Mukulu Jonathan (Founder and Director of OOCM) is pictured below with the children showing them how to play a game with the ball. Looks like everybody was having a great time...
Founded in 2010, OOCM is a ministry that, as a part of it's Christian witness to others, endeavors to improve the lives of Uganda's orphans and other disadvantaged people. OOCM is a government registered non-profit CBO (Community Based Organization) based in Butale Village, Kamuli District, Uganda
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Having Fun With The Orphans
Someone recently gave a small donation and our staff decided to buy some balls for the orphans to play with and to try to make a playground for them...
Mukulu Jonathan (Founder and Director of OOCM) is pictured below with the children showing them how to play a game with the ball. Looks like everybody was having a great time...
Mukulu Jonathan (Founder and Director of OOCM) is pictured below with the children showing them how to play a game with the ball. Looks like everybody was having a great time...
Monday, July 29, 2013
Widows and Foster Family Empowerment
Attending a meeting of widows.
There are many women in Uganda and in the villages we minister in who have lost their husbands to disease and poor medical care - many of them with children.
OOCM staff helps widows to increase their incomes by teaching them how to make arts and crafts, etc to sell, as well as helping them to set up other small businesses. Staff helps widows along with the foster families who take in orphans to organize and create additional income ...
There are many women in Uganda and in the villages we minister in who have lost their husbands to disease and poor medical care - many of them with children.
OOCM staff helps widows to increase their incomes by teaching them how to make arts and crafts, etc to sell, as well as helping them to set up other small businesses. Staff helps widows along with the foster families who take in orphans to organize and create additional income ...
Saturday, July 6, 2013
The Gift Of Shoes
Recently a company in the USA sent 65 pairs of shoes for the orphans and other disadvantaged children. It was such a blessing to gather the children all together and distribute these wonderful gifts. We were so surprised by this generous gift. What a blessing!
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Current Ministry Stats
At present OOCM Makuli houses, supports, partially supports or provides aid to:
We simply could not accomplish much of what we do here without the generous gifts of our supporters.
God Bless You All!
- 37 totally orphans (both parents are dead)
- 29 (partial) orphans (whose surviving parent is having difficulty or is unable to care for the child at this time, etc)
- 20 widows,
- plus the elderly and vulnerable, and needy families in the village community
We simply could not accomplish much of what we do here without the generous gifts of our supporters.
God Bless You All!
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