'Redressing the balance' in Soroti and the surrounding areas.

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Redressing the Balance

Well done!

Congratulations!!! It is with great pleasure that we can announce that our Global Challenge Coordinator Okurut Abraham has completed his training with Global Training Network. Congratulations for all your hard work and dedication. So what is the Global Training Network? The vision of Global Training Network is to provide quality biblical and theological training to …

Sarah’s coffee morning raises vital funds for Ngora school

Sarah Hammond used her brilliant organisational skills to set up and run a coffee morning at Cleveland House. She and her team raised £50 for the students at Ngora school. Well done Sarah!

Mother’s Day in the UK

On Sunday 14 March 2021 we celebrate Mother’s Day in the UK, a couple of months earlier than our friends in Uganda. Even so, we would like to take this opportunity to share our love, gratitude and appreciation to all the wonderful Mothers everywhere, especially our friends in the Soroti region of Uganda. “She is …

Rose Asege

To mark International Women’s Day 2021, we would like to celebrate the work and achievements of one of our Global Challenge volunteers, devoted to helping families in Soroti, Uganda. Rose! As a volunteer, Rose identified the needs of Jennifer, a single mother, to enable her to build her own home and acquire livestock. Jennifer, suffering …

READY STEADY COOKALONG

On Friday 11th December 2020, Naomi was live on Youtube from the kitchen at Queens Road Baptist Church for a charity Ready Steady Cookalong.  £295 was raised to support Global Challenge to provide much needed PPE and hand washing facilities for children and teaching staff in Soroti, Uganda during the Covid-19 pandemic. Although schools had …

NGORA school for the deaf

Following the closure of schools because of the pandemic, Ngora school opened its gates again to welcome the return of the students. Here are Mary and Joan together with the deputy head of this residential school, pleased to be back. Thanks to the kind sponsors they have been able to have tests and receive the …

May 2020 – Billy Outeke

Billy is our special needs coordinator in Soroti Uganda He has been very busy ensuring that many children who have needed urgent medical care are able to get to the clinic in Soroti town for initial assessments of need even during this time of Covid-19.  Some of the children have needed x-rays and lab tests so …

New wheelchairs!

Here is John with his new, improved wheelchair! He has been so patient waiting for this to arrive from Kampala during the pandemic. He loves going to the local market with his friends and being pushed to school by his peers. Simon is the latest recipient of a wheelchair thanks to the generosity of our …

Case Studies

Written by Billy Outeke our special needs coordinator in Soroti, Uganda Isaac 15 years He is a Deaf boy from Gweri sub county. He was home with no hope of ever going back to school or gaining a skill in any vocation. His family were struggling with him as he was so unhappy and very …