We will be assisting the local church, approximately seventy parishes, under the direction of Bishop Edward Muhima, minister to the needs of the people in their district. We have begun working with him on three projects.

Orphans and Child headed home project

We are assisting one child headed family. This is a pilot project that will help us determine how we can best address and assist with the horrific problem of children heading their own homes after AIDS or other diseases take their family. As most are aware, AIDS is at pandemic levels in Africa. Over 2 million children are orphaned due to AIDS in Uganda alone. The more horrific problem is that these children, if they have lost their entire family, are left to fend for them selves. That was the situation for this first family that we are assisting. Alone since the tender ages of 8 and 6, Daniel and Dorcus were in a desperate situation. They were no longer able to be children; they had been forced to learn how to survive. With the assistance of Mosaic Vision, the church at Rwerere stepped in to help. The church is currently looking to bring a widow into this home to care for these children full time. When that occurs, Daniel will be able to return to school and Dorcus will be able to get the medications and healthcare that she needs. We will watch and learn from this first home how we can best reach out to other children in the same situation. We want these children to know that even though they have been abandoned, that God will never abandon them, that He has written their names on the palm of His hand.

Orphan Assistance

Bishop Muhima’s wife, Vashti told us about a woman in Rukingiri that is caring for over 100 orphans. Through the local church, we have begun assisting this saint of a woman care, educate, and feed these little ones.

Water project

Contaminated water is a major health problem in Uganda, especially for children and the elderly. A typical village gets its water from a local pond or contaminated stream. Children are responsible for collecting water for their families on a daily basis. In some cases these children have to walk up to three miles each direction to get water for their families. In stead of spending time in school, these children walk for hours each day to retrieve water. Additionally, the water that they retrieve is often unfit to drink and causes illnesses due to water borne pathogens. God, however, provides abundant pure and healthy water to drink in the form of rain. While visiting Uganda, we observed a program implemented by the church that taught villagers how to build tanks that were used to collect rain water. As we watched women come together to build these tanks for each others homes we became filled with hope. We have begun investigating how we can work together with the people of Rukingiri to replicate this innovative program in their district. The knowledge and the desire are there. These people simply lack the resources necessary to get this program started. We believe that this is where Mosaic Vision can help.

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