'Namungoona Cathedral'

The church building project in Namungoona was started in 2006, when the City Council passed a law that all temporary timber buildings must be replaced by permanent structures.

The project has been substantially funded through Discovery Trust, but over the last few months the church has been pushing on under its own steam, raising around £100 a month locally for the work. In such a poor community, this is a considerable achievement.

The next important stage will be the completion of the second storey, above the balcony. This will house a hall and rooms for the growing children's work, which currently numbers around 150. This stage will require a further injection of cash from overseas donors. Some concrete work for the floor support has already been completed, and formers are in place for more.

The Continuing Crisis In Kenya

After delivering relief supplies to the refugee camp in Uganda, the team from Quality Discipleship Church brought several of the worst affected families back to Kampala so that they could better care for them. They have been provided with housing, food and clothing, and their children settled in local schools.

One of the refugees Mr Solomon Koome, seen here in Uganda with his wife and children, went back to Kenya in March to assess the situation there. This is his report.

“I left Uganda on 2nd March 2008 to Kenya. I went to Eldoret showground where Internally Displaced People (I.D.P.s) were camping, to see them. I found all my neighbors where I used to live were all at the open showground. They had a lot of problems as they were even lacking food to eat.

Because of the hard situation in the camp, some of them even sold the blankets that they were given by the Red-Cross officials to use in order to buy food to eat

I had rescued some of my property and left it with someone I know, but I found that he had already sold it all and used all the money. The situation there is pathetic.

I am very thankful to Bishop Gichuru and the Q. D Church who have been so kind to us in providing everything that we needed since we arrived in Uganda. I also thank all the people who have donated their financial support through Bishop Gichuru Jeremy.

My coming to Uganda did not mean only saving the lives of my family, but also I have received the gospel and surrendered my life to Jesus after Bishop Gichuru preached to me. That was another good plan of God for my coming to Uganda."


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Kenyan Refugees

Since tribal violence erupted in parts of Kenya, in which tens of thousands were savagely attacked and driven from their homes, Quality Discipleship Church in Uganda has been helping to alleviate the suffering of several groups of refugees. The photo here shows a few burnt timbers which are all that remains of a family home destroyed in the violence.

In January, a team from the church visited one of the refugee camps on the Kenya / Uganda border. Based in an old school, they found the people living in great deprivation with only the most basic of essentials. Many had fled their homes with little more than the clothes they were wearing. Thanks to the generosity of donors in both the UK and Uganda, the team were able to provide a significant quantity of food, clothing and blankets for the people living there.

Ugandan orphans

In December 2007, Kerry Townsend arranged a collection of children's clothes and toys for two orphanages in Namungoona, in the outer suburbs of Kampala the capital of Uganda.

Discovery Trust was able to help with the shipment and distribution of these toys through our local partners, pastors Gichuru and Eunice Jeremy of the Quality Discipleship Church of Uganda.