everyone was exited and happy. This group has been faithful and so we went back to the meeting for a discipleship class.Click to view slideshow.

One thing we want to thank God for is how He has used the team to meet the people’s needs in the most simple way and how this has opened up opportunites to share the gospel. These families have been transformed through the power of the gospel and we are now happy to see their economic lives too being transformed.

Here are more pictures from that visit on Friday.Click to view slideshow.

Over the last one monnth, the words of Hope has been working with our community groups to train families in treating mosquito nets and providing a free net to poor familes that can not afford one. The program will run to the end of June and we hope that this will go a long way in preventing this disease. Here are sme picutures from the filed. Who is most vulnerable to contracting malaria?

Malaria most affects people who live, work, and sleep in unscreened houses where mosquitoes can easily enter through open eaves and windows.  Malaria kills approximately 1 million young children - under five years of age – per year. Many more suffer from anemia and learning impairments associated with the disease.  Pregnant women, their unborn children, and infants are particularly vulnerable to malaria, which is a major cause of maternal mortality and low birth weight.Click to view slideshow.

The Hope water Project will be launched this october with the purpose of providing safe water to as many families as possible using the cheapest but most effective approach in the village. The Project will first target poor homes of people living with HIV/AIDS and along this, people will be discpled and trained to train others in using this approach.  more details will follow soon. As always, there are many opportunities for everyone to be involved. one way is by praying and the other way is by talking off a week to volunteer with words of Hope and work on the project. Others who can give financially, you donations are welcome. Jesus is th water of life, remember water does not just save lives, it transforms them

Farming God’s Way has a proven track record of 28 years and was initially designed by Brian Oldreive of Zimbabwe, on the commercial farm Hinton Estate (3,500ha). The farm was ultimately the second largest commercial farm in Zimbabwe. The technology was thereafter made available to surrounding predominantly subsistence farmers. Many success stories abound where farmers who have adhered to the above standards, have had their lives drastically improved throughout the sub-continent. The results were radically improved crop-yields, provision for families, profitability thus resulting in the restoration of the farmer’s self worth.
Farming God’s Way uses Biblical methods to incorporate the principles of management and environmental stewardship in the training sessions, thus achieving outstanding profitability.
Farming God’s Way has been proven with a variety of crops including maize, soyabeans, sorghum, wheat, groundnuts, beans, cowpeas, vegetables & many more.
Farming God’s Way uses Biblical methods to incorporate the principles of management and environmental stewardship in the training sessions, thus achieving outstanding profitability.
Farming God’s Way has a proven track record of 28 years and was initially designed by Brian Oldreive of Zimbabwe, on the commercial farm Hinton Estate (3,500ha). The farm was ultimately the second largest commercial farm in Zimbabwe. The technology was thereafter made available to surrounding predominantly subsistence farmers. Many success stories abound where farmers who have adhered to the above standards, have had their lives drastically improved throughout the sub-continent. The results were radically improved crop-yields, provision for families, profitability thus resulting in the restoration of the farmer’s self worth.
Farming God’s Way has been proven with a variety of crops including maize, soyabeans, sorghum, wheat, groundnuts, beans, cowpeas, vegetables & many more.
The current maize yields for the continent are between 300 and 600kg/ha, depending on climatic cycles. This barely provides for an adult male let alone a family. The need for annually importing in excess of 21 million tons of grain clearly indicates the “begging bowl” status of the continent, whilst also displaying how poorly the continent is doing at realizing her own potential.
The continent has many negative environmental parameters including droughts, erodable soils, extreme temperatures, infrequent- and sometimes, intense rainfall. Poor peasant farmers are also set back due to inadequate or poor education, life-skills, health care and access to finances. Considering these parameters it is encouraging to know that none of these matters are insurmountable. However there is no quick fix in agriculture and it will require concerted and unified effort from all role players over a sustained time period to change this issue.
Farming God’s Way implements a model of Agriculture through church networks into the continent. We firmly believe that the church is both an accountable & faithful vehicle to roll out this model. Successful implementations have been done in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya & Lesotho. Projects have also recently been launched in northern Namibia, the south of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Farming God’s Way is a model unlike I have seen throughout my 4 years of BSc (Hons) Agriculture, extensive employment and travelling, because it meets farmers where they are at.
We call it Farming God’s Way as it is the way we believe the church should be gearing itself towards doing things in His way, using His timing and His standards of excellence, without wastage, and with joy

In our recent trip to the refuge camp which is about 2hours drive from Mbarara, we went with a team of members of Brainerd Baptist church and on the way out , we found people lining and waiting for water. As i talked with Rev Ssebajungu Peter, he shared with me the many difficulites the churches have and one need he stressed was clean water. We need a number of projects and today as we visted the katukuru village , the water well was working and in good shape. As i fetched water from the well, my mind went straight to the refuge camp and i saw in my eyes the many people who were lining out wating to draw water from one source.

Am now praying that God will use Words of Hope to construct water points for the refuges in the camp. The Mbarara Baptsit Churches Association has 9 Churches in the refuge camp andi know it will be a big blessing to work with the Association in helping with the water problem in the refuge camp. There are over 2000 refuge families in the Nakivale camp and these come from a number of countries, like Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia and Sudan.

Get Involved

Am asking you to be part of this project by taking off time every day to pray with us for God to open the doors for us through the camp administrators, the churhces, the Association so that we will be given permission to do a water project in the area. Also am asking you to consider making a financial contribution to words of Hope. You can loo at our About us/ Donate to us page for information on how you can send a check to words of Hope.