Dinner Benefit Fundraiser

One of the primary visions of YCVM is to construct a Christian boarding school in Kumi, Uganda.  Funds raised up to the present have purchased land and brought construction up to the window sill level.  If one wing of the school can be completed, the school could begin operation.  The estimated construction cost of completing the primary school wing is $40,000USD.

To raise funds to complete one wing of the school building, Chinese Community UMC is hosting a benefit dinner at Legendary Palace Restaurant in Oakland Chinatown.  At the dinner, the CCUMC summer mission team will describe their experiences in Kumi, and those attending will have an opportunity to be a part of completing one wing of the building.  The fundraiser is a major effort towards reaching CCUMC’s 2010 goal of raising $25,000 for the boarding school construction.

Tickets are $50 each, and $400 for a table of 10.  For more information, or to purchase tickets, email ycvmbenefit@gmail.com

Planting and Harvesting

 

YCVM’s Director, Silver Omakenyi, has been a flurry of activity lately.  In addition to completing a course at the Nsamizi Institute of Social Development, he was able to plant 4 acres of cassava …

… and harvest 10 bags of corn maize …

… that will provide plenty of food for the sponsored children when they return from school.  We’re thankful for the good weather that enabled such a bountiful harvest.

Silver is currently planting peanuts and potatoes to take advantage of the planting opportunity.

It’s School Time!

 

Through US-based sponsorships, the YCVM orphans have returned to school.  Along with school fees, the children are provided supplies to sustain them during the the time they are away at local boarding schools.

Here we see Raymond Okello, who attends Ngora High School:

 

John Opolot, a recent addition to YCVM’s sponsorship program, is in 3rd grade.

 

Helen Atai was welcomed back into YCVM sponsorship

 

… as well as Stella Among.

 

Other children not pictured:

Jessica Angeno has entered Ngora High School.

Sheila Kedi is in 4th grade.

Moses Oturuke is at the St. Kizito Vocational Institute being trained in brick laying and concrete work.

 

Please continue to pray for the orphans while they are away at their respective schools.

If you are interested in orphan sponsorship, email ycvminfo@gmail.com

CCUMC's summer mission team tells YCVM's story

Since returning from Kumi last summer (read about it here - kumikonnect.blogspot.com), the summer mission team from Chinese Community UMC (Oakland, CA) has been fielding requests to share the vision of YCVM with groups in the area.  So far, the team has presented to the Berkeley Senior Center, Dixon United Methodist Church, and Castro Valley United Methodist Church.  At each presentation, the team narrates a slide show of the mission trip,  answers questions about YCVM, and outlines how groups can help the orphans.

To have CCUMC's Kumi mission team give a presentation to your group, send a request to ycvminfo@gmail.com