Prayer pointers

As a Christian organisation we welcome prayer for our work. Here are some pointers…

• Our talks and presentations at community groups and schools across the UK are suspended due to coronavirus restrictions. We have resumed these but the opportunities seem more limited than previously. This has led to some limits in our income and therefore to our ability to support new projects. The Trustees need wisdom in deciding which projects to support.
• The Shout Out for the Girls project, including our UK sewing groups, was also suspended but has now resumed with real enthusiasm. We have been able to obtain more sewing machines and launched some new sewing activities in Uganda.
• The work of the three schools we support, particularly for the staff and head teachers. They are all good schools and continue to attract new pupils. Although this is good, it does create pressures on classrooms, furniture and textbooks.
• Kimtab Clinic, and its monthly outreach clinics in the Safe Motherhood Programme.
• The Motorbike Ambulance, which has received major maintenance and is much more reliable than it used to be. Nevertheless, it is getting older and it will be a major problem if we find we cannot keep it running
• We are grateful to Burdett Trust for Nursing, Swettenham Chemists and the Peter Stebbings Memorial charity for their support for the Safe Motherhood Programme and the Motorbike Ambulance during the last 12 years. KRDP is now funding these programmes directly, but would really like to identify another donor.
• The future. KRDP started in 2001 so all of us involved in it are 24 years older. Perhaps not a problem in UK but it is a challenge in Uganda, where we have had serious health issues within the KRDP-Uganda committee. We all need to think about succession planning, even though it is difficult. Also how we make sure our work continues to meet the needs of the Kimaluli-Butta community.