Second Chances Boarding schools are a common place for students in Uganda. Children are sent to boarding schools as early as 9 years old here. As it might sound harsh to some of you, it’s actually a better environment for many Ugandan children. Living at the school, they are able to focus on their studies […]

…After a two year hiatus!  On Monday, January 10, students excitedly returned to school!!  The government advanced every student to the next grade up even though some have only had 3 months in the grade they left. Thankfully, we were able to tutor over 200 students during this break in our conference room! Meet Musiime Timothy.  We are […]

The Children we help at Manna Rescue Home come from extreme poverty.  Their relatives they previously lived with were unable to provide basic necessities and life saving medication they need.  During Christmas, these children happily return to their villages bearing gifts to keep those connections and relationships strong.  They bring food and supplies to bless their […]

Uganda’s President has announced that schools will remain closed the rest of the year.  Because of this we have decided to provide schooling here at our office!  We are concerned for the youth in our community not being in school for a year and a half now.  Depression and hopelessness have set in and discouraged students […]

It was the year 2008, Carol Adams’ dream to open a home for children living with HIV in Ft. Portal, Uganda was realized. Manna Rescue Home (MRH) opened its doors to its first 30 children. Among those children was Katusabe Grace. She was just 7-years-old when she arrived at Manna Rescue Home. Her mother had […]

Uganda is suffering. We’ve been in a lock down for about a month now and people are getting desperate. Many people have visited my office asking for food and we’ve been able to help those needs. The lockdown has been very difficult for many whose daily support came from small shops, teachers, and taxi drivers […]

We were all so happy here to have students heading back to school on June 7th and we were busy at the office distributing school supplies and other school needs to the many students we assist here. On Friday the 4th, Geoffrey traveled to all 17 schools with lists of fees that were paid at the […]

Great news! After almost a year of schools being closed for most students, Uganda is now allowing three more classes back to school in March and about mid April the rest of the classes are expected to return to school! Our kids need to be in school!  Thankfully, the kids at Manna Rescue Home have been staying […]

Happy New Year everyone! We all hope 2021 will be better than 2020 even though it’s off to a rough start. In Uganda we have elections on the 14th of this month and we pray that they do not turn violent. We are also confused concerning what is next for schools and life here in […]

Thank You! Because of your generous donations we were able to feed 575 people the week of Christmas!  We identified 115 of the most needy families and our staff worked hard to distribute it.  Each family received 100 pounds of maize flour, 50 pounds of cassava flour, 25 pounds of beans, 25 pounds of rice, 5 […]