June Update!

New Sponsors Needed

In July we will be bringing ten new children into our home IF we can find sponsors for each of them! If you or someone you know would like to sponsor a child please contact Heidi at heidi@peaceforpaulfoundation.org. You will TRULY change the trajectory of a child's life!

Click HERE to view the link with the pictures of the children to be sponsored.

More Information About PFP Sponsorship:

• Sponsorship is 501(c)3 tax-deductible
• Sponsorship can be as personal as you make it
• You are provided with the address so that you can send letters or photos to your child anytime you like. You are also welcome to visit!
• As a sponsor you will receive monthly photo updates on the blog and a letter from your child at least once every four months
• Every four months you will be provided with a link to your child's webpage where you can view a slideshow of the most recent photos of your sponsor child
• Sponsorship mail
• A welcome packet will be sent to your home within the first month of your sponsorship
• Your annual contribution statement will be sent at the end of each year
• Letters and a holiday card from your sponsor child will also be sent directly to your home
• Sponsorship costs and coverage
• Full sponsorship is $125 per month (you may split sponsorship between two individuals or families)
• Sponsorship covers medical costs, dental care, boarding school fees, uniforms, and supplies, clothing, food, clean water, outings, birthday celebrations, holiday educational programs, bedding, mosquito nets, etc.
• Payment
• PFP prefers automatic withdrawals on the first of each month when possible

Karamojong Day

Most of our children are from the Karamojong tribe, a tribe that is discriminated against in Uganda. PFP teaches the children to celebrate their heritage and to be proud of who they are. On May 12th the kids celebrate Karamojong day complete with traditional dress and face painting, dance lessons, a singalong, and a language class taught by two of the older boys, Tikol and Angella! Mark also taught everyone about the Karamojong history.

Angella and Friday

Angella

("Little") Opio Bosco

Brandi

Traditional dancing

Michael

Moses and Luke in the background :)

Paul, Michael, Friday, Angella, and Tikol

Rose and Longok Agnes

Tikol

Wafula

Emma wrote about the day: "This holiday was really unique. Today was really fantastic as the children were trying to recall their culture by singing, dancing, and demonstrating the most popular economic activity for the Karamojong tribe, which is cattle keeping. I was amused to hear Longoli Grace trying to sing in her mother tongue as well as Lomilo, Natulei Harriet, and Aggan Moses all giving their best."

New Pets!

Welcome to the family Garfield and Odie! Odie will be a future guard dog and Garfield will keep our property rodent-free. It is rare to have pets in Uganda and the children are very excited about it. A group of them made Odie a cardboard "dog house" complete with a door, blanket, and food dish. So sweet. :)

Garfield

Odie

Masese

The children went on a day trip to the slums, Masese, to visit some of their relatives. This is a PFP effort aimed at maintaining family and cultural ties.

Ajuna Emma

Alex

Chegem

Gloria, Bosco, Joseph, and Michael

Juma

Lomogin

Luke

Moses

Ochola

Paul and Longoli

Rose

Birthday Party

Happy birthday to Little Bosco, Angella, Michael, Allan, Friday, Ajuna Emma, Moses Aggan, Chegem, Esther, Brenda, Arthur, and Bosco!

Ajuna Emma

Engela, Tikol, Ochola, and Irene eating birthday cake

Longoli

Top 5 Novel Readers

Congrats to our children who won the prizes for the reading program!

1. Mark

2. Tikol

3. Friday

4. Lotuke Agnes

5. Little Bosco

Friday, Tikol, and Mark

Lotuke

("Little") Opio Bosco

Football (Soccer) Program

Longok Agnes

Apurio

Arthur

Brenda and Longok

Chegem

Esther

Florence

Natulei

("Little") Agnes

("Little") Bosco Opio

Lomilo

Luke and Lomogin

Lotuke Agnes

Michael

Medical

After a mumps outbreak at the school our children are attending Becky took the kids to Dr. Mufumba's clinic for the mumps vaccination. We're not sure why they're smiling. ;)

Hope Home House Projects

The perimeter wall is almost finished! It looks fantastic and will provide a lot more security for our kids.

May Update!

New Home

If you didn't already know, we now have two homes in Uganda thanks to our many generous supporters! Hope Home, the home that we've owned for over a year, will remain the boy's home. The girls will be moving to our lovely new home, Peace Home. This expansion will allow us to bring in 27 more children over the course of the next year!

Hope Home

Kate, our current volunteer, painted the gate of the boy's home, Hope Home. It looks beautiful and the children love it!

Peace Home

The plumbing and septic work is complete and the water tank is in place! We now have two functioning bathrooms with a shower and sink and interior work has begun. The girls will be able to move into their new home shortly!

New Sponsorship Opportunity

In July we will be bringing ten new children into our home IF we can find sponsors for each of them! Sponsorship is $125/mo. or $65/mo. if sponsorship is split between two individuals or families. If you or someone you know would like to sponsor a child please contact Heidi at heidi@peaceforpaulfoundation.org. You will truly change the trajectory of a child's life!

Click HERE to view the link with the pictures of the children to be sponsored.

Lomogin and his sponsor Patricia

Sponsored Outing

Thanks to so many generous supporters of PFP the children were able to go on a very special outing! The children had a fantastic time! They went on a boat ride, played safari miniature golf, rode a trailer ride behind a four-wheeler around the village and river, and had a picnic lunch! The children want all of you to know that they approved of their first peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. ;)

Here's what director Brandi had to say about the trip:

"It was a great time! The kids were so well behaved and grateful. We really do have great kids and it is always most evident on outings or when new people are meeting them and giving positive comments. We should be very proud of them!"

Wafula, Brenda, Lomogin, and Emma

Angella

Gloria, Bosco, and Joseph

Ochola, Irene, Luke, Lomogin, and Esther

Esther

Florence, Longok Agnes, Lotuke Agnes, and Rose

Emma and Friday

Family photo

Joseph

Juma, Ochola, and Lomogin

Lomilo

Luke and Moses

Natulei, Irene, Lomogin, Longoli,

Natulei

Moses

Tikol

Ochola

Wafula, Brenda, Gloria, Esther, and Irene

Longoli, Friday, Alex, Joseph, Ochola, Wafula, and Little Bosco

Luke, Juma, Ochola, and Little Bosco

Packages

Austin and Natulei

Thank you to all of those who are putting together packages for the children! Just a reminder, the packages need to be in our hands by June 1st. :) Thank you! The kids are so excited!

School Results

The following children did exceptionally well in their last school term:

• Gloria is #1 out of  72 students!
• Brenda is #4 out of 72 students!
• Allan is #4 out of 156 students!
• Esther is #5 out of 86 students!
• Alyat Agnes is #6 out of 77 students!
• Moses Aggan is #6 out of 70 students!
• Lomilo is #7 out of 70 students!
• Bosco is #10 out of 73 students!
• Wafula Bosco had a 27% increase from last term!

The top three students in PFP Primary 1 through Primary 3 (similar to first through third grade in the US):

1. Alyat Agnes with 97% overall

2. Natulei Harriet with 95% overall

3. Gloria with 93% overall

The top three student in PFP Primary 3 through Primary 7 (similar to third through seventh grade in the US):

1. Arthur with 93% overall

2. Friday with 93% overall

3. Florence with 92% overall

We are so proud of ALL of our scholars! All of the PFP children are working very hard to achieve good marks.

March Update!

Around the World Raffle Winner

In case you didn't receive the email we wanted to announce on the blog that ticket #0624, Alice R. of Corvallis, OR won the raffle! She and her husband spend most of their travel money on annual humanitarian trips to Ukraine where they have their own non-profit organization, so this is a special treat for them! Alice wrote to us, "...we are thrilled to imagine that we could go to Rome or Rio or Athens or Copenhagen or Sydney or Johannesburg! Thanks to this gift, our only limitation is our imagination." Congrats!

Thank you to EVERYONE who participated in the raffle this year! We sold all 1,250 tickets, which made it possible for us to purchase a new home(!) for the girls and to bring in 27 more children by the end of next year. We are so grateful and excited to expand our family!

New Home!

Here is a picture of the new girls home! The boys will remain at the home we purchased a year ago. We are thrilled about the expansion and know that it's only possible because of your support.

New Sponsors Needed

Lomilo and his sponsor Patricia

Now that we have the space we plan to bring 27 more needy children into the Peace for Paul program. We feel so blessed to be able to do so. Our plan is to bring nine children into the home by July. Profiles of these children will be up shortly. We would like to start identifying sponsors so that once we bring the children in your sponsorship is already established. If you or someone you know would like to sponsor a child please contact Heidi at heidi@peaceforpaulfoundation.org. Thank you!

Packages

Thank you to all of those who are putting together packages for the children! Just a reminder, the packages need to be in our hands by June 1st. :) Thank you! The kids can't wait!

Farmer Fred Foods

Our new food and sustainability project is underway! Thanks to Farmer Fred the cabbage seeds have germinated and the banana garden weeding has begun.