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below are the Children Born in February
below are the Children Born in February
Vegetable Seeds Donation Program.Many of the times, Uganda Orphanages getting all variety of food to feed the vulnerable and orphan children and improve on their diet is really hard since they have no access and monetary funds to purchase different types of foods for the children. Most times children are being fed on only one type of food because that’s what they can afford and that’s the same issue to Vangrace Compassion Ministries Orphanage-God’s Village. Our children mainly feed on corn flour (maize flour) mixed with water and beans daily. The issue of them feeding on variety of foods (Egg plants, Amaranthus white Elma, Cabbage, Solanum Aethiopicum, Onions, Sweet Paper, Tomatoes ,carrots and others) is a tale.
Seeing all that, Vegetable Seeds Donation Program has been introduced to ease on the issue of children feeding on only one type of food. This program is aimed at providing high nutrition and producing abundant food for the orphans and vulnerable children.
The soils and weather at God’s Village is conducive which will make this program so important to the children. It only takes three months or less for these seeds to be ready for harvesting.
2 Corinthians 9:10 “He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness”
We cannot do this alone but we'd like to encourage you to support our efforts of feeding the orphans, neglected, street and abandoned children that God has placed in our care.
Your financial contribution of $5 or more will make Vangrace Compassion Ministries a reality for these children as they move toward a lifestyle of sustainable sufficiency. Your donation will purchase Vegetable seeds to start or expand vegetable gardens at orphanages. Not only that but it will also bring back the hope of these children of feeding on at least two types of food daily, it will bring joy and happiness to their hearts hence improving on their standards of living.
“Thank you for your support”
It's 10am, and the 4-year-old is still waiting for breakfast. Sarah collapses to her knees in tears and plops her forehead down on the dirt outside.
Soon she is wailing inconsolably and writhing on her back in the sand. A care giver spots her, picks her up easily by one arm, and gives her a little cassava in a bowl. The toddler shovels it into his mouth with sticky fingers coated in tears and grime. The crying stops, for the moment. But tomorrow, there will be no breakfast. There will be only the prayer that many children say every morning, asking God to help them and get food.
Hunger, Malnutrition, illiteracy and chronic pain are some of the commonly used words referring to African Child. She sleeps on the streets, eats garbage and going to school is seen as a miracle to her.
As we celebrate African Child’s Day, let’s remember her, let’s consider remembering all the African children mostly those whose hope of living well is destructed by unfortunate situations. Let’s reach out to them, let’s show them love and empathy. It’s time for us to walk the talk for saving the African child.
The good news is, Vangrace Compassion Ministries has many proven ways to help an African Child through educating him/her, providing nutritious and healthy food as well as giving medical treatment and accommodating her/him.
When friends like you partner with us, we can meet the urgent physical needs of an African Child by providing food, providing education and medication facilities to her/him... Join us now!
Remember every for contribution that you make, you will be saving an African child as well you will receive a tax exemption receipt.
The roots of Africa Day date back to 1963 when the ‘Day of Africa’ was instituted in Ethiopia during the creation of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). Since then, 25 May has acquired international recognition as Africa Day, a day when, regardless of their whereabouts or situations, Africans celebrate the notion of African unity.
Today we celebrate the unity within our motherland/continent Africa. Not only the unity but also the love, freedom and peace we have as Africans. This day reminds us or provides us the opportunity to remember the poor African children that were separated from their mother, fathers, and relatives by tragedies. Not only the children but also the refugees who find themselves outside of their countries of birth due to wars and conflicts and we believe it is a reminder of our connectedness as African-of our common struggles, challenges and achievements.
These are some of the words that our children here at God’s Village kept singing as they celebrate the African Day/Week. This has proved that these children feel the sense of family.
We are looking forward to raise up African children that will build a better Africa and a better world
We believe in our continent
‘Proud to be Africans.’
There are few moments in life more heartwarming than seeing our children exercise kindness.
And pride is the perfect response in those situations. We all want our kids to find fulfillment and pursue happiness in the right places.
Study after study reports that being kind is one of the quickest paths to satisfaction. Kind people are shown to be healthier, happier and less depressed. They experience a greater sense of self-worth and life fulfillment. And kindness is appealing.
Those who give their time and money and expertise to others never regret it. They discover exactly what kind people did: a better way to live.
Of course, the same kindness that shapes children and fills their hearts with satisfaction does the same thing for adults! When we are kind with our resources, we experience a satisfaction and fulfillment in life that cannot be found anywhere else.
But in a world that works overtime convincing us to spend our money on our own self-interests, we often need to be reminded of the joy in giving. We are bombarded all day long with marketing messages promising we will be happier and more satisfied if we accumulate more and more possessions. But it’s not true. If accumulating things brought lasting happiness, don’t you think we would have found it by now?
Sometimes, it helps to go back into our rooms and quietly consider again the opportunity of kindness.
§ Kind ___________ have a healthy understanding of how much they already own.
§ Kind __________ value what they own.
§ Kind __________ live happier, more fulfilled lives.
§ Kind __________ find meaning outside of their possessions.
§ Kind __________ have more fulfilling relationships.
§ Kind __________ have less desire for more.
As the saying goes, you can’t buy love. That’s especially true when it comes to mothers. There is a unique love – an unconditional love – that bonds a mother and her children.
Mother’s Day is not merely the celebration of mothers, but the celebration of the life, love, and beauty they’ve brought into the world.
Today we bring you Gorret Kebirungi serving as a foster mother, a Caregiver, part of the joy and happiness of our children at God’s Village. One of Vangrace Compassion Ministries foster mother to our orphan and vulnerable children at God’s Village.
Since 2008, Gorret has been serving in the ministry and her daily routine has consisted of cooking, cleaning, and making sure that all her foster children that she looks after attend classes’ every day. Each morning she gathers all of them and they pray together. When the children return from God's Village Academy, Gorret asks them about their day. She offers them unconditional love and support so that they can each reach their full-potential.
“I never thought that I would be this happy. These children inspire me every day,” says Gorret. “And, I am so proud to be their mother.”
For some children, accepting Gorret was more challenging than for others. Gorret explains the key is knowing each child’s personality to recognize the best approach to win their hearts regardless of their back ground and their vulnerability. She is both firm and understanding as a foster mother. It is no surprise that our children feel comfortable to confide in her. She explains that she never lets anger take over and that she respects each child’s right to make their own decisions.
“During supper, the conversation flows freely. They can talk to me about everything: a new friend, subjects they do better and those that they do not, what they want to be in future, the projects they are working on and many other things,” says Gorret. “God’s Village’s foster homes are very lively when all the children are gathered together and exchange stories.”
Her days at God's Village have been painted with both happiness and sadness. A heart-breaking moment for her is when she sees children fighting for food when it not enough for all of them. Her heart breaks into tears every time she sees such incidences.
“It broke my heart to see these children fighting for food because it’s not enough for them all,” explains Gorret.
And it's always my prayer together with my children that God provides all finances to Paapa Ivan (Pastor Ivan Ssewankambo)as he struggles much for our medication , enough food, clothes , all full support.
Most of us when we think of mother’s day, we think it’s only celebrated with mothers that are still living. But mother’s day is the time to celebrate and remember the woman who brought you to this world, a woman who nurtured and made you into a wonderful human being. Many of our children did not get the chance of being nurtured by their own mothers but being nurtured by our foster mothers and that does not stop them to celebrate mother’s day. Why? Because they got another reason to live, new mothers to nurture them, new home and new environment to live in. They don't weep, don't regret, instead they pledge to do big things so that at-least one day make Paapa Ivan Ssewankambo feel proud of them as he is the big reason why their lives are changed and transformed.
Have you ever thought as to how will you celebrated your mother’s day? Here is how you can make an orphan happy and be part of his or her life as she or he celebrates the life of his or her mother whom she lost either by death, diseases or other circumstances. This year, honor your mother by giving the love & care of a mother to orphaned children who don’t have one. Join us and help ensure stable, happy childhoods for orphaned children.
Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers wherever you are, We love you so much!
Here is an Opportunity of how one can bring a smile on a hungry child's face through the Power of Sowing a Seed. Isaiah 58:7 (KJV) "Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
2 corinthians. But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
What kind of seeds have you been sowing lately? Even though not many of us are farmers or gardeners, all of us are sowers and reapers. If you will sow good seeds, you will find that God’s blessings are showered on you: peace, joy, contentment, fulfilment. And those seeds you sow for others come back in a harvest of good things others will do for you.
when we face difficulties, it’s easy to become ingrown, to where all we think about is my problem, illness, hurt, bills, loneliness; as long as we’re only focused on ourselves, we’ll get stuck where we are; in our time of need, we have to learn to sow a seed; the way to get what you want is by giving away what you need; if you need happiness, don’t sit around in self-pity, go out and make somebody else happy; God will use that seed to bring you happiness. this goes against human nature, but when God sees you getting outside of yourself, when He sees you being good to somebody even though you’re struggling, that’s the seed God will use to bring a harvest back into your own life.
it’s not enough to just trust God, let’s move on to step 2 and be good to somebody; if you’ll learn to sow a seed in your time of need, God promises your light will break forth like the dawn; your healing will come, your problem will turn around, your relationship will be restored, and your dreams will come to pass.
James 1:27 (KJV) '‘Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.’"
Imagine growing up on streets without a family, food, home or education. The extreme poverty in Uganda leaves a trail of homeless and vulnerable children. Many of these children either die a premature death through malnutrition or walk the streets in search of food. Some of the most desperate children turn to glue sniffing to suppress the hunger pains, or to prostitution as a means of survival.
As a number of organizations work desperately to relieve the shocking conditions of vulnerable and orphan children in Uganda, Vangrace Compassion Ministries is also doing what it can to take in needy orphans and vulnerable children at the youngest possible age, before they reach the streets as well as reaching out to those that are already on streets of Uganda.
Our Goal is to provide for these children all that they deserve as human beings, just what any good parent would want for their own children. Vangrace Compassion Ministries’ Orphanage treat the children as its own. Each child we take in is not just a number, but a member of the God’s Village Family. Each child receives the love, care and special attention they deserve, like:
· Family-based care.
· Nutritious meals and individual health care programs.
· An excellent standard of education, including vocational training in preparation for employment.
· Locally employed Care Givers to help provide ongoing care and support, also supporting the economy of our local community.
· Continuing to expand our facilities to enable us to meet growing demands as funding increases.
You may ask “how can I help Vangrace Compassion Ministries?” Their answer is always the same, “there are several ways to help:
· Sponsor a Child
· Sow a Seed
· Volunteer to our orphanage or community
· Fund any of our projects
However, sponsoring a child is the greatest priority because there are still many children at our orphanage who need sponsors and the Sponsorship Program does not yet cover the full monthly budget for the children!” With only $23 USD every month, you can sponsor a vulnerable or orphan child here at God's Village Foster Home.
On top of that, You will be able to get updates on any child that you chose to sponsor with photos attached. And even other programs, once we receive your donation, will let you know the positive impact your donation has caused through photos and videos.
Animals like cows and goats are a source of nutritious food to our children and also source of income through selling their products.
Live stock project focuses on raising ruminant animals like cows and goats for a long term production of milk. The milk contains vitamins, proteins, fats and minerals which are very essential in the growth of the child.
This project also empowers poor family’s economy in the communities that we serve through the provision of small ruminant animals so that the poor family breeds the animals. Then the family will have their own income from the animals and support themselves and educate their children I their own.
With only $40, you contribute towards the purchase of a cow or a goat here at God’s Village for the benefit of the orphaned children or poor families that we help.
African Academy of Art is an art and cultural project dedicated to supporting the talents, skills and creativity of the vulnerable children and youths in a descent way within Uganda.
We focus on developing young people to grow into thoughtful, capable, inventive and healthy adults who will use their talents and skills to bring about effective change in the world.
The African Art Academy provides fun, education through drawings and traditional music and dance, paintings and helps to raise up talents and skills that many less fortunate children and youths have. Many of these children and youths have not been given a chance to go school but through this Art Academy, most of them have exploited their talents through drawings and painting, Music, Dance & Drama.
Please join us in providing these African less privileged children and vulnerable youths with the physical, emotional, and educational needs they so richly deserve. For only $30 you can support the art and craft Academy. The donations that we receive goes to purchase of art and craft materials to be used by the children and youths during their lessons.
Vangrace Compassion Ministries’ Kids Christmas Gift Program is aimed at providing a tangible descent Christmas gifts to orphaned children here at God’s Village. It’s annual end of year community Christmas Gift give out celebrations for all orphans under our care. James 1:27 ‘Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.’
The focus of the Christmas gift program is to share the joy of Christmas with children who have little or nothing, and to make a difference in their lives by making them feel special with an individually packed and named gift at Christmas. For many our children, this is the only gift they receive each year though some receive the surprise boxes.
Did you know that your Christmas gift to a vulnerable child can make an eternal impact? It can! Whether or not a sponsor, you can show these little ones the love of the Father. In fact, you can make their Christmases ones they will never forget.
Join us today and make a change in the lives of orphans through sending them Christmas gifts
"Teaching them of how to use sanitary pads improves a girl child education."
Help empower the girl children by participating with the Donate Pads Program. Please consider:
1. Donate. Donating $5 will supply a girl with a sanitary pad which she will use for only one month. This can be conveniently done by using the Donation Button.
2. Spread the Word. Help get the message out by using your social media networks like Viber, Whats-app, Twitter and Facebook. Let your friends know that you are passionate about helping others
3. Donate Sanitary pads Kit. You can send to us the sanitary pad kits to our postal address P.O.BOX 32112, Clock Tower, Kampala (Uganda) and we assure you that these donated pads will be delivered to girl child/girl children in most need of it and will update you once she receives it.
Vangrace Compassion Ministries exists to end child hunger within Uganda. We provide nourishing meals every day to a hundreds of hungry children here in Uganda. We believe we can work together to create a world where no child goes to bed hungry.
Many children here in Uganda don’t get a chance of having one meal or any meal a day because they have no access to food. Support the feeding of the less fortunate children here in Uganda aims to see no child goes to bed hungry or spends a day hungry. We all see many people starving because of famine but there something that we can do about it. Why should we eat like kings and queens when these children having nothing to eat? Imagine gratitude a child who receives a gift of one meal a day or two meals to keep his life safe and imagine how many less fortunate children that you can help with only $1 to have one or two meals a day?
Knowing all that, Vangrace Compassion Ministries does everything possible to see that these children receive food through the feeding program that we have. For many less fortunate children to obtain 2 meals or one meal a day is an exclusive goal here in Uganda. And we believe that feeding less fortunate children can change their lives and feel cared for. This can change a life of a suffering child forever. We aim at giving food that is rich all food values like carbohydrate, proteins, vitamins and minerals. This helps to reduce on the risks of malnutrition among children. Help the hungry orphaned and vulnerable children have a meal today. $10 monthly can change their lives eternally.
Needy children here at God’s Village need nutritious food reach in proteins to reduce on the incidents of malnutrition which is the most common deficiency disease in children here in Uganda mostly in communities that we serve in. The importance of the poultry project is to goal of sustainability. This project helps in providing food rich in proteins and vitamins which help in the body growth of a child. With this, children are assured of balanced diet at the orphanage.
Poultry keeping also provides an alternative to fishing on Lake Victoria since we are located on the shores of lake Victoria which the community has heavily relied on, alleviating some pressure on the fish stocks which have been heavily depleted over the years.
$10 USD only, you can support us to buy more poultry birds which will help us to improve on the health of the orphans and vulnerable children.
Many less fortunate children in Uganda-Africa have been separated from their parents and relatives by unavoidable situations like death and wars and others are just abandoned by their parents because they seem to have no future.
Vangrace Compassion Ministries since 2003 decided to take of such children and cater for them. These children need a decent home in which they can live in. A home that will not remind them of their past but a home that will raise and mould them in the fear of our Lord Jesus. In this, you can contribute any amount to build up our orphanage that will raise a unify generation in Christ which will transform lives of many people in Africa.
We not only house them but we also educate them as many millions of children live in desperately poor communities where schools have been destroyed by war, disaster, or decay. In some cases, affordable schools are simply too far away. Vangrace Compassion Ministries has a plan of constructing a standard school that will enable thousands of children to pursue their dreams of a better life.
Our mission is to give children a hopeful future. That begins with having a good start in life, with a roof, warm bed, Education, food and safe drinking water.
Orphan sponsorship
invites a person like you to support and help look after the well-being of a child in need from another country — until that child and community become self-sufficient.
You'll get to know, love, and encourage a specific child while helping fund resources and improvements that benefit them and their community.
Motivated by our faith in Jesus, we serve all children regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, or gender. We go where other organizations can't.
We've been around for over 13 years, and we have refined our approach to cultivate a full solution to poverty and injustice.
How does the sponsorship process work?
~Choose a girl or boy in need to sponsor for an ongoing commitment of $23 a month. You are the only sponsor for this child.
~You'll get a packet with photos and more. Then your child will send you a letter!
‘A Surprise Box’ is aimed at sending an unexpected gift wrapped in a big/small Box to your
sponsored child or towards all of the orphan children here at God’s Village.
Giving a gift to an orphan that makes him/her happy brings a great joy to all of our children and it also reminds them that there is someone who cares about them regardless of their vulnerability.
Many less fortunate and vulnerable children are asking, “Is there anyone that loves me?” , “Am I worthwhile to anyone?”, “Where is a God that loves me?”, “What did I do wrong?”, ” Why is this happening to me?”, and “Does anyone care?” These are the cries of so many children’s hearts, and by sending a surprise box, we can help provide some answers to these questions.
SEND today a surprise box to one of our less fortunate children and see how big a surprise box can impact a child living in a vulnerable condition. One surprise box can change a life of a child completely.
Transforming Lives of Ugandan/ African Orphan, Vulnerable Children and Impact Communities Through Vangrace Compassion Ministries Initiates, Church and Missionary Programs to Equip Them with Full Potential for Productivity and Ministering to The Pearl Of Africa (Ugandan) Communities.
"For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me".
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