This post is from an email sent on May 3, 2017
Hello and Happy Spring!
We have had a great first quarter in Uganda. The biggest
movement has taken place in our Empowerment Program. We made it a
priority this year to develop and launch our Community Trainings Initiative
(CTI). The overall vision is to partner with local communities for a
minimum of two years and provide holistic education by way of
agricultural/livestock, family/relationship, healthcare, financial and
spiritual trainings. We will work to identify specific areas of interest from
our communities and work with local subject matter experts and organizations to
deliver such trainings.
In order to move forward, we decided to hire Sam, a Ugandan with
several years experience in non-profit work and a degree in Business
Administration from Kabale University, on a part-time basis. Sam started
a few weeks ago, and already we’ve met with two pastors in the village.
Both pastors showed a strong interest in our CTI and had several
suggestions on areas their members would be interested in. Sam has
already been in contact with an agricultural specialist and we are now working
on creating a training schedule. Our goal is to launch our first training
this month!
In addition, we’ve continued to work with Vastine and Jarrod, both
of whom we began working with in 2016. Jarrod is working full-time at his
apprenticeship at the garage and recently moved out of the village to Kabale so
he could be closer to work. Sam has been meeting with him once a week to
check on his progress at the garage and to see how he is handling living on his
own. Both are big adjustments and we want to support him as much as we
can. Vastine continues to work with us at our home and will be finishing
up at the end of this month. Over the next several weeks Sam will work
with her on next steps as she prepares to go home and start her business.
Thank you for your continued support and interest in what we are
doing. As always please reach out with any questions.
With love,
Cara
Jarrod at his internship.
Sam meeting with Vastine to discuss next steps as she prepares to go
home.
