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!