CKRET Visit to Dwelling Places

In Attendance were the following:
Judith Angwech, Ray Owen, Samuel Mujuni, Tom Kisubi, Fred Okello Kapere, Sheila Ndibwami, Jerome Osuna, Joan Ongodia, Simon Akena, Jackline Busingye, Israel Ssekiranda, Lynn Turyatemba and Isaac Munanira

On the previous Friday evening, a few CKRET members had a meeting in the faculty of technology to plan for the next day’s visit to dwelling places which is located in Mutundwe (after Natete and Nalukolongo). Responsibilities were allocated with attention being placed on buying the food and getting some clothes for the babies from Owino market.

So on Saturday morning, Judith and a few other people set off to buy the meat, greens etc to be cooked; another group with Israel and Simon was to buy the rice, beans and posho. Jackline and Brenda were tasked with buying the clothes from Owino; thankfully Jackline knew just where to go:-)
I arrived when we the cooking had already began and found Sheila and Judith tussling with the wood trying to make it blaze. I have to say they did a great job. Thanks also to uncle Sunday of Dwelling Places; who helped with lighting the firewood and mingling the posho!

When the food was ready, the children were served food starting from the shortest to the tallest and finally the elders were served. Many thanks go those who helped with serving the food and juice including Aunty Maureen, Lynn, Judith, Sheila, Brenda, Jackline and Fred. I have to say the food was delicious considering that many of the children went back for more helpings:-)…and I think one or two CKRET members may have also gone for more, thankfully the Lord had blessed the food and it was more than enough.

After eating, we went and sang a few songs like “I will make you fishers of men”, all this whilst jumping up and down being led by Sheila and Jerome. Actually Sheila and Jerome did such a good job, I suggest they start giving the rest of us lessons.
Then we played some football and basketball before we left….but it was a long time before people left. They were having such a good time that they did not want to leave; like Joan and Brenda who so enjoyed the football!
Those who were unable to come, I encourage you to make it for the next trip cause it is such a blessing to bless others and to see Jesus at work in the lives of those children.

Something about Dwelling Places:
Isaiah 32:18

"My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest." (NIV)

It is on the above scripture that Dwelling Places home inMutundwe is founded. There are about 98children of whom there are about 10babies, 28 boys and the rest (60) are girls. Though in the whole program, Dwelling Places is taking care of approximately 500 children. In this they are helped by foster parents who look after a number of children during the process of rehabilitation. Dwelling places is a TRH which is an acronym for Transitional Rehabilitation Home. The children there are those who have been rescued from the street, abandoned as babies or are being mistreated at home e.g. being used as prostitutes by their own parents!

The ministry runs what is called an Interim school where kids where kids who have been taken away from the streets have the opportunity to have basic education for one or two years before being intergrated into the mainstream education system. It is probably the only such school in Uganda and the ministry would like to sell the idea to other children's homes.
Timothy, the Education coordinator; told of an example of an 18year old young man called Farouk who voluntarily came from doing odd jobs on the street of Kampala to the Interim school seeking education and after two years is now in primary five in Mengo primary school is reportedly doing quite well.

The children go to a number of schools in the area including St.Michael, Mother Care preparatory school, City Hill College and Mengo senior secondary school with whom Dwelling Places partners with.

Grace be with you all.
Your fellow servant in Christ,
Isaac Munanira.