Category Archives: Uganda A few months ago I spent a few days meeting with some amazing women who are part of a micro-loan program. BHW partner here had a heart for women who were widows or single mothers and wanted to help them. She created a micro-loan program and it was amazing to hear the stories of how […]  I’m not sure I have the words to describe to you this place or the life these beautiful people have experienced. We spent a week in Lira. BHW works with a family there who is caring for a bunch of orphans. Sometime back during the heat of the LRA war, there was a pastor who […]  After Busia we headed down to Jinja which is a town on Lake Victoria and also the source of the White Nile. Last year I was able to visit Bahir Dar, Ethiopia which is where the source of the Blue Nile originates from Lake Tana. So, pretty cool to see the two headwaters of the […]  Once we got into Uganda we went and spent some time in a village just outside of Busia. There is a couple there who have created a Micro-Loan program that is just awesome. Our partners had invited a bunch of the loan recipients to swing by their home while we were there and we spent […]  While in Kampala I was fortunate to be introduced to Sseko Designs. Sseko Designs is a great little social entrepreneurship company that makes ladies sandals with a passion for helping young women in Uganda. I was able to go and visit the ladies and see the sandals being made. Cameron, one of the awesome ladies […] |
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