Odong innocent was once a beneficiary under Cred, receiving support to go to school in Acholi Quarters. Unfortunately, though, his mother decided to move him and his brothers back to the village, where he wasn’t able to continue with his education to the point of gaining a leavers certificate. When…
Agenorwot Mary is 22 years old, and completed her secondary education up to s4 (equivalent of GCSE’s) in 2023. Whilst doing her education, she lived in Acholi Quarters, but once she had finished S4, she moved to live with her grandmother in their ancestral village. Mary stayed in touch with…
One of the teachers at Galaxy school in Uganda recently invited some members of the Acholi community to come to the school and meet pupils of the ‘jewellery club’. The students learned from the Acholi women how to make paper beads, and then how to turn them into pieces of…
(written by Helen) The day that I visited my friends in Acholi Quarters, it rained. And when I say it rained, I mean it really rained. Overall, for just over an hour, but really intense for at least 30 minutes, and by the time it had finished, the dirt roads…
Staff and students alike recently celebrated the success of last year’s cohort of vocational training students at the college’s first graduation day. Previous attempts to host a graduation day had been thwarted by Covid, so the celebrations this year were extra special.Students from Nkuru Vocational college graduated with qualifications in…
On some previous visits with the Acholi community in the past year, I (Helen) have sat with Harriet, Miriam and some of the other women as they have shared their hopes and dreams for setting up small businesses to earn a bit of income in a way that doesn’t include…
The children from Acholi Quarters that we give support to through the Hopeful Haven programme and through tuition fees support were recently invited to take part in a Christmas card competition. The aim was for them to design a card that can then be printed up and used to send…
written by John Njendahayo One of the projects that runs from the Nkuru college campus in rural Mityana is the Uwero water project which pipes clean water to families around the community. The college has ownership of a piece of land that has a natural spring in it. This spring…
Members of the Lubanga Ber group in Acholi Quarters recently had a very informative training session on how to make briquettes as a form of lower carbon, longer-burning fuel. Most of the group currently rely on charcoal as their fuel source for cooking, and the cost has gone up significantly…
When Joyce’s baby twin daughters died within 2 weeks of each early in 2023, Joyce felt as though her world had caved in. She still had her sons, who were then age 4 and 6, but the trauma of losing the girls was, not surprisingly, huge. After a time, she…
