WorldHope Corps

Sustainable Action Rural Sector (SARS) Progress Report for June 2016 by Julius Kasaija WorldHope representative Maxim Schrogin purchases first jerry can of purified water in Feb. 2016. Dear Dr. Micheal, Greetings and best regards to you. I will first of all apologize for slow communication this year. I have had problems with my health,  I have been down suffering from malaria for a second time in only two months, this has rendered me ineffective as far as field work and office is concerned; however our thin staff has been so reliable and effective thus moving SARS projects forward.  Kindly find our report attached. SARS KATIKARA WATER PROJECT STATUS REPORT SARS/WHC Katikara water project, our much treasured gold mine, has now grown to four months since inception in February 2016. The project we have all positively sponsored has reached a stage where local people are benefiting from the water project which has positive effects to the community.  Today w...

Here's an Project Update from Juliu s Kasaija   on new Ladderloo   Project  (latrine  recycling   demonstration) in Hoima District, Western Uganda.  This community sanitation and hygiene project, sponsored by Engineering for Hope, complements WorldHope Corps Water Purification System and Water Store in the region.--mjc Dear Partners, Greetings and best regards to you. It is quite some time since I last communicate to you about the Ladderloo imitative. I will first appreciate the new venture and its complications of making it effective in the new communities. We successfully installed eleven toilets however only five are being used properly and effectively, the other families used them for a while and they abandoned them not because of their problems but poor attitude to change. We have since been monitoring the real users. They are satisfied and these are the homes that we will give a backing to our new deal with government officials. ...

After Black Friday and Cyber Monday , its Giving Tuesday in the charity world of non-profits seeking donations for their community projects in this season of sharing.  December 1 is also World AIDS Day .  Since 2007, WorldHope Corps has cared for AIDS orphans in Malawi and sponsored HIV/AIDS care-giving and prevention training in churches for thousands of pastors, lay leaders, and youth leaders. For four years we have sponsored a  Uganda Youth Empower Project  known as  Games for the Goal! Defeating HIV/AIDS in Uganda through  Soccer, Testing and Education for Youth   Last year, over 4,000 youth attended our annual soccer camp where they heard inspirational speakers, played in a soccer tournament, and received AIDS testing, counseling and education, and competed for the prize: "Baamu's Goat."  This year's event is set for  January 2-6, 2016, and we hope to attract over 5,000 youth to the Games. We will need your he...

Shalom Training Track at Christian Community Development Association National Conference   N ov. 11-12 th , 2015 Every year, over 4,000 faith-motivated, justice-driven, community ministry leaders gather for the Christian Community Development Association's national conference.  This year we're in Memphis for CCDA.    http://www.ccda.org/events/national-conferences In behalf of  Communities of Shalom,  a member organization, I am pleased to invite you to four events at CCDA in Memphis on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 11-12 th , 2015:   ·          Networking Lunch Session  for trainers ·          Practical Workshop  on   repurposing church buildings ·          Go and See  a Shalom Site in Memphis ·          Shalom Trai...

Travel Day Two.  Dubai.  After spending 3 weeks researching and writing about Wesleyan history theology at Asbury Theological Seminary, we took off for another three weeks on the road--in Uganda.  First stop: Dubai.  After tearing across the world's most opulent airport, I found myself thinking: "We're not in Kentucky anymore."  Kampala.  After a 14 hour flight from D.C., we arrived this morning in Dubai in transit to Kampala.   After only one hour to change planes, we were on our way   off to Entebbe airport in Uganda.   Pastor Baamu Moses, Director of Shalom Uganda, Dr. Caroline Njuki, representing the United Methodist Church,   and Grace (our driver)  met us at the airport and welcomed two tired pilgrims to Uganda.  An hour or so later, we checked into an Anglican Church spored Guest House to stay the night.   Tomorrow we will pick up Dennis and make our way to Jinja to meet the rest of the team, visit s...

Travel Day One.  Washington/Dulles International to Dubai Airport.     Rebecca and I leave today to join and lead a team of ten "shalomers" (five Ugandans, four Americans, and one Malawian) on a 21-day mission in Uganda to raise hope and deepen community development projects in Jinja, Mbale and Hoima areas. Every year since 2005 I’ve organized and led a service trip and mission to Malawi or Uganda, either for CitiHope International or WorldHope Corps.   This year’s international Mission is focused on Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) as taught by Communities of Shalom, based at Drew University, as well as on several WorldHope Corps sponsored projects.    Our team will conduct the seventh and final session of ShalomTraining for 300 organized coffee farmers ready to step up from subsistence to sustainable livelihoods, and lead and participate in two support and empowerment conferences: one for youth at-risk for HIV/AIDS; and the other for wo...