To Hope...Leaping in Expectation
Everyday is a brutal reality of the vast amount of need in this tiny, but magnificent country of Uganda. However, through a focused mission and vision our purpose can now be measured in various results. Our purpose is not to change a few people's lives for a single day, but rather to change the nation, and eventually have that change infect the countries surrounding Uganda, and outward. There is so much to hope for. Our purpose is steadfast and on track to impact an even bigger cross section of the community in 2010. With our strong foundation of support we are changing this nation one life at a time.
Thank You for your continued support,
Kids Inspiring Kids©
In This Issue:
New Programs
Christine
Burn Victim
Fatuma Update
Contact Information
New Programs!
Due to the enormous success of the KIK Banda Ghetto Character-Training Program and the Jeremiah Women Group© there is additional need for extended programs. Starting April 10, 2010 KIK will be adding a separate youth boy and youth girl program.
Cliff, a local Ugandan and KIK administrator, will be leading the boys program. He is an ex-footballer (soccer) and Bible school graduate. This program will further the teachings of the Character-Training Program on a deeper and more intimate level. They will also be taught ethics, sportsmanship, and how to lead a Christ-Centered life.
Tomi will lead the youth girl's program with the help of Jennifer, a volunteer from Texas, and Ida, a former Sunday school teacher and current employee of KIK. This youth program in many ways will mirror the teachings of the adult Jeremiah Women Group©. They will be focusing on self-esteem, self-worth and self-respect. By teaching and promoting etiquette, mentor ship and domestic skills we plan on helping these girls discover and achieve their personal purpose in life, no matter their circumstances.
Christine:
Christine is 27years old and from the Acholi tribe. This tribe was the most heavily effected during the 20+ year war in northern Uganda. Like many other displaced Acholi persons she is currently living in the Banda Ghetto with her five children.
When Christine was eight years old she was abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) along with her ten year old brother. Commanded by the LRA to save her and her brother's life, she participated in the killing of her own parents. For the next three years she traveled with the LRA being used as a child sex-slave. She was also commissioned to cook the herbs used in the LRA's ceremonies before raids. Miraculously, when she was eleven years old she escaped captivity. However, her brother wasn't as fortunate and was killed just before crossing over the Sudanese border. Christine married at age fourteen and had three children. By age seventeen she had separated from her husband. She remained single until she was twenty two years old, when she met her current husband and had two more children. Christine was one of the lucky ones and is HIV negative. Her family is looking forward to relocating to Place of Refuge Village© upon construction completion.
Burn Victim:
While in the Ghetto this past week KIK encountered a three year old little boy with his entire head burned. We don't have all the details, but the extent of the injury is pretty extreme. KIK will be facilitating medical attention for him and keep you posted on his progress.
Burns are especially common in Uganda because of the various open air fires constantly going for cooking.
Fatuma Update:
Fatuma, the fifteen year old burn victim in the Banda Ghetto, is doing great! Her burns are healing nicely and she won't have to have any skin-grafts. She is coherent and happy with the epileptic seizures occurring less often. KIK is still looking for a place where she can be away from the step-father and where the epilepsy can be monitored. Keep praying that we find a place for her to go.
Contact Information:
Tomi Mills:
tomi@kidsinspire.com
Nicole Mills:
nicole@kidsinspire.com
Send Checks/Donations Marked Accordingly to:
KIK
3601 Fowler Dr.
Austin, TX 78738
Send Boxed Donations Directly to:
Tomi Mills/KIK
PO Box 37533
Kampala, Uganda E. Africa
(512) 263-0642
(512) 373-1999
How YOU can HELP!
-KIK would love to make a documentary detailing the journey of the people displaced to the Banda Ghetto from war-torn Northern Uganda and then their final move to the Place of Refuge Village©. If you are interested or know someone/a group who might be interested please contact Tomi or Nicole Mills.
-Make a donation
-Educational Sponsorship
-Ghetto Children: Inquire specifically
-Orphans in Tomi's home: Inquire specifically
-Shoe's Since shoes can be heavy to send if you wish to donate in this capacity, sandals in Uganda cost about $00.80 per pair. Just send a check marked accordingly to: KIK
3601 Fowler Dr.
Austin, TX 78738
-Volunteer Come and visit us in Uganda!! You can visit as an individual or as a group. Experience the changing of lives personally and emotionally. It can change your life forever. If you are interested please contact Nicole Mills or Tomi Mills directly.
What if Kids Inspiring Kids - KIK earned a penny every
time you searched the Internet or shopped online?
Well, now we can!
GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates
half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the
charities its users designate. You use it just as you
would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!,
so you get great results.
GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which
donates a percentage of each purchase to your favorite
cause. More than 100 great stores including The Gap,
Best Buy and Barnes and Nobel have teamed up with
GoodSearch and every time you place an order, you'll
be supporting our favorite cause.
Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter
Kids Inspiring Kids - KIK as the charity you want to
support. And, be sure to spread the word!
Mission: K.I.K exists to inspire people, specifically children to fulfill their purpose and destiny by giving them hope for the future, training up the next generation of leaders, to be sustained in character, morals and integrity.
Vision: Kid's Inspiring Kids plans on "Inspiring Nations One Life at a Time" by establishing Place of Refuge Village for the people of the war-torn north and the Banda Ghetto.
Everyday is a brutal reality of the vast amount of need in this tiny, but magnificent country of Uganda. However, through a focused mission and vision our purpose can now be measured in various results. Our purpose is not to change a few people's lives for a single day, but rather to change the nation, and eventually have that change infect the countries surrounding Uganda, and outward. There is so much to hope for. Our purpose is steadfast and on track to impact an even bigger cross section of the community in 2010. With our strong foundation of support we are changing this nation one life at a time.
Thank You for your continued support,
Kids Inspiring Kids©
In This Issue:
New Programs
Christine
Burn Victim
Fatuma Update
Contact Information
New Programs!
Due to the enormous success of the KIK Banda Ghetto Character-Training Program and the Jeremiah Women Group© there is additional need for extended programs. Starting April 10, 2010 KIK will be adding a separate youth boy and youth girl program.
Cliff, a local Ugandan and KIK administrator, will be leading the boys program. He is an ex-footballer (soccer) and Bible school graduate. This program will further the teachings of the Character-Training Program on a deeper and more intimate level. They will also be taught ethics, sportsmanship, and how to lead a Christ-Centered life.
Tomi will lead the youth girl's program with the help of Jennifer, a volunteer from Texas, and Ida, a former Sunday school teacher and current employee of KIK. This youth program in many ways will mirror the teachings of the adult Jeremiah Women Group©. They will be focusing on self-esteem, self-worth and self-respect. By teaching and promoting etiquette, mentor ship and domestic skills we plan on helping these girls discover and achieve their personal purpose in life, no matter their circumstances.
Christine:
Christine is 27years old and from the Acholi tribe. This tribe was the most heavily effected during the 20+ year war in northern Uganda. Like many other displaced Acholi persons she is currently living in the Banda Ghetto with her five children.
When Christine was eight years old she was abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) along with her ten year old brother. Commanded by the LRA to save her and her brother's life, she participated in the killing of her own parents. For the next three years she traveled with the LRA being used as a child sex-slave. She was also commissioned to cook the herbs used in the LRA's ceremonies before raids. Miraculously, when she was eleven years old she escaped captivity. However, her brother wasn't as fortunate and was killed just before crossing over the Sudanese border. Christine married at age fourteen and had three children. By age seventeen she had separated from her husband. She remained single until she was twenty two years old, when she met her current husband and had two more children. Christine was one of the lucky ones and is HIV negative. Her family is looking forward to relocating to Place of Refuge Village© upon construction completion.
Burn Victim:
While in the Ghetto this past week KIK encountered a three year old little boy with his entire head burned. We don't have all the details, but the extent of the injury is pretty extreme. KIK will be facilitating medical attention for him and keep you posted on his progress.
Burns are especially common in Uganda because of the various open air fires constantly going for cooking.
Fatuma Update:
Fatuma, the fifteen year old burn victim in the Banda Ghetto, is doing great! Her burns are healing nicely and she won't have to have any skin-grafts. She is coherent and happy with the epileptic seizures occurring less often. KIK is still looking for a place where she can be away from the step-father and where the epilepsy can be monitored. Keep praying that we find a place for her to go.
Contact Information:
Tomi Mills:
tomi@kidsinspire.com
Nicole Mills:
nicole@kidsinspire.com
Send Checks/Donations Marked Accordingly to:
KIK
3601 Fowler Dr.
Austin, TX 78738
Send Boxed Donations Directly to:
Tomi Mills/KIK
PO Box 37533
Kampala, Uganda E. Africa
(512) 263-0642
(512) 373-1999
How YOU can HELP!
-KIK would love to make a documentary detailing the journey of the people displaced to the Banda Ghetto from war-torn Northern Uganda and then their final move to the Place of Refuge Village©. If you are interested or know someone/a group who might be interested please contact Tomi or Nicole Mills.
-Make a donation
-Educational Sponsorship
-Ghetto Children: Inquire specifically
-Orphans in Tomi's home: Inquire specifically
-Shoe's Since shoes can be heavy to send if you wish to donate in this capacity, sandals in Uganda cost about $00.80 per pair. Just send a check marked accordingly to: KIK
3601 Fowler Dr.
Austin, TX 78738
-Volunteer Come and visit us in Uganda!! You can visit as an individual or as a group. Experience the changing of lives personally and emotionally. It can change your life forever. If you are interested please contact Nicole Mills or Tomi Mills directly.
What if Kids Inspiring Kids - KIK earned a penny every
time you searched the Internet or shopped online?
Well, now we can!
GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates
half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the
charities its users designate. You use it just as you
would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!,
so you get great results.
GoodShop.com is a new online shopping mall which
donates a percentage of each purchase to your favorite
cause. More than 100 great stores including The Gap,
Best Buy and Barnes and Nobel have teamed up with
GoodSearch and every time you place an order, you'll
be supporting our favorite cause.
Just go to www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter
Kids Inspiring Kids - KIK as the charity you want to
support. And, be sure to spread the word!
Mission: K.I.K exists to inspire people, specifically children to fulfill their purpose and destiny by giving them hope for the future, training up the next generation of leaders, to be sustained in character, morals and integrity.
Vision: Kid's Inspiring Kids plans on "Inspiring Nations One Life at a Time" by establishing Place of Refuge Village for the people of the war-torn north and the Banda Ghetto.
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