Prayers for care givers and children in Northern Uganda

Marsha Campbell is in Africa leading a team of counseling faculty and graduate students from Mid-America Nazarene University. They are hosting two, multi-day conferences equipping, training, and investing in care givers and orphan ministry leaders at the Father’s Houses […]

READ MORE

Bringing it home. Sending it back.

At GO Project, we host more than 40 international, vision trips a year. We love GO’ing, seeing, and serving with you. What a privilege to be a small part of what God is doing to care for His kids […]

READ MORE

Crying for a Bed

An update from GO Africa’s Executive Director, Dr. Alison Barfoot:
Rose (right), GO Africa’s Facilitator for Local Church Partnerships, speaks French and Swahili in addition to English and her mother tongue, Rutooro. So, she is GO Africa’s main communicator with […]

READ MORE

Update from Rukore

We recently received the following update from our GO Africa Field Director, Dr. Alison Barfoot, after a weekend visit to Rukore, Uganda.

We had a great visit to The Father’s House on Saturday, 10th May. Mike Fox, the Founder of […]

READ MORE

Update from Congo

An update from GO Africa’s Executive Director, Dr. Alison Barfoot:
“I was really humbled by the simplicity of the Bishop. I’ve never seen such a simple and humble servant of God like him who is so personally committed to the […]

READ MORE

Pay back…in the best way.

Recently, we received this e-mail from Tim Downs, who is GO Project’s partner championing children who need family in the Ivory Coast, Africa:

One of our young men, Eric, came to us as an adolescent from a life of living […]

READ MORE

Another God Story

An update from the field from GO Africa’s Executive Director, Dr. Alison Barfoot
How does a suburban Washington, D.C., music major girl end up talking to local church leaders in eastern Africa about increasing their care and support for the […]

READ MORE

Kabale Father’s House Children Win Silver and Bronze Academic Medals

By Alison L. Barfoot (The Rev. Canon Dr.), Executive Director of GO Africa
How one scores on the “Primary Leaving Exam” (PLE) at the end of 7th grade in Uganda can determine your whole future. There are not enough places […]

READ MORE

What it’s all about: Knowing the love of God our Father

By Alison L. Barfoot (The Rev. Canon Dr.), Executive Director of GO Africa
The children of the Kabale Father’s House are regular and active participants in their local church, St. Peter’s Cathedral. On a recent Sunday, we were so proud […]

READ MORE

Dora and Gloria

By Alison L. Barfoot (The Rev. Canon Dr.), Executive Director of GO Africa in Kampala, Uganda 
In the beginning, the Gulu Father’s House was supposed to accommodate 100 children. But, then the government guidelines suggested smaller villages, so the GO […]

READ MORE