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In July/August 2022, we were delighted to take a team of 14 from the UK to spend two weeks at the Fountain of Peace project at Miranga village, Kyenjojo, Western Uganda.

On the latest trip to Uganda (July/August 2022) we had the privilege of a personal interview with Peace Ruharuza talking about her life’s work at Fountain of Peace Children’s Foundation.

James Coker, a member of Church Langley Church in Essex, has come up with a novel idea to raise money for Fountain of Peace Children’s Foundation by endeavouring to bake 100 fresh cakes to sell in 100 days. What a target he has set himself!

Apart from fun and food Easter had a far deeper meaning for our children. Each family prepared their own drama to accompany taught songs for the occasion.

Three of our Trustees made a visit to Uganda In March 2022. This has been our first trip since February 2020. These visits are primarily for regulatory purposes in the UK, but also so vital to strengthen relationships and see first-hand the wonderful work on the ground.

Our 40 acre plot of farmland has been used to produce crops for FOP and ensure we are less dependent on fluctuating prices and availability.  Our fundraising focus for 2022 is to raise funds for a farmhouse and out-buildings on the farm site. 

A two-tonne threshing machine has recently been purchased which will reduce our corn production costs.

Praise God that our Nursery and Primary schools have fully reopened and our children at Fountain of Peace have been able to return to school for the first time in almost two years due to Covid restrictions!

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year from all of us at Fountain of Peace! We are privileged to have been able to provide a home for 59 babies and young children in Western Uganda.

It has been a long held ambition for FOP to become more self-sufficient, and to that end a 40 acre plot of farmland was purchased a number of years ago.  

With the most difficult start imaginable, this precious baby girl (right) was abandoned by a desperate mother, soon after birth. Having spent a month in hospital, she was released into the care of FOP.  

The FOP village was recently paid a surprise inspection visit by the regional NGO Coordination Committee who declared Fountain of Peace to be the best alternative care giver in the district.  

Our main focus these past six months has been the installation of grid power from the main road 1km away which will benefit both the FOP village and the local community, providing a source of mains electricity to the area for the first time. This project has been jointly funded by FOP UK and FOP NZ.

In August, our site was randomly inspected by the UG Ministry of Gender & Social Development to check FOP were meeting all COVID standards and current requirements. We are delighted to report they gave us an excellence score of 9 out of 10!  In addition, they also asked if they could use our training schedule prepared by our Home Manager for mothers and nannies, at a national level!

As a result of cancellation of team trips to Uganda we have been unable to take clothes, books, games, shoes etc in our cases. Recently we packaged up 575 Kg of goods and sent them by ship and road instead!

Our children love their Bible stories especially when read by our oldest FOP child. 

The increasing challenge of finding adequate pasture for our dairy cattle during the dry season has highlighted the need for creating our own silage. 

In our drive to be more environmentally friendly, we are in the process of installing Eco - kitchens in all our Family Homes, funded from the UK.

Its not only the children happily singing and playing on the roundabout that make all the noise at the FOP village. 

Some of the children have put together some videos for us all to enjoy.

2020 has been a different year for everyone around the world and Uganda is no exception. By God’s great grace, however, Fountain of Peace has emerged relatively unscathed with no cases of Covid reported, and in a much stronger position to be able to build on achievements for the future. We are so thankful to all our supporters for your unstinting faithfulness over this period.

In January/February 2020, we took a team of 13 from the UK to spend time at the FOP project in Uganda.  Here are some thoughts from three people who went on the trip.

Re-surfacing of the only access road to the FOP village and school is now complete. What a difference to the access road for the FOP village. What had become impassable is now a super-highway.

We send our warmest love and Christmas greetings to all our friends. To see some of our children sending their greetings, please visit our brand new YouTube Channel by clicking here.

Since March 2020, due to government COVID-19 restrictions, our Nursery and Primary schools have remained closed. 

It was with a mixture of joy and sadness that earlier this month we welcomed this critically vulnerable newborn baby, our 54th child, into our Bethel Babies Home.  

We are urgently requesting funds to re-surface the only access road to the FOP village and school.  Currently, it is a significant danger to all who attempt to negotiate the road on any sort of vehicle from boda-boda (motorbike) to lorry.

Some of our older Babies' Home children are now ready to move on to a Family Home.  We are working hard to complete this, our 6th house, in spite of COVID and funding challenges. 

Following our news item in March 2020, here is an update on how Covid-19 continues to impact FOP.  Despite challenges, we have been able to assist the local community in providing food aid to a number of schoolchildren's families.

In January/February 2020, we were delighted to take a team of 13 from the UK to spend time at the Fountain of Peace project at Miranga village, Kyenjojo, Western Uganda.

In Uganda, our teams are also making adjustments. We just wanted to fill you in on all we are doing to support our children, our staff, and the wider community in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As part of our drive towards becoming self-sustainable, we have been able to add 2 silos each capable of holding 6 tons of grain.

We are so grateful to some of our fundraising champions who in the last 6 months raised funds for FOP.

Thanks to the generosity of one of our donors, the Fountain of Peace school (Rwenjaza Hillside Nursery/Primary School) has been able to purchase new school furniture.

One of our supporters in the south of England, Pippa Sands, is training very hard to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in February 2019 on behalf of Fountain of Peace.

May we take this opportunity to wish you all God’s richest blessing over this Christmas period. 

We are so thankful to everyone for supporting the Snowdon climb in September. 

Just back from Uganda and witnessed great joy in result of joint Local Gov and UNICEF inspection of Fountain of Peace Bethel Babies Home 2 weeks ago. 

As we have just recently reached the end of this financial year, it’s good to review just what, through God’s grace, Fountain of Peace Uganda and its partners have been enabled to deliver. 

In February 2018, a team of 15 from the UK spent eight days at the Fountain of Peace project at Miranga village, Kyenjojo, Western Uganda.

Having returned from Uganda just under a week ago, I can honestly say that I’ve been completely blown away by this latest trip.

Having just returned from another very successful week in Kyenjojo, this time for an audit and forward planning visit, we have so much to be thankful to God for.

We were all delighted to acquaint ourselves with the 36 children at the Bethel Babies Home and Conlon House (our 1^st Family Home). 

FOP have recently taken possession of a machine that, God willing, will save a shedload of money for us.

How amazing to know that our great God entrusts to us the responsibility of caring for the little babes that He loves so dearly. 

A team of 8, comprising 3 men & 5 ladies, visited the Project. 

During March 2015 Andrew was privileged to visit the project along with Keith Shortley, who specialises in developing strategic planning for projects such as FOP. 

It’s now 9 months since our 1^st baby arrived at FOP Bethel Babies Home and we currently have 15 babies, cared for by our dedicated staff.

Currently 314 children are registered at the school, who would otherwise have had no schooling.

It was a real joy to have Peace with us for 2 weeks in February.

There are always ongoing maintenance matters to be addressed at the project.

Within the last 24 hours we have been really excited to learn of the arrival of 2 more babies, now making a total of 4.

We were all so thrilled to hear the wonderful news from Peace and Patrick yesterday about the admission of the first baby to Bethel Babies Home.

A refrigerator and a gas cooker were purchased, chest drawers, baby cots and a sofa set ordered and nearing completion. They will all be transported at once to the home in Kyenjojo next week.