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ugandan mist ... coffee with a purpose

4/28/2017

Buyamba has the great pleasure to partner with leaders of organizations and businesses such as Lake Victoria Coffee & Tea. Founder Eddie Huff has selected Buyamba as one of his three organizations to "give back" to.

In the summer of 1982, Lake Victoria Coffee & Tea founder Eddie Huff, then a missionary with Youth With A Mission (YWAM), met a bishop from the Church of Uganda who was visiting Holland. Eddie was moved by the story of how thousands of children in Uganda had been left orphans under the brutal and murderous dictatorship of Idi Amin. The nation had been devastated and was in dire need of help from the outside.

In 2006, Eddie received a request to host Pastor Bethuel Dongo in his home through Buyamba. Eddie asked Pastor Dongo to bring 20 lbs of raw, green, Ugandan coffee with him and Dongo did so. Upon getting the coffee roasted in Tulsa, OK, and giving samples to friends, it was agreed by all that this was some of the finest coffee any of them had tasted and that Eddie should get more. Lake Victoria Coffee & Tea Company is a fulfillment of that vision and request.

Their goal is to support Uganda in two ways. 1) Supporting the economy by buying the coffee from the farmers and employing those who will prepare it for shipping to the U.S. at our partner plant in Uganda. 2) Sending proceeds from the sale of the coffee and tea back to the schools and orphanages like God Cares School.

This is yet another great example of creative giving! Eddie is now selling his coffee at Ugandanmist.com

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Welcome ... pendo isabella dongo

4/21/2017

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Glory and Cate Dongo welcomed Pendo Isabella Dongo into the world on April 21, 2017. Florence Dongo and Cate's mother were also present for the birth. Glory is currently studying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas and will be in the states until he finishes his studies. In Uganda, Glory is a pastor at Kabalagala Pentecostal Church and Cate is a counselor for God Cares high school.

In the hospital, snuggled up.

JaJa Florence and baby Isabella

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when a child is no longer eligible for sponsorship

4/4/2017

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A few of our Buyamba volunteers have been calling sponsors who have a child who did not return recently from school break in Uganda and are now ineligible for sponsorship. As you know, life in Uganda for our students looks quite different than life of a student in the US. Many children at God Cares School are orphans, and others may have only one parent or have to live with a friend or relative who is their guardian. Because life is difficult, many families move to try and find a better life in another village.

Laurie Reiten - Communications Volunteer

There are three educational breaks in the school year and the boarding children, by law, have to leave the school and return home to their village. Sometimes some of the children do not return once break is over. This can be due to a variety of reasons... an older child may start working to help his family, the family has moved, or there may have been a death in the family....the reasons are endless and often, heart wrenching.

Please know if your child has become ineligible for sponsorship for whatever reason we are terribly sorry... it is our hope that each child would graduate from high school, but that is not always the reality in Africa. We want you to know you have made a tremendous difference in the life of the child you have sponsored. You have shown unconditional love by caring for his/her residential or educational needs, and we are confident your love and kindness was well received.

These are the hardest phone calls for our Buyamba volunteers to make and we understand that it is hard to just "switch" kids, but because the need is so great with so many children, we will ask if you would consider sponsoring another child. Some kids are with us just for a season, but many do graduate from God Cares High School and continue on to a university or trade school.

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