Carry each other’s burdens,
and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Galatians 6:2

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Dear Friends of AMUKA!

Another six months have passed since our last newsletter! Last week, we – Orge & Antje – came back from Uganda, and we have a lot to tell you.

A few months ago, we did a survey with the 150 people who regularly come to our Thursday seminar group. 66 women and 6 men between 20 and 90 years old took part. We asked them questions about many parts of their lives. Afterwards, we also visited them at home. This helped us understand better what is important to the people in the villages. We hope that in the future we can help them even better with their most important needs.

Some results:

• The people in the “Family Group” come from 24 different villages in the area.
• They belong to more than 20 different churches. 33% are Catholics, 15% are Anglicans, and the others go to different Pentecostal, charismatic, or other churches. Some of them did not even know the name of their church.
• 48 of the people we asked live in traditional marriages, 7 had a church wedding, 4 are single, and 4 live separated from their partners. Separations are more common, but people often find a new partner for a traditional relationship quite quickly. 18 live or have lived in polygamous relationships, and 9 are widows.
• Their sources of income are: farming (61), day labor (9), keeping chickens (15), making alcohol (6), and small businesses (10).

• 13 women said that they experience physical violence, and 12 said they experience verbal abuse.
• Six women make alcohol themselves, 13 drink alcohol, and 29 said that their husbands drink. The real numbers for alcohol problems and violence are probably much higher.
• When we asked what the biggest problems in our district are, 29 said alcohol addiction, 14 said violence, 15 said jealousy, and 6 said poverty.

• When we asked what is best in the district, 37 people said AMUKA and 10 said the schools. Only one person said the churches. This is quite sad, because it seems that many churches do not offer people much help. It may also explain why so many people said AMUKA is “the best” – although maybe some also said this just to be kind. At AMUKA, they receive Christian teaching, medical information, counseling, and practical help. Especially people who are often rejected by others find someone here who listens to them and helps them.

Some questions were about the houses where people live. As expected, most people live in simple mud houses with floors made of mud and cow dung. These floors contain many germs and parasites. They are not hygienic and are also very difficult to clean, for example when chickens make the floor dirty. Because of this, especially young children can suffer from diarrhea and worms.

Through the survey, we found 22 families with children under six years old where we would like to make a cement floor. There are about the same number of grandparents who live with small children, but at the moment we could not include them because of the cost.

So far, 15 families have already received cement floors. The other 7 should receive theirs in July. This takes a lot of organization, because we need sand, stones, cement, wire mesh, and workers for every house. We also asked the families to do small repairs to their homes where needed, to provide helpers for carrying the materials, and to cook food for the workers.

Prossy has now become an expert in buying building materials, and our guard Simon Peter works very carefully at every building site.

The mothers are especially happy about their clean floors, and some of the children really enjoy cleaning the floor every day. Newsletter-June_2026

During the hunger season in May, we again gave food to 150 people from the Family Group and Barikiwa (children with disabilities and their mothers and grandmothers). Each person received 10 kg of maize flour, 500 g of peanut paste, and spinach seeds.

We have told you several times about little Monica, who was born with hydrocephalus. She and her mother suffered a lot because relatives and neighbors rejected them and treated them badly. We supported them for more than four years. Sadly, Monica died during the night of May 14 in her mother’s arms. During the funeral, Prossy and Antje had the chance to speak to the many people there about God’s love for every person.

It is always impressive to see how many mothers, and especially grandmothers, care so much for their children with special needs, even when life is very difficult, for example because they often have to go to hospital

It is always impressive to see how many mothers, and especially grandmothers, care so much for their children with special needs, even when life is very difficult, for example because they often have to go to hospital.

Recently, Innocent and Anthony came to visit us and showed us how well they can now walk with their leg prostheses. We were very happy to see this! Other children also received special equipment in the last few months, such as standing frames, braces, and wheelchairs. We hope these things help them in their development. Most importantly, they help the children take part more in everyday life.

The new kindergarten year started in February. We now have four teachers, and Agnes and Ritah are also helping as assistants. They especially care for the youngest children and children with special needs. The children are now coming more regularly. The parents are also slowly understanding that it is important for them to talk with their children’s teachers.

The Bible Club still meets every Saturday afternoon at AMUKA. Many motivated “teachers” help there, and more than 200 children and young people come. At the beginning of the new school term at the end of May, 230 children received school materials. This helps them a lot, because their parents often cannot give them the notebooks and pens they need. Many children also do not have a close relationship with their parents. Some do not live with their parents at all and move between different relatives in the extended family. This makes the Bible Club even more important. There they learn that they are important, that God is their Father, and they learn Christian values.

Harriet and Rosie are doing well. In January, they really enjoyed all the snow in Wedel! They are now in 5th grade. During the holidays, they also took part in a hair-braiding course at Bethel Baptist Church.

So this is another small look into life in Kimaluli, Uganda. Thank you very much for bringing so much joy to so many people there. It is wonderful that through your support they can experience God’s love in a very practical way!!!

Warm greetings from Orge & Antje

Finally, here is a greeting from our local team:

Dear Friends!
Warm greetings from the AMUKA team. We want to thank you very much for always standing with us. You help us in many different ways: with food during the hunger season, school fees for our children, and medical care. We say thank you, thank you, thank you. May God bless you richly!

Dear friends, prayer partners, and supporters!

At the end of this year, our staff member Prossy Akao is writing the newsletter. As a teenager, she was supported through a sponsorship by Amuka and received medical assistance because of her physical disability. Today, she herself works as a psychologist and coordinator in various programs at Amuka. We wish you much joy while reading and extend our heartfelt thanks for all your faithful support throughout 2025!
We wish you all a blessed Christmas season, Orge & Antje

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Dear friends!
Warm greetings from the AMUKA team in Uganda! We are very grateful for your support for all the activities here on the ground. The work is going well, and we see many positive changes.

Our “Family Group” (adult education) is developing wonderfully, with growing numbers of participants in our weekly meetings. A key focus of our teaching is on health, marriage, and our relationship with God, as these are areas of life where there is much suffering in the villages here. God bless all supporters of the food aid, which was such a great help during the hunger season. The recipients were so happy and are praying blessings upon you.

The Bible Club is also doing well, with new children joining every week. Many of these children come from broken families and live in harmful environments. For example, they experience domestic violence, or their parents or neighbors run a bar and they are exposed to alcohol consumption day and night. Many experience rejection or neglect or live in constant fear of witchcraft and curses. Too many grow up in the complicated environment of polygamous relationships. Therefore, we make a special effort to create a friendly atmosphere where they can share, make friends, discover their talents, and above all get to know God as their most important friend. Every Saturday we have Bible lessons, skits, dance, counseling, and also train life skills. In addition, we distribute school supplies three times a year at the beginning of each new term. Every Saturday after the Bible Club, there is always football training, which many truly love.
We are constantly planning new activities to make the children and youth as happy as possible.

Our kindergarten children attended classes more regularly this year than before. In addition, thanks to the help of our new assistant Ritah, we were able for the first time to enroll children with disabilities. On November 28, we held the parents’ visiting day. Parents came to watch performances by their children, get to know the facility better, and be informed about new developments. The children did an excellent job and presented poems, plays, songs, and dances. It was truly amazing!

In the case of one child in particular, neither the parents (who had separated shortly beforehand) nor other relatives came. The girl was so disappointed, especially since she was even a lead dancer. We all did our best to make her feel seen and valued.

As a team, we worked this year on improving ourselves so that we can serve the people here better. For example, our teachers and I attended a “Stoplight” training in central Uganda the week before last. It focused on emotional intelligence, especially on how we can help the people around us (e.g., the kindergarten children) feel seen, heard, and valued. The other event took place in Jinja on the Nile and focused on our relationship with God, our Father. All of this is so beneficial for our growth as a team and as servants of God, and we do not take it for granted that we had these opportunities for further training.

Many positive changes can also be seen among our Barikiwa children (children with disabilities). Our physiotherapy, hospital visits, and counseling have greatly impacted the lives of the children and their caregivers. There are still children who are hidden in houses because their relatives are ashamed of them, but we hope that through our program these children will also come to be valued.

Furthermore, we were able to help many sick people this year. Some suffer from epileptic seizures and require continuous medication and monitoring. Our cancer patients are still undergoing treatment. And our two children who had heart surgery are attending follow-up checkups. In addition, we treated some children with bone fractures and two boys who received leg prostheses. We trust God to bring healing to all of them!

I send you warm greetings with my favorite Bible verse, Matthew 25:40:

Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these
brothers of mine, you did for me.

Matthew 25:40

For me, this verse means that every person belongs to God and that God has given us the opportunity to treat others with kindness and compassion. Sometimes simply with a smile or a hug, sometimes with our time and money. But we should never forget that we are doing it for Jesus. Warm greetings and a blessed Christmas,

Prossy Akao