This team was inspired by a
visit from the Watoto Children's Choir to our Church in 2008.
Many people were impacted by the plight of children whose
families have been devastated by AIDS as well as the civil war
in the northern part of the country. We were moved to find ways
to assist those children in need. Besides many people who
started to sponsor children, the team was also formed to go over
to Uganda to provide assistance in the form of a building
project. We also have a subset of our team presenting a
leadership development seminar to churches within Kampala.
The team will be building
classrooms out of brick alongside a crew of Ugandan builders.
The bricks and concrete slab will already be on site. There
will be some tools on site, and the team will be leaving all
tools that they bring - after the project is completed.
Over $40,000 has been
raised to go towards the building project as well as to bring
additional materials that are in need. Those additional
materials include: baby clothes and bottles, children clothes,
soccer balls, baby formula, educational supplies, and various
other tools. Watoto has an extensive needs list on their
website.
http://www.watoto.com
Updates will provide on the Faith
Baptist
Watoto Team Blog located here.
From February 4 to the 20 the
team will make their journey to to Uganda. They require your
prayers and a
prayer schedule has been provided here.