Manna Ministry

Confessions of a Witch Doctor

March 15, 2010

Wherever you go in Kampala, you find witch doctors. Their homes can easily be located in every slum we work in. These witch doctors (traditional healers) range from simply being an aggravation to being extremely evil.
I posted a story from the Telegraph UK.com last week that looks at the rise in child sacrifices by [...]

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How A Simple Bag of Food Can Change A Life Forever!

March 11, 2010

How much difference can a bag of food make to a person? A family? Huge! Life Changing even. Check this out.
Douglas sent me the story of James Kato. It has inspired me to tell more people about the work of IMFC and Manna Ministry in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. It has motivated me to [...]

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Naguru Slum, House Churches and Food for the Poor

March 3, 2010

I received this update from Douglas on the first food distribution for the next six months in Naguru. Naguru is a large slum that sits in valley overlooked by the wealthy. Huge home dot the hillsides that surround this slum. It is truly a picture of the have and have-nots. The picture above overlooks the [...]

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Food Distributed. Churches Started. Nateete Is Moving!

March 3, 2010

Manna Ministry is off and running in Nateete! Food and mosquito nets have been given to the beneficiaries of Manna and four churches have been started. This is a great start!
The LC Chairman said,
“No one has ever done any distribution in our area like you have, in a way that is so peaceful, [...]

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Naguru Act 2 Begins

February 25, 2010

Friday morning 50 new families will enter the Manna Program and begin to receive food for the next six months. Naguru is such a large slum that we divided it into two sections. This is the beginning of Naguru Act 2.
Over the past six months many families in Naguru were helped spiritually, physically, financially through [...]

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Underway At Nateete

February 25, 2010

The first food distribution went very well. No rain. No flooding. This is truly a blessing because it has been raining since and the entire place has been under. We could have never given out the food under these circumstances. So, we pray the Lord give good weather next month as well.
Three churches have also [...]

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Nateete, One Bad Slum!

February 9, 2010

Beginning February 2010, IMFC will begin work in the slum Nateete through Manna Ministry. Disease, poverty, witchcraft and constant flooding make this area extremely destitute. Pray for the people of Nateete and the IMFC staff.

Nateete, One Bad Slum! from Jimmy Barry on Vimeo.

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A Pre-Thanksgiving Letter

November 18, 2009

Three years ago IMFC worked in Natete. Last month Douglas revisited the area to see how some of the former Manna recipients are doing as we are planning on returning to Natete in February 2010.
Here is a report that he sent me. I thought you might enjoy reading it as well. It has certainly [...]

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Food Is Everywhere! But Hunger And Malnutrition Abound!

November 12, 2009

Come and take a walk with Deo and me through Naguru market. Food is everywhere! But so is malnutrition and hunger.
Why? People have little money to buy the food. Many do well to get one meal a day. Many go without for days.
I will never forget one lady who told me her goal [...]

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The Opportunity In Mulago

November 5, 2009

When I was in Kampala last month with a team of volunteers, we spent a few days in the slum, Mulago. The needs here are the same as in every slum we have worked in, great and many!
Take a look at this short video to hear of the needs and of the opportunities that are [...]

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