Uganda

Steve is heading to Uganda this week to visit the team there. Pray for his health and safety. Please pray: that Steve’s visit is encouraging for the Uganda team. For the children and families Steve hears from as they share their stories with him. For the young people participating in vocational training to complete their courses and access employment. For our Disability Outreach team as they identify children with disabilities in need of support.

We pray for our work in Uganda this week, particularly focusing on our sponsored children. Give thanks for the newly appointed Country Manager David and his team as they passionately serve vulnerablec hildren in their communities. Please pray: for every sponsored child and their family, that access to education breaks generational cycles of poverty. For our focus on valuing girls and children with disabilities, in the face of cultural opposition.

Please pray for Susan*, a young mother being supported by Wakisa Ministries in Uganda, along with her daughter. She dreams of becoming an ophthalmologist and is working hard to achieve her aim, so that she can provide for her daughter. Thank God that Afiya*, a young mother who was cared for by Wakisa Ministries, has gone on to get amazing grades in school, thanks to the help she received. Ask God to bring comfort to Abi*, a 15-year-old whose baby girl sadly passed away three days after birth. Pray that the support she is receiving from Wakisa Ministries would help her to process the trauma. Thank God that, with the funds sent from our appeal last year, Wakisa Ministries in Uganda have been able to purchase equipment, including beds, for their maternity centre. *name changed for security reasons

Thank God that young mothers supported by Wakisa Ministries in Uganda have been learning how to make food for their babies in cooking classes, such as cassava and spaghetti. Pray for the young mums who have returned to school. May God give them strength as they face the unique challenges of parenting alongside the typical challenges of school life.

We pray for initiatives supporting vocational training, essential for those unable to complete secondary education. Pray for wisdom and blessing for the Skills Centre in Soroti, Uganda, supporting teenage girls, the Young Mums project in Kampala, Uganda. The young people supported through our Moving Forward Fund women’s self-help groups in Ethiopia and Sri Lanka, helping to stabilise vulnerable families and young people at the Morning Star Care Centre, Sri Lanka.

Please ask God to restore strength and dignity to the young girls being cared for by Wakisa Ministries in Uganda. Many have been sexually abused. Pray also for successful funding to equip the new maternity centre at Wakisa Ministries.

Give thanks that young mothers at Wakisa Ministries in Uganda are enjoying their computer classes. Those new to the centre are doing the introductory module and the others are mastering their typing skills. Give thanks to God as well that in Wakisa Ministries’ Bible classes, the young mothers have been exploring the concept of forgiveness, learning about the power of letting go of resentment and embracing healing.

Pray for Wakisa Ministries in Uganda as they look to recruit gynaecologists and paediatricians to volunteer at their new health centre. Praise God for Marion, a midwife at Wakisa Ministries, who is looking to do further studies in midwifery this year. Pray that she can study well and balance her work with the requirements of her course.

Thank God that the young mothers supported by Wakisa Ministries receive individual counselling sessions. Pray that, with the help of Wakisa, they gain the skills they need to process what they have been through. Pray that God provides the finances needed by Wakisa Ministries to furnish their newly-constructed health centre with medical equipment.

Give thanks to God that young mothers supported by Wakisa Ministries are enjoying arts and crafts classes. They have made doormats, baby blankets and bags. Thank God that the young mothers have also been learning about urban gardening. They have recently planted tomatoes and spinach to use in their cooking classes.

Please pray for Wakisa Ministries as they deal with steeply rising operational costs, in particular the girls’ hospital bills. Pray for God’s provision.

Give thanks that Wakisa Ministries has found a new Director, Paula, so that Vivian can step back from some of her day-to-day duties and take on more of an ambassadorial role. Praise God for Fatuma and Nabadda from Wakisa’s sponsorship programme, who were both recently accepted into university to study Bachelor degrees in Business.