Current Needs – Uganda
Word In Deed Ministries is proactive in various projects, providing financial support, administrative guidance, mentoring, spiritual growth through church-planting, physical needs through medical clinics, and educational support through funding and building schools.
Below is a list of various ongoing projects that we are currently working on and need financial assistance in bringing these projects to fruition. God is always our glorious provider, and we are confident that in HIS perfect timing, we will accomplish the goals he places on our hearts.
BUNAKIJJA CHURCH PLANT – Mukono District
UPDATE: August 2020 – As Word inDeed continues to raise funds for church planting, we are able to pass on support for construction of Bunakijja Presbyterian Church. The latest photo’s show the progress as the walls are being built. The foundation is complete and once the support beams are in place, the roof can commence. As of today, the church needs an additional $17,000 to complete the project.
Nov. 2019 – The church has officially received documents which provides them with an access easement to their property. In the past they had to walk across a neighbors land in order to reach their church property. For the past two years they have been making bricks in preparation of building a formal structure. This past September and October, donated funds provided for the commencement of foundation construction. The formal budget of $25,000 to complete the church is still needed.
The field turns into brick making resources.
The dedicated brick maker. Bunakijja Village Church
Bricks for Bunakijja Church
NTENJERU CLINIC, MUKONO – The clinic is operating and open but requires financial assistance for the salary of a licensed nurse ($100 a month). The local support staff is presently working with a Ugandan doctor to obtain the various certifications and requirements to obtain legal affirmation from the government the the clinic is ‘accredited’ and licensed. If you are inspired to help with the nurse’s salary and/or the equipping of supplies, medications, etc., at the clinic, this is an ongoing need.
Building trust with a personal touch.
RESOURCE CENTER – NTENJERU, MUKONO – Word In Deed Ministries recently purchased a 5-acre track of land within walking distance to the Ntenjeru Presbyterian Church, School and Clinic. Our God-sized goal is to have a Community Resource Center that can be a multi-use facility for the surrounding villages.
We foresee it as a place for community outreach and expansion where there can be group gatherings and educational seminars for locals and for visiting educators and pastors. The ultimate goal is to offer training classes (i.e., secretarial, sewing, God’s Way of Farming, carpentry, business management, computer training, adult education in reading and writing) to local villagers seeking to learn skills allowing them to earn incomes to support their families, (as the Bible says, ‘teaching them to fish, not just giving them a fish to eat’). We also intend to have residential facilities for missionaries to live, both short-term and long term. This is a long term project and requires dedicated focus and commitment.
With the initial assistance of 100 Fold Studios (http://www.100foldstudio.org) they generated a basic rendering back in 2012. Now, in 2016 we are in “fundraising mode” to put this vision into a reality. The anticipated cost for this project, which would be more modern and Western in design (i.e., running water, showers, toilets, solar electric, cooking facilities), is approximately $300,000 – $350,000. This amount is largely due to the infrastructure which needs to be put in place – roads, electric, water. We hope to have the water drilling completed by 2015 and commence construction in 2017. eMI (Engineering Ministries International – www.emi.org) has partnered with us in the architectural design and site plan development.
Phase One of this project is anticipated to start in July 2017, which consists of a Property Managers House. WID is working with local Ugandan architect, Alex Bakyayita of 11’14 Studio Ltd, and Ssimbulira-Ddimu Construction Company Limited in a joint effort to have the first phase of this project completed by September 2017. WID is giving God all the glory for this project.
UPDATE: November, 2019 – The Resource Center project is still slowly and steadily moving toward small goals. We have so many other projects that take priority (church planting, school sponsorship) but we have not lost hope that this project will be realized. The property currently has the completed managers house.
Phase One Completed
New Pit Latrine
Part of the land is being used to grow fruits and vegetables for the neighboring school, Ntenjeru Covenant Junior School, which is a private school WID built back in 2011. There is a full field of cabbage which is going to help supplement the food the children receive when they are in session, as they have many boarding school students.
Cabbage Field on Resource Center property.
Our next major project on the property is WATER! The fruits and vegetable need water to grow to produce, especially during dry season when water is non-existent. The neighboring community needs access to clean water also. We have a capped well on our land that requires a solar pump house and large holding tank, with piping to bring the water to the tank. This project is budgeted at $8,000. We are actively seeking donations toward this project which will truly transform a community. Please consider making a donation toward this project. If you have any questions, please contact WIDministries@gmail.com.
NTENJERU COVENANT PRIMARY SCHOOL–
The primary school needs water, and we are grateful for donations that have come in to help drill a production well for the school in 2016. Now we need the funds for finishing work for this project, i.e., a solar/electric pump and large capacity storage tank so that the pump continually fills the water tank so continual access to water is available. The dry season makes it difficult for the rain-catchment method, which is partially in place at the school/church compound. Having water all year is a luxury and we are praying that this can soon be a reality for this school and the surrounding community. The balance of $6,000 is needed to finish this project to 100% completion.
The main school building is in need of some minor ascetic finishing touches, and what remains as an essential priority are – desks, educational material, teachers training tools.
UPDATE: November 2019 – The school has received funds for the water project and it is fully functional. In 2018 we raised funds for a chicken project on the school property as a source of food for the children and also for selling eggs to help the school become self-sustainable. This campus is now a great testimony to the how God has helped improve the village church and school. We are raising funds now to bring electricity into the school so that new and modern resources can be available to the students. Most schools in these remote villages do not have access to electricity, or modern things like computers. Our hope and prayer is that we can provide the funding for the school to get electric and some computers to allow the children to learn 20th Century technology, which will improve their skills and chances of a future.
MPUNGE COVENANT SCHOOL – We are prayerfully seeking support to fully equip the Mpunge Covenant School with solar lighting for the dormitories and for security purpose surrounding the school compound. Many young children who seek to be educated in the small, remote villages are orphaned or being raised by people other than their parents. The Mpunge school can now accommodate up to 50 children, but currently there are no lights, no electricity which prohibits them from being able to study in the evening. Typically in Uganda, a private school that offers housing for children charges a small fee. Then these children will also be cared for, a place to sleep, eat and educated. The desire is for this school to generate a small income through the boarding school fees received. This income in turn provides education, housing and meals to orphaned children who cannot pay school fees.
Word in Deed is currently seeking a $7,000 grant. The major expense is to install a full solar lighting system for the school campus. Additionally, there is a water tank that needs replacing which supplies water for the school and the surrounding villagers. Finally, we hope to provide resources like desks, chairs, books, and school supplies for the students. (PRAISING GOD-Partial Prayers Answered/December 2015 for the solar lights)
A work in progress, education is the key to change.
If you can help with these and would like to contribute specifically for any of the above, or have any questions, please email or call Lisa Sorensen / WIDministries@gmail.com / 561.352.6095.
Thank you.