Dear friends, family and supporters, we wish to inform you
of new tidings as they unfold at African Hearts Community Organization.
African Hearts Junior School
Head prefect Peter
Sentongo clad in a scout uniform.
School Elections
Thirteen year old Peter Sentongo was chosen by African
Hearts Junior School pupils as the Head Prefect. He won over Adam Kanabo with a
big margin in the campaigns with each of the contestants promising to deliver
what is needed if voted into office and ended with the voting on July 19. “I feel so great as a former street child to
lead more than four hundred pupils. It is a great honor, “ says Sentongo. Sentongo is committed to serving his fellow
pupils, and he promised to treat every one fairly without fear or favor and
that is his number one responsibility as the new school term commences. This
former street boy who was rescued a year ago from the slums of Kivulu, now
lives in the Ssenge Home. He is devoted
to serving and honoring God. He wants to
be a doctor when he grows up, and he desires to have good grades in his
studies.
This time around the campaigns and the voting were so
amazing as six year old Jeremiah Kasule of primary one managed to take on and
defeat Edwin Mukisa of primary six .
Jeremiah Kasule, the newly elected school timekeeper
During the campaigns the lower primary and even most of the
upper primary class pupils could sing and chant out Jeremiah’s name all the
time saying, “Our man, our man, our man!“
In Mathew 18, the disciples came to Jesus and asked Him,
“Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” The answer was that any one who
welcomes a little child in his or her house is welcoming Jesus, and they were told
not to look down on any of the little ones (children) because in heaven their
angels are always in the presence of the Heavenly Father.
School Shoes
Eleven year old Anna Ervin from White Oak Elementary School in
North Carolina spearheaded the fundraising of children’s shoes when she learned
of children in Africa going to school without shoes. In June, little Ervin
brought over one hundred pairs of shoes to the pupils of African Hearts Junior
School.
“I wanted to help and thought of what to do. When I found out that mom and I were coming to Uganda with a mission team that
was to conduct medical clinics, I had to think of how to help and then did a
shoe fundraising drive,“ she said.
Anna promised to continue praying for the children of Uganda
and that the Lord enables her to visit again .
Ssenge Home News
Our newest addition to the Ssenge Home is Regan Onyango. A few weeks back Onyango was rescued from
Kabalagala Police Station after nine months living with police officers
wondering what the next day would be like. The nine year old boy was abandoned
by his parents last year in Kampala city and was picked up by a Good Samaritan
who sought help from police. In a letter
presented to African Hearts Community Organization, the Kampala City Council
Welfare Officer requested the organization to offer alternative care to Onyango
as tracing for his family continues.
Joshua Eyaru, a Sunday School teacher at Kabalagala who got
so concerned about Onyango’s vulnerability, says that he came to know about Regan’s
life as each Sunday children were asked in church about their lives. Children who were friends with him told the church
that Onyango has no parents.
’’Onyango was dropped at the police barracks as a missing
child. He could sleep and eat everywhere on the streets. The church
became keenly interested to help him out, but we had to follow the right way as
required by the law,‘’ Mr Eyaru told African Hearts officials recently. “We also tried to put him in a boarding
school, but now we are relieved since he is going to be staying in a transition
home in the mean time,” Mr. Eyaru said. According
to Silvia, the house mom, Onyango is adapting to living in the African Hearts Ssenge
Home and enjoys music and soccer.
Other children from the Ssenge Home got to visit with their
relatives as plans are under way for resettlement and re-integration into
families ordained of God.
Mr.Joshua Eyaru with Regan Onyango at the Kabalaga Police
Barracks
Prayer Requests:
1. Funds for building
the dormitory at African Hearts Junior School.
2. Good health for the children under our care.
3. Wisdom for the
children going for last term before national exams.
4. Youth micro-loan
program
