The Ruess family together with Rudi & Jakobus came in April 2010 to start the work of the second dormitory for the primary school at Osia – Tororo.The Ruess family consisting of Dr. Eberhard, his wife Magdalena, plus three of their children Yannek, Roman and Felix together with Rudi Wolf & Jakobus Richter came out…
While the normal school work is continuing, there is also a lot of work taking place behind the scenes… Every year we are working hard to make sure the next class has a place. And in the beginning this is not all that easy. This year we were happy to be able to get the…
Yes, each year we are looking for a whole new class full of 24 children for our Primary One Class. This year Grace has started early… This year we have already got most of the children lined up. What is remaining is the preparation of the classroom. For more, Click Here
Exactly on my birthday, Kimberly Wallace comes with some very nice gifts for the children of Osia. Each child gets a brand new towel and a pair of sports shoes. And I thought it was MY birthday… 😉 But believe me, it makes me so happy to see these children being blessed. This is what…
When someone looks like Santa, you immediately expect gifts. And in this case surely Jakobus has come with gifts Jakobus has brought for each of the children a toy car. And you thought that the girls don’t like them you are wrong; they love it. Never before have they received such a nice gift. written…
THANK YOU, because your monthly gifts has made this possible!! It is only 3 months but look what has happened in that short time. We started out with the official opening of the children’s village in the first week. Just a few days after the children had reported to their new home away from home.…
On the 6th of Feb 2009 it has finally happened! We’ve had the official dedication & opening of our new mission compound.The guest of honor was the cultural leader of our local tribe; His Highness the Kwar Adhola, Moses Stephen Owor. He is the King of the Dhopadhola’s and he was escorted by his Prime…
It’s 1 day to the opening date and some of the guardians came to the orientation day that we organized.Fourteen children came with their guardians and tried on their new school-uniform. You should have seen their faces when they saw the uniforms… We showed them around and made them familiar with their new “home”. For…
Today (10-Nov-07) we have fitted our 9000 Liter/hour pump in the bore-hole. The villagers looked in amazement how all this water could come out of this small hole. Now they don’t have to climb the steep hill anymore to lift their 20 liter jerrycans up the slope. Surely, this was a terrible job. More so…
In preparation for the expected rain-season or wet season as some people prefer to call it, we have planted 100 traditional African trees.This is not a simple task when you have 25 acres of land, or should I call it rock because it is just solid volcanic rock with just some 30cm (1 foot) of…