Zambia Is a Peculiar Place
Despite the tiring flights from Entebbe, Uganda, to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, Harare in Zimbabwe, and Lusaka in Zambia, I met a friendly immigration crew at the Kenneth Kaunda Airport.…
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Julius Caeser
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Sisters’ Keepers
The colorfulness of their beads and clothing is what welcomes you to Natoot farm. The women are always smiling and so welcoming. If you are new, you get welcomed with songs and…
Hope in a Hopeless Place
Though I had been to Uganda and Kenya many times, I never noticed the big difference between the two countries. Departing from Entebbe on a very chilly morning during the…
The Prodigal Father
Making a decision to start living with his 18-year-old girlfriend, along with having a distorted image of marriage, was the beginning of Lawrence’s trials. The young man grew up in…
Video: Merry Christmas from Bright Hope!
“For to us a child is born to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty…
Lessons from the COVID-19 Lockdown in Uganda
I have always been a lover of the outdoors and of my neighborhood but, because of my busy schedule, I have only been able to get to know a few…
Marriage Training and Pigs = Family Empowerment in Uganda
Moses, a farmer in Uganda, hoped to get married in his twenties like many of his friends. “But it never happened,” Moses reminisces. Soon, members of a Bright Hope partner church…
When I grow up, I want to be a…
Whether children walk paved sidewalks or dirt trails to get to school, one thing they all have in common is their big dreams for the future. And so often, education…
Beans: the path to balanced diets, new clothes, and school!
Sometimes Hope can be brought with something as small as a bean seed. “Our children need a balanced diet, but many times we cannot afford one. Now that we have…
Insider Perspective: What’s Going on Here?
Nothing is going on here. That’s the perception eating at many people when they think about or see charities working in Uganda. As a native Ugandan, I can say that…