Manna Ministry

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 [...]

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Hello Jed Aliro! Douglas And Shelia’s New Son!

October 28, 2009

That’s right! Douglas, who oversees Manna Ministry and the High School Ministry, is now a father! Jed Aliro was born Monday morning in Kampala. He and mother Shelia are doing well. Here is a brief word from Douglas on the birth of his son. Dear Rev, Here he is! I just am without words! I [...]

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Posho! Bland But Life Saving Food!

October 21, 2009

Ever had a big bowl of posho? Probably not! Posho is one of the staple foods in Kampala and IMFC provides about 33 pounds of it per month to the Manna recipients. The Ugandan’s love posho; most of the volunteers don’t care for it. Posho has very little if any taste. The beans IMFC provides [...]

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Big Challenge At Naguru

October 19, 2009

Here is a video shot in Naguru, one of the largest slums IMFC has worked in. The people here mainly come from the northern parts of Uganda where they fled the wars with Joseph Kony and the LRA, and the IDP camps. Manna begin work here in late August, 2009. Three months later, three churches [...]

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Meet Margret of Mulago Slum

October 15, 2009

On my recent trip to Kampala, I had the opportunity to meet Margret who lives in the slum of Mulago. Margret is currently one of the people IMFC is helping through Manna Ministry. She is a precious lady with two children and God really touched my life in the thirty minutes or so I visited [...]

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Rioting in the Streets of Kampala! Manna Postponed!

September 16, 2009

That’s right! Rioting broke out in the streets of Kampala last week. Uganda is one of Africa’s most stable and safest countries, but feuding broke out between the Buganda tribe and the government. The result was that several people were killed and injured before calm was restored. Hopefully, this is not a precursor to the [...]

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Victory in Naguru!!

August 25, 2009

Its Naguru that I would like to report about and how the first food distribution went. Let me give a little additional background on this area and the people here. This is an area has predominantly internally displaced persons. It’s a refugee community. In the 1970s and early 1980s Naguru had the largest numbers of the [...]

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Naguru

August 20, 2009

In less than 24 hours, on August 21, 2009, Manna Ministry will begin work in the slum Naguru. Naguru is located east of Kampala city center about a 30 minute drive in the district of Nakawa. Its population is about 7000 people. The people in this area were displaced from their homes due to the [...]

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