News: Uganda

Jamin Eggert was visiting patients in a Ugandan hospital last month when he was pulled aside into a room. There, a young boy named Immanuel lay twitching uncontrollably. Since suffering a bicycle accident, Immanuel had not been in control of his bodily functions. He was unable to speak or follow commands. Jamin began praying for Immanuel alongside one of the pastors accompanying Jamin and the team of medical volunteers visiting Uganda from San Diego’s Flood church. Moments later, the boy was able to speak and follow commands.

Every morning Vicky got up, washed herself, and put on her school uniform.  As all the other children in her village headed off to school, Vicky would poke her head out of her home and start down the road.  But as the other children continued on to school, laughing together as they discussed yesterday's lesson, Vicky would linger under a tree.  There she sat all day, playing with the other children who could not afford to attend school.  Vicky had started school at the nearby government school, but her aunt could not afford the fees for her to continue.  "As a way o

Growing up in northern Uganda at a time of great instability and insecurity, Monica's parents did what most families were doing.  To ensure their protection from the rebel armies, Monica's parents moved their family to an Internally Displaced Persons Camp.  Guarded by a small detachment of government soldiers, the Barlonyo camp was supposed to be the safest place to live.  But when the rebels attacked Barlonyo on February 21, 2004, most of the soldiers were not around to protect the thousands of civilians who had taken refuge there. 

Tonny's days were long and hard after his father died.  His mother succumbed to the stress of single-handedly providing for a family in Uganda, and became mentally unstable.  She would go into town to search for food for her children and often not return for days.  Tonny became very familiar with the feeling of hunger and the uncertainty of not knowing when his next meal would be.  He missed an entire year of school because his mother couldn't afford the fees.