Making a decision to start living with his 18-year-old girlfriend, along with having a distorted image of marriage, was the beginning of Lawrence’s trials. The young man grew up in a polygamous family with an alcoholic, abusive father, who usually…
“For to us a child is born to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 From all…
I have always been a lover of the outdoors and of my neighborhood but, because of my busy schedule, I have only been able to get to know a few people around my community. On Sundays, my family usually takes…
Moses, a farmer in Uganda, hoped to get married in his twenties like many of his friends. “But it never happened,” Moses reminisces. Soon, members of a Bright Hope partner church befriended Moses. Even though he was still a bachelor, they…
Whether children walk paved sidewalks or dirt trails to get to school, one thing they all have in common is their big dreams for the future. And so often, education is the key to those dreams becoming a reality. We…
Sometimes Hope can be brought with something as small as a bean seed. “Our children need a balanced diet, but many times we cannot afford one. Now that we have beans, we shall be able to exchange some of our…
Nothing is going on here. That’s the perception eating at many people when they think about or see charity work in Uganda. As a native Ugandan, I can say that in some cases, sadly, charities are not doing the development…
Kenneth Kizito Asimwe is a project coordinator for Bright Hope Uganda. Here he shares his memories of Christmastime as a Ugandan child. Growing up in a rural Uganda, our Christmas was always filled with fun. We would get together as…