Discovery Trust is delighted to be supporting Elevate Life, a not-for-profit initiative of Elevate Eleven. 

Elevate Life supports young people in both primary and secondary education who are suffering from severe anxiety and a range of other mental health issues that cause difficulties with schooling and interaction with their peers.  

Elevate Life’s specialist youth clubs (currently delivered with the support of local church organisations) provide a safe space for these young people to meet and have fun with others, and gives them specific structured support through mentoring programmes, anti-anxiety techniques, and additional therapeutic modules such as board game design, film making, cooking, sports, etc.  

The impact of these clubs has already been considerable, with potentially suicidal teens finding new ways to cope, children who are avoiding school finding a new route back into day to day education and families who have been at breaking point gaining hope for the future.

We are pleased to be able to support and endorse Bible Gift Aid Uganda, founded in 2014 by Seth Gichuru to distribute Bibles to Christian believers in poor and remote communities who have no other access to Bibles of their own.

Since its foundation in 2014, Bible Gift Aid Uganda has given out 250 Bibles, and has an initial target of distributing at least 5000.

Solar Power is an Economic Option in Africa

In Africa, the majority of people could never afford a landline telephone, and communication for the masses jumped straight to mobile stage. Now the same thing is happening in power generation. This interesting article explains why simple economics are driving an explosion in solar power generation in the developing world, where most people don't have access to the electricity grid: http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/39544/?ref=rss

Namungoona Church Centre Project

The latest news and photos from Namungoona show great progress on the building project, with the concrete slab of the second floor laid, the 'forest' of internal scaffolding removed and the auditorium returned to use. However, political changes among the planning authorities pose a significant threat to the project.

This latest front elevation shows the almost completed fascia and the finished second floor slab. Work has started on the walls of this floor. In the meantime, temporary structures have been constructed on the slab for storage and for the Sunday School.

This means that the building can begin to meet fully the needs of the church, as well as being a resource to the local community.

Planning changes

Effective from March of this year, the Government of Uganda dismissed the Kampala City Council because of alleged corruption and mismanagement, and replaced it with a new City Authority. This brings the management of the Ugandan capital under direct government control.

One consequence has been a significant tightening of planning regulations. The church building has already been adapted to meet some of the new requirements, with additional staircases at the rear and provision for a lift. However the key change required is the provision of parking spaces, with the building currently lacks.

Expanding borders

A next door neighbour recently disputed his boundary with the church, asking them to remove some building materials which he claimed were stored on his land. When the boundary was re-measured in the presence of a city representative, the church's land was found to be bigger than had been realised. In fact, the man's son had built a house partly on the church's property. There is now a possibility of purchasing land from this neighbour to make provision for parking. Please pray that this option can be realised, as it would be much the best solution to the parking problem.

Side view showing entrance and proposed parking area

Temporary classrooms
on the second floor slab

Some of the pupils at Quality Primary School, Namungoona
who have received sponsorship from the UK