Young man dreams big while putting family first

Throughout his childhood and leading into adulthood, Frank’s mother had been the primary caregiver for him and his younger siblings. But when he was only 19-years-old, Frank’s mother passed away, leaving his family vulnerable and at high risk of […]

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Inaugural Global Leadership Summit

Our leaders from around the world (Uganda, India, Lebanon, Haiti and U.S.) gathered for our inaugural Global Leadership Summit in Uganda this month. The two-week long summit was full of planning, growth, fellowship that included lots of dancing and […]

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From Child Head of Household to Children in a Home

Mary, 13, and Timothy, 4, lived in Lilongwe, Malawi, with their mom who was HIV+. She fought the disease for years, until finally passing away this summer, leaving her children orphaned. No one in the community wanted them, so […]

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Community Engagement in Kafunjo

On the hills of Uganda, there sits a parish seeking to invest in the lives of children and families. GO Africa, the GO Project sister organization in Uganda, is working with this church to strengthen families in the community […]

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Did You Know….That the Ant Is Mightier Than the Bulldozer?

First, watch this 3 minute video.  It’s the story of, what the video creators call, the “equivalent of the great wall of China.”

Please note that the hobby of ant excavation typically involves the selection of dormant, abandoned ant hills.  […]

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Rebuild. Renew. Redeem.

A friend and I recently took a drive around urban KC. If you haven’t done that in awhile, you might be surprised by the number of boarded up buildings. The buildings will continue to sit and rot, reminders of […]

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Daily Faithfulness. Radical Transformation

We went to Lira today to visit our partners and the children in their care at The Father’s House. Located in a part of the country terrorized for years by LRA rebels, Lira is a difficult place, so it […]

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Leading at Gulu

Update by Gloria Piker, Coordinator of St. Philip’s Father’s House, Gulu Uganda
Recently we held a meeting with the Management Committee where we continued to talk about the vision of the Father’s House.

We also planted trees by the vicar around […]

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Blessings at Gulu

Update by Gloria Piker, Coordinator of St. Philip’s Father’s House, Gulu Uganda
In the last few months the children have participated positively in the church, knowing that it is the church that is supporting them. The things they do include […]

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Merry Christmas from Soyasi

Friends, I was blessed by this letter from a beautiful, first grade girl in southern Uganda and simply wanted to share. Thank you for caring about children who need family…

I am called Soyasi, i am in P1 at Rukore […]

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