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P.O. Box 745, Smithfield, Virginia 23430 ~ (757) 810-1920 or (718) 312-8676 ~ Volume 3, Issue 5~ May 2016 SUPPORTING EDUCATION & MORE IN UGANDA For the past couple of years ACTNIM has been able to support children and schools through various means with your prayers and support. We have found a way to help so that more children are reached and benefit from the efforts of God’s people. There a number of women in the villages of Uganda, that raise money through the making jewelry. The jewelry is made by hand and made of paper. It is so beautiful and very decorative. ACTNIM has set up a plan that will assist in helping the women and their families and being able to support the schools and children in Uganda. We shall procure the jewelry from the villages, bring them to the U.S. to sell and the proceeds will go to the schools that we support in Uganda. This means that books, food, and teacher’s salaries will be provided and the love of God prevails. Recently ACTNIM participated in an open Yard Sale at Fort Eustis with others that were displaying all sorts of clothing, cosmetics, jewelry and electronics. Karen and Ty Williams were part of that event, promoting their “Traci Lynn” Fashion Jewelry line. Please take a look at their fabu- lous pieces for all occasions. Go to their web- store: Tracilynnjewelry.net/illiams2williams. If you have the desire to see the items that ACTNIM is bringing back from Africa, there will be designated places you may be able to purchase jewelry and other items, by contacting the ministry at [email protected]. REACH-A-SISTER UGANDA PROJECT Ms. Pamela Kamusiime, Communications Officer for Child’s i Foundation and Spiritual Teacher in her church. She has the heart of God serving others in need. My personal story Growing up in a family of 8, with a stay-home mum and a father who was earning $250 for most of my secondary school days, my sib- lings and I learnt to make do with just enough, when it was available. When I was joining Senior 1, my eldest sister and brother were joining the university, and there were 5 of us in boarding secondary school. During visiting days, as dormitory corridors burst with activity as other students carried bags of snacks, toiletries and other necessities brought by their parents and caretakers, a few of us who were “less fortunate” strolled miserably to the empty classrooms and tried to do some revision, albeit tortured by the fact that another visiting day had passed and you had nothing to show for it. With little or no pocket money for the larger part of the school term, sometimes I found myself running out of basic supplies like soap and sanitary towels. It was very depressing asking my friends for a spare pad or two, and in the worst cas- es, having to improvise with cotton, or pieces of cloth, which could not hold the flow for too long. I was in a mixed school. The last thing you wanted to do was soil your uniform because of lack of good sanitary towels. You also had to do the changing in hiding, lest someone saw you and “spread the gospel” about your desperate situation. Later on, when I joined university, my father got a better job and most of my sib- lings had gone through university and college training. At least I was now able to have sanitary towels for every monthly period. It was such a relief, but I will never forget the psychological torture the days of not-enough dealt on me. I hat- ed womanhood and loathed the “days of the month”. Today, I have a burden on my heart for every school-going girl-child in Uganda, who endures the same ordeal every single month. I constantly think about every girl that misses a school day because of her monthly period. I am aware that ma- jority may never see a better day like I did. Many of them have to use synthetic cloth pieces, that expose them to numerous infections and potential long-term reproductive health challenges. I have purposed to change their story. I want to help make their transformation into womanhood less uncomfortable. I want to contribute to keeping them in school and help them achieve a brighter future. I am seeking partners for the Reach-a-Sister Uganda Project that can stand with me to raise $64,164 annually to give 10,000 school-going girls in rural Uganda 1 year of uninterrupted school time. The project will also need a pick-up truck for distribution of the sanitary towels (one time cost of $8000). The vehicle will also facilitate other facets of the outreach arm of Cradle of Grace Outreach Ministries, to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. God bless you as you prayerfully consider reaching a sister with God’s love and grace. Please feel free to contact Ms. Kamusiime and support the ministry at Cradle of Grace Outreach Ministries Int. , [email protected] Ms. Kamusiime will be part of a panel of speakers that will participate in the Africa Awareness Conference at New Hope Church of God, Waldorf, Maryland in August. We at ACTNIM would like to congratulate all students that are graduating and advancing their education in 2016. God Bless You.
