Sewing Classes for Girls — Uganda
This young woman is a refugee from Somalia who has gradu- ated from the sewing classes at the Refuge and Hope ministry center, where CBF field personnel Jade and Shelah Acker and Missy Ward-Angalla serve. She now serves as a teach- er for other refugees. Refuge and Hope International serves the urban refugee community in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, which is located in East Africa. The nonprofit orga- nization is located in a heavily refugee-populated area of the city that is primarily home to refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Ethiopia and Rwanda. Each year, Refuge and Hope serves more than 1,000 refugees through the Center of Hope, as well as through skills and business training programs, youth and women’s ministry, spiritual development and social work programs.
Refuge and Hope International Ministry — Uganda
This Congolese church worship service illustrates one portion of the work engaged by CBF field personnel Jade and Shelah Acker and Missy Ward-Angalla in Kampala, Uganda.
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Refuge and Hope International Ministry — Uganda
This young refugee from Burundi runs a poultry business. He is 20 years old and learning to be self-reliant in a new country, with help from CBF field personnel Jade and Shelah Acker and Missy Ward-Angalla in Kampala, Uganda. The nonprofit organization is located in a heavily refugee-populated area of the city that is primarily home to refugees from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Ethiopia and Rwanda. Each year, Refuge and Hope serves more than 1,000 refugees through the Center of Hope, as well as through skills and business training programs, youth and women’s ministry, spiritual development and social work programs.
Refuge and Hope Ministry — Kampala, Uganda
This refugee cello player is from Somalia. She graduated from the Refuge and Hope Ministry program and subsequently earned a music degree from a local university. Refuge and Hope International serves the urban refugee community in Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, which is located in East Africa. CBF field personnel Jade and Shelah Acker and Missy Ward-Angalla serve in Kampala, where Missy is the refugee women’s advocacy coordinator. She and the team at Refugee and Hope minister among more than 1,000 urban refugees from 10 countries, working to holistically empower them and walking alongside them as they rebuild their lives. This min- istry serves more than 1,000 people annually. Missy began a program at Refuge and Hope called Amani Sasa, which ministers with refugee women and girls who are traumatized, abused, trafficked and vulnerable to exploitation. Amani Sasa features a shelter recovery program for young women who have faced severe trauma and exploitation, a school sponsor- ship program for vulnerable children, two vocational training programs for women at risk, self-help community groups that assist women to save, support and disciple one another, as well as a social work ministry for refugees in crisis. Sewing classes enables students to sell products in a local community market. This helps the graduates become self-sustainable.
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