Thank you to all of you for being a part of bringing joy and Jesus to the community of Kamokoli. It’s been a year of blessings and you are a blessing to us as you pray and give generously. We ask that you consider us in your year end giving and want to let you know some of our needs. Our greatest need is always in Ministry Funds which covers the bulk of our non-sponsorship expenses like supporting our many teachers, social workers, clinic staff and more as we now have over 70 field staff members. It also keeps the lights on, assuming the power company cooperates, helps us maintain our building and vehicles and support the needs of our different programs like sponsorship and Genesis School. This carries over to help children who are between sponsors or have special needs that basic sponsorship cannot cover.
We have had a particularly difficult year with power outages and have gone for more than a month without power on our main property. Though we have a wonderful generator on the home side of the property, it does not reach the school and clinic. Both need this for lighting, refrigeration and to use equipment. We have had two churches give 10% each toward a generator that we estimate to cost $12,000. Further gifts toward this are very much needed.
We continue to desire to purchase school books for our children at Genesis to help our teachers educate them more efficiently as most schools in Uganda work without them. Though we have some, we really need to be fully supplied to offer the best education possible for our students. It costs us approximately $300 per subject for each grade. Consider funding a subject for one grade this Christmas.
