Medical clinic on Kivunza landing site

This Mission Trip was majorly accomplished by the Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) team led by Monica Mullins aided by a native team of medical Students from the International Health Sciences University and Makerere university.
Several people played a significant role in the accomplishment of this Mission trip too numerous to Mention in this brief note but to whom we owe gratitude for their positive impact.
The following People however deserve a mention in respect of there magnificent work towards the clinic; 
The OBU team who gathered majority of the necessary drugs and equipments prior to there coming and yet financially supported purchase of other drugs for instance anti malarial and antibiotics which we used to treat our vulnerable groups as well as partly facilitating transportation of the Local team.
Witness kicks donated several pairs of Shoes which we availed to children that make kivunza landing site there home and this would aid preventing parasitic infections associated with direct contact with polluted soils as it is the case with kivunza landing site, for distance jiggers thus there work will always be remembered.

Ellen, Brett and Megan the Feringas including Haley Durchslag donated towards the animal project although the animals were not purchased on this very trip but funds stand still designated as wished by their donors.

Our trip was accompanied by several challenges majorly to the surprise of our American Visitors but with Joy we can say, never once did God leave us alone, for every Step, be it along the journey or during the Medical Clinic he was with us.
we treated several of illness and the Medical clinic was yet a time of sharing about God thus consequently leading one of the Natives of Kivunza to Christ.
Understanding that the pictures below cannot Justify the real experience, we hope that they can crystallize a glimpse of our accomplishment to you;

Note:
These pictures were taken by Quel Drummond.
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 Not only did we treat diseases but we also did some singing.
This was a surprise as we were made aware that we had to sing about 5 minutes before the actual time, so we had to figure out a song to sing and be ready.
It was a wonderful experience, i belive more so to the OBU team.
TIA- This is Africa.

 We made friends through our Private conversations with our vulnerable groups.
left is lily explaining privately a prescription and how the drugs were supposed to be used on addition to making friendship.

 Franklin aided by Emma Beck examining the patient to prescribe appropriate drugs.

 Andrew from Makerere University and Kailey from Oklahoma Baptist University made good pediatricians.

 We had a constan pateint load from 10am to 3pm when we ended our Medical Clinic.

 OBU team availed us with Evange Cubes which we used to teach Kids and asking them questions at the end of it all and whoever answered qualified to get a pair of Shoes which were donated by witness kicks as you may see on the left.

 We are grateful for the 35 pairs of shoes which i am satisfied we made good use of and i am certain they will be much of help to reduce of foot parasitic infections, more so jiggers.

 When we passed through the waters, God was with us. Even when our motor stopped on several occasions, it could not inhibit our smiles because our God is greater.
left is Mary, Kate, Feven, George and I as we got stranded in the middle of the lake when our boat motor quit working.

 The beuty of Kivunza landing site is so consuming, it takes a brave person to take a trip there to be a self witness because the pictures herein cannot fully justify it.
we were blessed to have a refreshing time after the clinic to hike and witnessed this.

 We were blessed to have lots of specialized labor to accomplish our patient load.
it must be noted that this Mission Trip on 17 people has been the largest number of people in the History of Hope for the Needy.
We are grateful for all the members who denied themselves to go serve God.
we owe gratitude to pastor Mathew of kivunza Baptist church for his continuous hospitality to accommodate and feed us through out our froth coming Mission Trips.



                                                                 Sincerely
                                                       SSEMAKULA TIMOTHY
                                                        President Hope for the Needy
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Mission Trip To Mityana, Namutamba Village!

We are grateful to have accomplished our Mission in Namutamba the village in which we established our very first Project. It was a great blessing to us to have partnership with Namutamba Rehabilitation Centre whom we met while on the initial Mission and have provided us with accomodation among others mostly allowing us spend time and serve God with the Children who are being rehabilitated at their center to enhance ability of self dependence in the future. Below are pictures to illustrate this our incredible journey to
Namutamba village;
 HNM youths sorting out things for donation, we are grateful for all of you who donated clothes, and whatsoever to enhance our ability to share blessings with the vulnerable people.

We are thankful to the Lord for freely availing us with a truck with Ronald graham a member and yet our driver on this trip who facilitated our travels from Mityana to Namutamba Village!                                                                     

Safely we were able to reach our destination!!!

Within the truck, it was a tight fit although pleasing for it was a great opportunity getting to serve the Lord.
I am grateful for a wonderful team of 10 young men and women who denied themselves the festive season being in the village from new years-eve and the very 1st of the year despite the fact that they had to be home with family and perhaps with lots of fun things to do in Kampala.

Right Richard, talking to kids at the rehabilitation center on our arrival from Mityana.
These kids were such amazing especially looking at how excited they would get when it comes to time of serving God using strongly the functional parts of their body to give God the praise.
We thank the Administration of Namutamba rehabilitation center for allowing us associate with these wonderful children throughout the night, and to share meals with them among others, from them we hope to have long time friends that we can further fellowship with even when discharged to go back home.

After arrival at the center, we started out with field work, we went door to door sharing God with people and his love including offering them gifts as God provided to us wishing them a happy new year as you will see herein below.

In the field, it was incredible as we were warmly welcomed into each and every house we were able to reach and we had wonderful time visiting with each family.

It was a wonderful experience not only to the people we visited but also to the new youths that have recently joined this group who had never been on such an out reach before and have stated that it was indeed a great challenge and lesson to them.

It was a blessing to share Gods word with the people but more so it was when we had people call us back when they needed clarification on a few things as regarding the wonderful conversation we had while at their house.

Left, is an old man who called back a few of us seeking for clarification. It was a wonderful experience indeed!!

Although we took a fish truck to Namutamba, movement while there and back to Mityana was made easier as we were provided with an ambulance to bring us back and to move to the volleyball field where we were able to share God with the Youths after we had a volley ball match with them.

I may not be able to mention how badly we were beaten in volleyball, we were a team lacking practice and or even idea how to play volley ball referring to some of us if i may give an excuse, but we can do all things through Christ who gives us strength.

It brought great Joy to Village Natives who won the match and therefore waited patiently to be in our devotion, not only did we make a great team playing volleyball but also it was an incredible one when it came to singing prior to the devotion.

We are indebted by Ken Lule a member, who prepared long time a word appropriate to be shared with the youths here with wonderful illustrations applicable to their daily life.

We were impressed by the children at the center,and just their ability to dance and play drums during our morning devotion with the children at the center.
Happy people dont necessarily have all they Need, they simply make the most of what they have.

Getting to be listeners was as well an amazing thing to do and getting to here all compliments from people as a few of them thought it was the president sending them things through us saying he had previously did in the past few years referring to our very first Mission Trip in this Village!

Not only did we share with Natives but also with our friends at the rehabilitation center. They were each able to receive an outfit.

Saying good bye to our friends at the center, was not fun, but we are grateful to the lord to have put such wonderful people along our path of life that have motivated us and opened many of ours hearts further to serving him with all we have.
We are thankful for a wonderful team of Medical students from the International Health Sciences university who were willing to come along and do whatever regardless of the conditions many of which were not that favorable.
We acknowledge and always will the great role played by Eric and Krisann Pease availing us accomodation througout the night we spent in Mityana as well as feeding us with wonderful meals making the Team feel more at home.
We are thankful for the team, Mwesigwa George, ken lule, Feven Beyinn, Mugerwa Richard, Mwanje Nelson, Kate kalmar, Ronald Graham, Jeninah Tumuheirwe,Charles Andy Kasibante for the work accomplished that was wonderful and pray the all might bless and rewards them abundaltly.
We acknowledge the support from all our supporters too numerous to mention in this brief note but to whom we owe gratitude for the positive regards.
May God bless and keep you all,

Sincerely,
              Ssemakula Timothy
              Tel; +256754564854

FOLLOW UP FOR THE "ANIMAL PROJECT"

Send an animal project was launched 12^th/04/2013 with the major aim of availing employment to the natives of Kivunza among others.

 This was done through donation of Animals in this case pigs and Goats which these people would look after until they produce so they can send some offsprings to the next Family and sell the rest to support their Families mostly to avail income to support education of their children and the circle continues.

Furthermore this project was aimed at diversifying economy for the Natives of Kivunza due to the fact that they are completely dependent to fishing whose benefits are at times seasonal hence exposing them to extremes of poverty due to lack of adequate income therefore the project aimed at improving standards of living for the natives.
 Following its initiation, we have arranged a follow up visit on the Island to check on the progress and thus evaluate the effectiveness so as to judge and supplement on the Animals if necessary. This visit is scheduled 19th-07-2013

  Left is the general out look for Kivunza landing site and the housing structures for the natives.

Left are some of the beneficiaries of the Animal Project choosing their animals as purchased on the previous mission trip by Hope for the Needy youths. 

Left are the 12 members who were targeted for the initiation of the project and from these we will evaluate the progress of the project due to out Mission trip Scheduled 19th-07-2013.

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                                                        "Empowering the Week"

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                                                                     Uganda

                                                                                                       



                                                                                                              Ssemakula Timothy

                                                                                                             Coordinator HNM

                                                                                                             Tel: +256772751169
                                                                                                            

  

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!!!

Dear all
Although we have experienced numerous situations that prolonged the progress for the launch of the Animal project, we are grateful to break the news that 12th/04/2013 was the date we traveled on Kalangala Islands up to a remote landing site called KIVUNZA where we accomplished all the intended objectives of this our
"SEND AN ANIMAL PROJECT".
Here we painted Kivunza Baptist church and gave out four pigs and 1 goat to the vulnerable groups as we had promised on the previous mission trip while in this location.
Hope for the Needy Youth Missions Owes much gratitude to volunteers and or members who traveled along  to this project for their self denial, time and financial involvement towards accomplishment of this project. We acknowledge the great spiritual, financial  and verbal motivation from various people whose names are too numerous to mention in this brief note but to whom we owe much gratitude for their positive contributions! However the following names deserve a mention for their work was not only tremendous but also tedious;
1. Eric and Krisan Conder Pease
2. Semhar Kesete
3. Yosan Teckle
4. Feven Beyene
5. John Keyune
6. Mwesigwa George 

We pray that God the almighty bless and reward you abundantly!
The following are pictures to illustrate our accomplishments on Kivunza landing site:

 Left are pictures to illustrate the painting on Kivunza Baptist church.

 Although it was the first time to paint for our international volunteers from Eritrea, their final work is rather amazing and a cause to believe that the church could have been painted by professionals.

It was a great mission for all of us especially our international friends who mentioned it was the best experience they have ever had since they came to  Uganda.

It was great fun after finishing our first aim of this trip and left reveals a group of new professional painters. 

 On reaching the landing site, numerous kids came running to greet us.
This hospitality, our international friends testify they had never seen.
Left HNM members greet and sake hands with the children at Kivunza landing site.

 The abundant ecomic activity on this island is fishing from which they obtain fish and dry them as shown in the picture below after which these are exported for income.
This one source of income is rather inadequate and at times not reliable as fish are seasonal yet a cause to fish immature fish leading to their scarcity and hence or otherwise reducing or hindering income to the natives to boost their standards of living.

 Left is a beneficiary of Hope for the Needy giving a word of thanks for the HNM members.
She said," I wish i knew God at your age for you guys are not waiting for God to just do something for you like most of us do, but rather you do alot of things for him". We are blessed to be an example even to the elderly and its a cause for us to do more.

 When we passed through the water, God was with us and the waves did not overcome our small boat.  Althought it was scary but we all did it.
This is on the way to buying animals and a few of our beneficiaries traveled a long with us in the boat.
First time traveling on the boat for most of the volunteers, they all took it as experts.

 As Hope for the Needy, We looked at diversifying economy by donating pigs to our beneficiaries to be used as a source of income especially to the ladies who never go fishing and widowed due to rampant HIV/AIDS leading to extreme poverty that retards proper standards of living and limits ability to educate their children and look after their families.

Left One of the HNM beneficiaries posses with the animals which we bought to initiate the animal project.

  Not only was this trip a platform for aiding the vulnerable, it was as well an ample time to establish personal relationships between the HMN members and the natives of Kivunza landing site.

 We are indebted of the hospitality and love shown to us by Pastor Mathew Dingiro, a resident of Kivunza landing site left in white shirt who allowed us accommodation and feeding throughout the length of our stay on the island.
Greater things are yet to come and are still to be done in Africa by Hope for the Needy Youth missions. Together we can.

Left are house for some of the residents near Kivunza Baptist Church.                    

 Despite their poor standards of living, the children of kivunza will alwasy welcome you with a huge smile. In their eyes there is so much hope for the future.

 HNM volunteers handing out gifts to the kids on arrival to the landing site.

 Some of the HNM beneficiaries pose with the members after purchasing the animals to be donated to them.

 Left, some of the beneficiaries are being interviewed on how they will take care of animals and the mode of sending to the offspring to the next family.

These beneficiaries of the time are supposed to look after these animals and send the offsprings to the next family in the cue after which they will deserve complete ownership of the mother animal and a few of the offsprings for sale to obtain income that would enable them take care of their Families and hopefully

 improve their standards of living.
SEND AN ANIMAL project is thus a control experiment to compare and contrast with the previous mechanism of physically handing out materials such as food, kerosene, soap and salt.
We are looking at providing a sustainable source of income to our vulnerable groups that would allow them to purchase these things on their own over 
a period of time.

 Despite the rampant poverty, the birth rates and thus population increase on kivunza landing site is rather increasing greatly.
This reduces chances for Child education and access to other basic needs to some of the children as they are too many for their Parents to afford.
To solve this problem we are to initiate a Family planning conference in the future to stress its importance and create awareness to the People.

 It is difficult to monitor hygiene of the children and probably for the entire Camp considering the fact that there is only two Pit latrines at the moment established by the government for use by the high population of Kivunza landing site.

 In our "SEND AN ANIMAL" project we hope to avail adequate source of income to allows ease of access to medicine so as to reduce on the effects especially of Malaria that is outstanding at the time.

 We are blessed to be a motivation to national and international Youths coming up together to enjoy our Youth yet being a light to others as we do what Jesus would do if he were here.
It would be our pleasure for many youths to join us on this our Journey to empower the weak hence making a better Africa.

Naturally the beauty of Kivunza landing site is rather amazing and a cause for most of us to visit over and over.
It is our prayer that God will use you and all of us to bring hope to these the vulnerable groups that occupy kivunza landing site.
More volunteers are welcome to come along with us during the course of our Mission. For wile Pictures can crystallize the dilemma, your presence explains a lot better and means a lot to the people occupying Kivunza landing site.
Contact us on the addresses below if you ever wish to be informed on our Plans and upcoming Projects  that perhaps you would like tobe part of and or travel along with us towards accomplishment of these objectives.

                                     HOPE FOR THE NEEDY YOUTH MISSIONS

                                       "EMPOWERING THE WEAK"

EMAIL: hopeforneedy1@live.com

TEL:                    +256754564854

Sicerely;
             SSEMAKULA TIMOTHY, Coordinator Hope For the Needy Youth Missions