Planting Seeds in Kitgum
Kitgum is situtated in Northern Uganda and is one of the Diocese we form our regular international links through the Mothers’ Union Wave of Prayer. Together with Kitgum and Muhubura in Uganda, Masasi in Tanzania and Kajo-Keji in southern Sudan, we will be at the centre of the prayers of all Mothers’ Union members around the globe between 21st and 25th January. Some background information on Kitgum can be found by following the “tag” Kitgum on the left of your screen, and via our “international” pages (at the top of your screen).
Before Christmas, we received the following news from a Mothers’ Union leader which updates us on how members there continue to work to support family life in the extremely difficult circumstances that exist in Kitgum following nearly 20 years of warfare. The letter talks about their poor internet communications, talks about a seed bank project and follows up on the gifts of clothing we sent out during 2008-9 after our Diocesan President visited Uganda.
Our correspondent wrote:
Greetings in the name of the Lord. It is long since I communicated to you. This should not discourage you, for out of sight does not mean out of mind. I do think a lot about … the entire Mothers Union in the Diocese of Winchester. How are you… and all the Mothers’ Union members?
The great silence has been because of the poor communication system. Our computer has been spoilt for over one year and every time I tried to use the public paid internet, it would be out of use and very unreliable… Praise be to God that our computer was repaired and the e-mail system is now working…
Most of our people have left the IDP [Internally Displaced People] camps and have resettled in their villages. However, the whole of Northern Uganda in which Kitgum is situated has had heat with a very bad drought and this has left people without food. We thank Mary Sumner House [head office of Mothers' Union international work] for supporting us during this time of need. They helped us with about eleven million Ugandan shillings towards this. We were able to help 150 households with food relief and also with seeds for planting when it starts raining. We have also created a seed bank where the people who harvest from the seeds supplied to them, will return a percentage to the the bank. This will be given to those who did not get [seeds initially]. This plan will greatly help our people next year, hoping that the weather will be favourable. Please pray for us that this may be so.
The clothes you sent helped a number of children who needed them. They and their parents were very grateful May God bless you so much. … May the Almighty God bless you so abundantly.
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