The Village of Hope - August 14th - with children.

PRAISE GOD - as was said at the end of the last 'Race Across Australia,' "the race is not really over until we see smiling faces in the homes". Well now there are now 18 lovely orphans in the two homes of the Village of Hope. They are cared for by two wonderful matrons - Agnes and Lois (great biblical names). For Damian, Joel and Johann it was an awesome priviledge to see these children and their smiling faces in the Village of Hope 4 hours after they landed in Uganda, after 24 hours of travelling. The site looks great and Robert and Ivan have been doing some great work on behalf of HopeBuilders International. What we are witnessing now is a testament to all the prayers and hard work of many, the board members and the three teams that have already invested much in this work. We look forward to the future teams and the ability to complete more homes so that more of these wonderful orphans can be part of the campaign to "Break the Cycle of Poverty".

painting of the houses!!

Ms bageze a widow who joined the team very busy painting.















painter florence,busy





















a lady busy at work
















part of the wall of house b that was painted

Armed with the wall paper glue that we had and the instructions for mixing the paint, w

e emabarked on mixing the glue and the chalk, surely we werent betrayed, we had a good paint, we showed the ladies how to paint. since then,they've done an amazing job! they are quick learners. The paint is compatible with the walls,something that is good. house B is soon being completed.

i know how you are anxious to see the children and the mothers in the homes,this will happen very soon, thanks for your prayers and help. we apreciate all the prayers and support you give us. the inspector will come and go around the houses. already almost all things are now ready.

the village of hope

this is the new look of the houses, next week the ladies will work on painting the intnernal walls of the houses. what is unique abotu the paint is that we are using wall paper glue mixed with chalk and water.
The good thing with this paint is
-the paint is free from solvents
-improves with age.
-cost effective
-electrostatically neutral
-the brushes/rollers can be cleaned
-all ingredients like chalk are readilly available.
This produces a very good coat,its envirromentally friendly and its aklso one of the ways the widows wuill earn an extra income since they will be painting.

the houses-pavements

The site has been busy with the setting up of pavements for the houses. with this finished in a few days we shall then buy things to go into the houses for the kids. then the kids shall come in.
pray that all goes well, thanks for keeping us in your prayers.. The pavements are still in process of being done.

the site now

plans to dig make nice pavements around the homes are underway,plus painting the houses.
we are still waiting for the paint,it was posted over. still in the air somewhere!
the ladies will still be at the fore front of painting the houses, stillto help them make a little income to sustain themselves.
will keep you updated

At the moment,pray for the team here for God's direction,wisdom and protection. and for all the teams that blessed us last time when they came and built these houses; that their blessings wont run out,just now!

















the foundation forthe admin block awaiting the coming team!

the site now!

the site las tweek

last week at the site was characterised with lots of workgoing on the site, the ladies were doing the rendering,they did good work and according to chris(he is an expaert in mudbricks) he says these houses will last for many years.
we want to ensure that everything randging fromthe houses,the enviroment etc will be safe before we can have the kids into the houses.