Developments on St Mark's site

Dennis and Rob who visited the work of An African Dream in November found much to be encouraged about. The long awaited administration block is now up with its roof on - it had certainly come a long way since we saw the foundations only in place back in July.
Also the dining room has now got a roof so that orphans can eat in a sheltered out of the sun or the rain.

A new year, a new term for St Mark's

January 2010 marks the beginning of the 4th year that St Mark's has been open. Term begins on February 2nd and we anticipate that there will be at least 35 new orphans starting at St Mark's this term. Also we await the results of the Primary 7 pupils exams which were taken in November.

Married couples seminar

120 couples attended a 3 day conference at the end of December to encourage them in their married life - this is an annual event Bishop Lumika writes 'They enjoyed very much the teaching and eating'. An African Dream was delighted to support this event by providing funds for those attending to eat - many travel long distances to seminars bringing their bedding with them and sleeping in a church during the days of the seminar.

What an amazing day ...!

I am sorry if you missed out on the craft sale - it was a brilliant day. Thank you so much to everyone who contributed in anyway to the craft sale to raise money for An African Dream - so many people made lovely and unusual crafts and cards, baked delicous cakes and biscuits, served refreshments, washed up and of course came and bought and also prayed! The whole house was beautifully laid out and a great deal of care had gone into the presentation of every item. There was a wonderful peaceful atmosphere throughout the day with around 150 -200 people coming to enjoy.

It was a great success and around £4000 was raised - an extraordinary amount - thank you to all who came and generously bought. :-)

Your support is hugely appreciated - two trustees are presently in Uganda and will no doubt return with fresh ideas as to how the money can be spent.

Exam season has arrived!

Today Primary 7 pupils at St Mark's will begin exams - we are hopeful that the good education that they have been receiving throughout the year will give them all a great opportunity for success.

The government school inspector will be visiting St Mark's School on Wed 11th November - we will keep you posted on the outcome of his visit

Two trustees of An African Dream will be visiting the work this month and following up developments and progress.

Come to the Craft Sale!

Following the success of last year's craft sale another one is being held on Thursday 12th Novemeber 9am - 7pm at Pipers Cottage, Pipers Lane, Great Kingshill - please do come and support the work of An African Dream. There will be Ugandan crafts and handmade UK crafts too - plus plenty of delicious refreshments.

What's been happening ...

What a lot has happened in the last few months - the team had a great visit in July - please see their full reports on the website www.aaduganda.org. A brief summary is below.


St Mark's has begun the last term of the school year. I was thrilled to see the new water tank in place and connected to the guttering. The new administration block which will include a staffroom is making great progress with the roof on already which is amazing as only the foundations had been dug when we visited in July.


The pastors' graduation was a day of great celebration with speeches and ceremony abounding!




We visited several widows who had received piglets last summer through An African Dream and we were thrilled to see the first batches of piglets. The widows were delighted and had varied plans for the money which selling their piglets would raise, such as paying school fees and buying another plot of land.