Hello everyone, I realize that it was not long ago when I sent out a newsletter but I have exciting good news that I wanted to share. The German Welthungerhilfe proposal for a project for vocational training has passed after it was re-submitted. It is called a youth empowerment center that is named Amaani Rwenzori! […]

Hello to all my friends, donors and family. Things continue to be very active in many directions at YES. Please let me share a few of the exciting directions we are in. The house being built for a family of five children left alone since their father died is coming along, although slowly. With a […]

Our plans for the Vocational Training Centre have run into a few difficulties and the opening of this facility has been postponed indefinitely. Of course the requirement for vocational training for our non-academic orphans and vulnerable children cannot be postponed. Accordingly we are planning to develop a small pilot project to be delivered in existing […]

[vimeo 126112474 w=500 h=281] Hello everyone, I have had a wonderful experience with an organization called the Archibald Project. The lovely couple who run it, Nick and Whitney Runyon came to visit me and the program one weekend and spent a lot of time doing a video and photos of the work. They also raised […]

Hello everyone, Things here are going well with many things happening as always. The first term of school for 2015 is soon getting out and we pray that the kids are doing OK.  Like I mentioned in previous posts, we’ve had a retired school teacher come here to work for a year and work with some of the […]

Hello Everyone!  It’s been an eventful couple of months for us here at Y.E.S. Ministries! The last couple of months we have been able to enroll over 300 students in over 60 different schools, from Primary to University! Being able to provide these young people with an education is so important. Like I mentioned in […]

Whoa, I am way behind in keeping in touch with all of you. I have just realized that I have not written anything since returning home in June! I hit the ground running at the program with so many issues and projects and things going on. First, the dreamed of vocational center. The biggest issue […]

I am writing this from Grand Junction, Colorado. My trip has been amazing with meeting many friends and making new friends. I have started in Ireland where many dear friends live. The weather was beautiful but the time there was too short. From Ireland I flew to California where I met with more old and […]

Hello Everyone I am sorry about having been a bit quiet these days. It is not because we are not doing much, it is more that we are doing a lot. I am heading out on April 25th for a rather extended awareness raising trip. I plan to present detailed plans for the new vocational […]

January has been extremely busy as usual. In Uganda the school year starts in February and there are so very many kids who desire school but just can not make it financially. I sometimes feel like all of Western Uganda shows up at my door and it is very hard telling most of them no. […]