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I had the privilege of joining the Calvary Community Church short-term missions to God Cares for four consecutive summers from 2012 thru 2015. I had the joy of meeting one of my sponsored girls and look forward to meeting my current sponsored daughter in the future . She is now in University. I will always remember the wonderful worship services at KPC with Pastor Dongo singing to Jesus “you deserve the Glory and the Honor as I lift my hands in worship and praise your Holy name.” Those words describe the heart of Buyamba and the Dongo family. Helping Uganda …one child at a time to the Glory and Honor of God.
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Our beautiful Buyamba/God Cares School/Dongo Family journey began 2006 when our daughter, Ashley, went with the Calvary High School Team to Uganda, upon returning we all started sponsoring children. 2007 Peter joined the board and I began volunteering as needed with the ministry. 2008 our daughter, Jennifer, went to Uganda with the HS team and Ashley, Peter & I went to Uganda to serve, 2017 Peter & I lead a team and we were blessed to lead another mission trip in 2023 and our son Mike and daughter-in-law Katia joined us as well.
We are currently blessed to assist with the College and Trade school Fund to help facilitate these young adults to become educated, skilled and give back to their families and community. Our lives are forever blessed and changed because we leaned in and yes to God's calling.
Maria's grandmother is a widow, and her home is comprised of nine people. She is a small-scale market vendor who sells vegetables like onions, tomatoes, etc. Her earnings cover the basic domestic needs of her family. Due to the ongoing financial struggle, Maria's grandmother could never help her children go through school, nor could she pay for her granddaughter's school.
The social workers' office at God Cares School became aware of Maria's plight and invited her to school. Maria was blessed with a sponsor through Buyamba Outreach Ministries in Uganda and began school in 2019. She loves her studies, recently graduated from kindergarten, and has advanced to the Primary level. Maria is full of hope and can now dream big because of the quality education she gets from GCS, the love and support of her sponsor, and her new family…the God Cares family. My name is Joan Nanzala, and I grew up in a family of four children with my mom and stepdad. Life was not easy even when we had both parents. At times, we had single meals and were chased out of several houses because of failure to pay rent on time. At the age of four, my mother took me to a local community school so that I could at least be in school like other kids in our neighborhood. We had no desks in class, and we would sit on hand-made papyrus mats as we attended class. It was a low-cost school, but my mother could not afford to pay the fees; thus, I was always sent back home for school fees. It was a sorrowful story until God came through for me and fought my education battle by connecting me to Buyamba Outreach Ministries. 
God was so good I joined God Cares Nursery and Primary School in Primary Two (P2). The school was so big and beautiful; it had excellent teachers. It was a dream come true for me. In 2013, I completed my national primary leaving examinations and then joined high school in 2014. In 2017, I completed my Ordinary Certificate of Education and wanted to pursue my dream of becoming a midwife.
Buyamba did not give up on me, even when my home background spoke otherwise; They held my hand throughout my nursing journey. In 2018, I was able to join a nursing school. Throughout my time with Buyamba, God blessed me with caring and wonderful sponsors who dearly loved me and treated me as their own. They always sent me letters, cards, and gifts for my birthdays, Easter, and Christmas. I always pray for and bless the Lord for my sponsor families, for they chose to light the path of a girl like me, whose future seemed hopeless. Despite the interference in my studies by the pandemic, I thank God that at the end of December 2021, I completed and graduated with a certificate in Nursing and Midwifery. Last year in 2022, God blessed me with a job, and I am now a practicing Midwife at a maternity clinic. I thank God for the opportunity to serve and give life and hope to another. May the Lord richly bless Buyamba Outreach Ministry in Uganda and the USA for being part of my success. God bless you all. |
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