Homes of Promise

Liberation Day, Olive arrives, Fumigation of house and sleeping in tents, Victor and Sula visit

As Jane spends time with the boys and Victor visits the office, the house is fumigated for bed bugs while the younger boys ...
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Celebrating my (78th) birthday, meeting with Julie-Anne, checking on Saviour, visits from Joseph and Godfrey

As Jane celebrates her birthday with a surprise party, Saviour continues his MCC internship, and Joseph and Godfrey visit ...
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School holidays start, Asaph returns from college, Denis, Kodet, Kasita and Johnson back from Maranatha. Dan’s family move into their new home.

Homes of Promise Afternoon Tea on Sunday 4th September 2022 at 2.30pm with an update on our work in Uganda. All welcome. The younger boys have broken up from school this week. They haven’t as yet got ...
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Sue Harper’s funeral, I’m in the UK, the boys are back at school/vocational training.

Last Sunday afternoon I went to George’s Place to say goodbye to the boys, they were going back to school or vocational training early Monday morning. The boys were busy helping Johnson, Kodet and ...
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Visiting the boys in Vocational Colleges, seeing Shaffick, Emma and Derrick. Dan and Charles go home.

I’ve just arrived home after an exhausting day visiting Asaph in Bombo. The traffic was heavy this morning and it took over two hours to get there. I was pleased I had asked Jesse to drive. When we ...
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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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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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Shipment to Uganda, families struggle, lockdown eases in U.K.

At this time of waiting between Ascension Day and Pentecost we find ourselves starting to venture out as the lockdown begins to ease, though still social distancing, we are beginning to meet up with ...
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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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The party, boys back to their relatives, some boys have already found holiday work!

Lots seems to have happened this week! Trevor and Carol arrived at Church last Sunday morning and stayed with me until Tuesday, when I dropped them at a hotel near the airport for a late evening ...
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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 ...