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

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Redressing the Balance

Crossroads’ Sports Day

Pastor Abraham reports:

Hello friends, greetings in Jesus’ Name. It was a great day today for Crossroads as the students engaged in an-inter house athletics competition.… Continue Reading

Fundraising – Rhodri’s Marathon – 2015

Rhodri Walters,  one of the QRBC ministers, ran the Edinburgh Marathon on May 31st and raised an amazing

£2236.25   for Global Challenge.… Continue Reading

Piglets Project Review

To prevent the spread of disease, all pigs in the area were put into quarantine by the government from Dec 14 to February 15 meaning no ‘pig movements’ were allowed.… Continue Reading

Piglets to Help the Poor

During the Trustees visit in August 2013, a meeting with Pastor Girifansio concluded that a feasibility study be undertaken on pigs, goats and hens to determine which was the best option to give to very poor families with children who had special needs, which would generate income quickly (within a year).… Continue Reading

Information Technology

Information Technology is  viewed by the Dept. of Sport and Education in Uganda as high priority. We supplied the school in 2012 with:

  • a new internet TV
  •  a  video recorder and tapes
  • 2 x DVD players
  • an overhead projector and acetates

These items, apart from the TV, have all been donated and brought out by the Trustees.… Continue Reading

Epilepsy

Rose was four and a half and epileptic when Trustees first met her in 2011.

The effects of the drugs she needs to take made her very weak.… Continue Reading

Tailoring Project

Tailoring at Crossroads School

Teaching tailoring encourages students to make clothes for themselves and their family, and also provides them with a skill that they can use to find work.… Continue Reading

Meeting Some of the Families

In October 2011, Emmanuel Ayru took Trustees John and Janet Rew out to some villages to visit two of the recipient families and their cows.… Continue Reading

The Children, Accommodation and Links with UK

Sports

Girls and Boys teams proudly show off their new sports kit. Some was purchased locally in Uganda with funds donated by Holy Trinity School in Broadstairs, and other kit given free by a sports club in Oxford.… Continue Reading

Girls Washrooms

Lack of proper washing and personal hygiene facilities are often the reason why girls are absent from schools throughout Uganda.

Global Challenge addressed this problem in 2014.… Continue Reading