The word “Akanyijuka” (pronounced ahh-can-jew-kah) is Ruchiga and means He remembered me. I absolutely love that meaning. Akanyijuka Children’s Home is a home in Bubaare, Uganda (pronounced boo-ball-eh, or if you are from the UK boo-bar-eh, which actually makes more sense based on the spelling but in Uganda their r’s and l’s are all messed up)….
One of the things Jared was doing while we were in Uganda was interviewing the boys from Humura. Hearing their stories as to why they went on the street, what the street was like and what it is like to be living in a home now. Each boy has a story, this is Arnold’s.
The ministry we went to help out with in Uganda was Humura Homes, which is under Victory Community Care Services. On November 5, 2011 two homes were opened in Bubaare, Uganda. They were created for teen boys who were living on the streets of Kabale as place to live, go to school and most importantly,…
I think the best place to start when talking about our trip is the organization we worked with, Victory Community Care Services (website to come as soon as Jared has it up and running). Victory Community Care Services is a non-profit organization based out of Kabale, Uganda and was started by Pastor Edward -an amazing…
One of the first thing that hit me about Uganda were all the people. They are everywhere. People walking, people on bicycles, people on motorbikes, people standing outside their shops, people selling things, people sitting around . . . Uganda is 1/3 of the size of Saskatchewan and yet the population is 34 million (with…
Well, we’ve made it back to Entebbe Airport Guest House. We just said goodbye to Tyler and Edward. It is very humid in Entebbe. I think it is going to take me a few days to process our whole trip and then I will start blogging about it. Here is our itinerary for the way…
