This summer I went on a short-term mission trip to Uganda. While there I had the privilege of getting to know and serve some of the children at The Lydia Rose Children's Ministry, a children's ministry in Uganda focused on serving and uplifting children in the community while teaching them about Jesus and the values of the Kingdom of God.

I was also privileged to meet the pastor and leadership team of The Fruits of Hope Foundation Uganda (FOHFU), a ministry and orphanage in Uganda for children ages 3 to 16 yrs. old. Although the team that I was with was able to supply some of the basic needs of these two ministries such as clothing, shoes, and books for the children and Bibles for some of the adults, I know that together you and I can do so much more.

Here's how you can help:

Every time you purchase any item from our online store we will donate one of these shirts to a child at FOHFU .

We will also be allocating funds from our sales to provide for the basic needs of the children at FOHFU and The Lydia Rose Children's Ministry which include clean drinking water, food, money for school fees, Bibles, baptism Shirts, and for general upkeep of their facilities and programs.

Please continue reading below for more information on these two ministries.

I grew up in a very hard situation. I had lost both of my parents due to a tragic accident when I was just eight years old. After that I was sent to my aunt who tried to care for me but she herself had very little. I really wanted to go to school but my aunt was not able to afford the cost to pay for my education at the time so instead I worked at home.

Things became really hard at home so I started looking for scrups (also called: scrapes of food) and I earned some money by fetching water for people in order to try to pay my school fees. I desperately wanted to obtain an education so that I could make a difference in my community.

I started going to church and one day the pastor found me looking for scrups and said, “Jackson, what are you doing?”
I explained to him about the dire situation at home with my aunt. He asked her if I could live at his residence so that I could go to school and have my basic needs met such as food, shelter and other important needs that had went unmet for a very long time.

My aunt graciously gave the pastor permission to help care for my needs and to help educate me. The pastor paid for my education from primary level education to the secondary level of my educational training. I have many reasons to thank pastor and to thank God.

As I got older, God put a dream in my heart to help the less advantaged poor children, street kids and the orphaned children. My greatest desire was that one day I could be a role model to others who were like me:

A hungry orphan in need of rescue.

This is my story. But my story is not much different from a lot of other stories you could hear in my region. There are many poor here, many orphans, many suffering children who are not having their needs met.

This is why The Fruits of Hope Foundation Uganda was birthed.