Projects by Type

Karambi Primary School is situated on the western border (with Congo) of Uganda. We have been supporting Karambi Primary for several years. When we have donors we will buy the 5 acres of land, then start the development of a new school.

Katalamwa Primary School is situated on the outskirts of Kampala. The school started in a small room in a house, and expanded. They were able to acquire 3 acres of land, on which they hope to build their new school.

Katonte Junior School is situated in the south of Uganda, near Jinja. The land has been donated by a local family. Due to the lack of schools in the area, and high levels of illiteracy, the family wanted to see a school in the area.

Lweeza Primary School is situated on a hill overlooking Lake Victoria. It is in a remote area of the Mokono district. The nearest town is Nenjeru (10km). The school owns 10 acres of land.

Palisa School, (situated in Palisa), shares a building with a local church. It looks more like an air raid shelter than a building for education. They have about 60 children, study in the church, and have three acres of land for future development. The school has been running for just over a year.

Kisole Baptist Primary School is located right on the border of Uganda and Kenya. They requested a new school building to replace their mud structures. The school had a strong attendance but very poor resources and facilities.

Christ the King Primary School, is situated around 30km north of Kampala. When we first visited the school in 2006, it had three classrooms made from mud with tin roofs. It was encouraging to see that the school had made many of its own resources, and were trying their best to give the children an education.

Fields of Life Academy in Uganda, consisting of 340 pupils ranging from Primary 1 to Primary 5, having two buildings, did not have enough classrooms to facilitate Primaries 6 and 7. This was a pressing need if the current Primary 5 was to progress.

Over the last 2-3 years we have raised £100,000 to 'transform' Mpata Primary in Mukono, Uganda. The new school caters for 300-400 children and is one of the leading schools in the area. We will also be looking into medical and feeding projects in this area, to ensure that the children's health is of a higher standard.

Moroto literacy school in Moroto is situated outside the chief town of the Moroto District of north eastern Uganda, (west of Mount Moroto). It is home to the Karamajong people, a nomadic herding community (similar to the Masia). The area is a very unstable and instead of the traditional weapons the Karamajong carry Ak-47s. There is a high level of poverty and Moroto is far from the developed capital of Kampala.

New Foundation Primary School in Uganda owns 17 acres of flat land. The building was completed in the summer of 2007 when a team from St. Ninian's High School (Isle of Man) helped finish the painting. St. Ninian's High School spent one year raising funds for this school and you can read about their experiences by clicking on the link below: http://www.sch.im/snhs/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=80&Itemid=131 Previous to St. Ninian's becoming involved, the school at this site had been destroyed by the rains, and our thanks go to Kenmore Church, Primary and Glen Lyon Primary for raising the necessary funds to construct a more permanent building.

Abaana has been running a child sponsorship scheme now since 1997. We currently sponsor just over 900 children from Uganda, East Africa. Our sponsorship scheme works in Uganda in partnership with an Irish charity 'Fields of Life'.

One of our largest projects for 2008 is in the North of Uganda, in Gulu. For 20 years a war has raged between the government and rebel soldiers. The local people live in fear. The children know more about fighting than playing. Society has broken down. We want to help bring back hope...

A recent study claimed there were as many as 32 million children living on the streets in Africa. Children with no home to go to at the end of the day, no bed to lie in and no family to give them love. They rarely own more than the clothes on their back and each day they walk the streets begging or looking for work to survive. Lets turn things around for them...

"Life was difficult on the street; I would go out to bins and on roads looking for something to eat. On the street I would be sick all the time, but still could not go back home to be mistreated." Regan 10 years old and living on the street.

In Swaziland the UN estimates that at least 144,000 persons are in immediate need of food aid. This crisis however is shadowed by the AIDS crisis where by the end of 2004 there were over 300,000 children orphaned (approx 30% of the population), which is staggering for a population smaller than Northern Ireland.

"Dwelling Places" is a Christian ministry born from an international schools ministry. Rita Nkemba was called to the ministry of street children. Dwelling Places serves street children, street families, abandoned babies, and other children in crisis. Currently, Dwelling Places is working with over 70 children and over 45 mothers. Their goal is to ensure that street children in Uganda are raised in a God-honoring family setting, with love and care. This is done by removing children from the street and helping in the prevention of more street children by empowering the family unit.

We have several locations for potential water projects in the Sembabule district in Uganda.

Kisole Baptist Primary School was completed in 2006. What the children still needed, however, was a clean source of water.

Once we knew we were building a school at Christ the King we knew it was also important to have clean water for the children.

Water is probably the most important element to life (apart from oxygen). We can go without food for a long time but without water the body will be in trouble after a matter of days. What happens in a country where your water supply is of poor standard. If most westerners went to Africa we couldn't even drink the tap water without getting seriously sick.

Walking down the trail to the water hole used by the children at the school and the surrounding village, I considered the walk that the children have to do every single day. And for what? As I looked at their drinking water I thought I wouldn't even bath my dog in that water. Brown, lots of floating insects and some bubbles showed what might lie beneath the surface.

Kiwumu is located around 30km north of Kampala. The building of New Foundation Primary School was completed in July 2007.

Fields of Life Academy (FOLA), is located in the Wakiso district of Uganda. One of our first projects was to extend the school, but we also wanted to build a water pump.

Water is one of the most important elements in life (apart from oxygen). We can go without food for a long time but without water the body will be in trouble after a matter of days. What happens in a country where your water supply is of poor standard. We take it for granted the fact that our water is tested and treated and comes through our taps crystal clear.

Mpata School was built in 2005, on 15 acres of land.. The land was cleared, but over the next few years we hope to develop it more and give the children more resources. (including clean water)

Medical drugs, bandages and equipment may be something we take for granted, but to a hospital in Africa, they are expensive. This means that often they have to charge too much for treatment and many people can't afford to pay.

When you get sick what do you do? We get a prescription for everything. A slight cold, or a sore back. One phone call, an appointment is set and we see the doctor within a few days. If we have a serious injury we have a 24hr casualty service within a 20 min drive. An ambulance can be with you within 10 minutes , but what do you do when you are in the middle of the bush? The nearest Doctor is twenty miles walk and serves over 15,000 people.

Due to the Civil War in Congo and a diminished provision of certain medical supplies, an extreme shortage of Plaster Bandage for setting broken limbs became apparent. Doctors reported dozens of children and adults suffering in hospital with broken limbs and no mean of setting their legs and arms due to the shortage. Abaana sent £300 to the Hospitals in the Lubumbashi area in Congo to help with this situation.

A few years ago we had an advert on the TV. The catch phrase was 'Dr, can I have a prescription?' A prescription for a cold, a prescription for a sore throat, a prescription for a headache! All that we need to do is pick up the phone and we can get a prescription. Imagine if 19,000 people were assigned to one doctor and all looking for prescriptions.

In March 2004 we opened the medical Centre that Abaana built in Uganda. Over the next few years we will continue to fund the centre and develop it as it continues to help many people suffering from various diseases from Aids to Malaria.

Abaana raised ?7,000 for the construction of a children's in patient facility for up to 20 children and their carers. This caters for those who have the greatest needs. The building itself consists of a general ward, an office/ consultation room, a kitchen to prepare the children's food and a large room for outpatients clinics and health education sessions.

Pastoring a church is no easy job! As a Pastor of a local church with responsibilities supervising up to twenty other smaller churches, mobility in visiting the fellowships is a major task! Villages are often located within 20 - 30 miles of bush land with no connecting roads. Therefore Pastors often have much trouble visiting members in other villages. Unlike our Pastors, who can often schedule their timetable to arrive home in time for their evening meal, many local African pastors spend days and sometimes weeks away from home, visiting churches under their care, whilst teaching, helping and encouraging Christians. This is an arduous task to complete on foot.

The school at Kasangity (Uganda) was formed by "Fields of Life", a Charity from Ireland. It started with only one building which housed P1-P3, and grew from there. We bought £500 worth of books (approximately 200) for the children to help in their education (Jan 1998).

We hear so many stories on the news and from the media that we instinctively react, "Another famine!", but the reality remains: thousands still die. It wasn't long ago that Sudan was gripped by famine and war, and indeed is still struggling to overcome. Horrendous pictures were shown of men, women and children reduced to mere skeletons.