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The
Uganda
Project
FALL
2004
Recently, we received letters of gratitude from students being
assisted by UP. You will enjoy reading about this practical outreach
and how it affects their lives.
Development
Studies
It has been quite a good experience for me to associate with the
Uganda Project that seeks to assist the young Christian Scientists
here to develop a sense of self-sustainability as individuals
who will be capable of participating in the development process
of our country.
 I'm
one of the beneficiaries of this project. I'm a young man who
went through a lot of pain before I found Christian Science. I
am now 26 years of age, and I was abandoned by my mother at the
age of 4 years. My daddy passed on when I had just turned 12,
but even at the time he lived he was not there as a daddy, and
this means that I hardly had that parental love that most of you
enjoyed. I lived with my grandmother who cared for me through
my childhood.
I joined
Christian Science through a friend who introduced me to the Society
in Kampala in 1999. I remember being given a Science Health
with Key to Scriptures by the Clerk of the Church, and before
I could take it in my hands, some questions ran through my mind:
Will you be able to understand the message in this book? Why this
book and then the Bible? Will you finish reading this book given
its huge volume and your poor culture of reading books? However,
when I went home and settled down to look into this book, I can
tell you that the very first statement in the preface ("To
those leaning on the sustaining infinite, to-day is big with blessings.")
made me feel that I had regained my life which I had been missing
for quite some time. It gave me the courage to continue reading,
and as I read every message on the following pages, I was filled
with relief.
My life has
honestly changed a lot ever since I came in contact with this
book. I didn't have love for people, but now it's quite different.
Divine Love has continued to unfold a lot of supply for me. I
completed my Advanced level of education in 1998, but I had to
wait four years before I joined the University in 2002, and this
was after UP offered to assist me.
The Course I'm taking at the University focuses on equipping students
with skills that will help them participate effectively in the
development process of the country, participate in economic policy
formulation and in planning strategies for rural development,
international relations and diplomacy. This Course helps students
to be innovative and capable, initiating their own development
projects. I will earn a Bachelor's Degree in Development Studies.
With Christian
Science as my weapon of security, I'm living a life which is good.
I found my mother after 24 years of abandonment, and I have forgiven
her. She is living a bit far away from me but I take time to visit
her. I know things will continue to change and supply is available,
for "Divine Love always has met and always will meet every
human need." (M. B. Eddy)
— Douglas
Marriage or School?
 First
of all, I'm very grateful for the tuition. UP has done a good
job among Ugandans. Actually to me its my "parent."
Being born into a financially poor family, had it not been for
UP and Christian Science, I would not be what I am now - a lady
getting a Master's Degree in Education!
UP has made
me a very important person in our family since nobody else has
ever completed secondary education. I know that it will be from
this blessing that everybody in our family will be benefited from
my being educated.
In my family,
girls are forced to marry at the age of 14 as long as they are
not studying. In fact I was also going to be forced by one of
my uncles to be married when I failed to get tuition. But lucky
enough, a friend rendered a hand, and later UP. So it has really
done me good. And it's through my education that I make important
decisions at home and for the entire community. UP has also helped
one of my sisters with school fees, and she is now doing very
well. God bless.
— Margaret
Injury
Healed, Help Given
Well, I was playing in the intramural soccer games this weekend
when I ran into another player and ended up cracking my rib
cage. My house was leading 2-0 and I had scored both goals,
so I was in so much excitement! I have been affirming the truth
and expressing my divine right as a perfect child without giving
power to the cause of the injury, because there is no such thing
as an accident in God's kingdom. I am recovering really fast,
but I have not been able to walk since then without help.
— Sam
 I
wanted to express my sincere gratitude for the UP funds that I
received. I have been able to register for all my classes this
fall because I paid off my last year's bill. Now I have a full
load of 15 credit quarter hours doing an internship at the Salvation
Army working as an assistant manager at the homeless shelter in
St. Louis.
Four days
later........I am glad to tell you that I have recovered fully
now and I am no longer on crutches. I have resumed my school duties
and was able to work with two clients at the shelter. I helped
give them some guidance with a drug problem. I gave them some
counseling in order for them to get their act together - but with
an emphasis that God loves them!
— Sam,
a Senior at Principia
Social
Sciences
I send my sincere gratitude to the Uganda Project committee. I
am so happy and thank God for what UP is doing for me to keep
me in school, and most of all I feel so glad that the assistance
was sent even before I began attending any lecture in class. Your
assistance, which is supply from Divine Principle, is the only
reason why I am in school. Last year was the first year of my
course, which is Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences.
I have been doing sociology, social administration and gender
studies as my subjects for a full year, but now in my second year
I'm taking only social administration and gender.
Every day I thank God for such kindness and love that makes you
take care of my education, and I pray that God who is the source
of supply helps you in all your endeavors and efforts. You are
indeed giving us love. Your assistance makes me proud to stay
in the university. I am sure if I didn't have such brothers and
sisters, my education would be very limited. Christian Science
has really helped me to know that God is the only supply and that
all destiny lies in His hands, because I was not even certain
of continuing with a university education because of the problem
of tuition.
I would also
like to inform you that I had my primary Christian Science class
instruction this year. This has helped me to live in love and
truthfulness. My spiritual growth was uplifted. I would indeed
want to live in spiritual progress forever, and I thank God for
my teacher for she taught me a lot of things, including Christian
Science practice. I even had a great healing during class - a
healing of a health problem that had affected me for seven years.
— Elizabeth
UP paid for this student to learn the German language in Uganda.
Now he is studying in Germany!
Currently
I am in Mannheim, Germany, at the headquarters of INWENT. This
is the
organization that is responsible for all my scholarship matters
while I study mechanics.
I went to the CS Church here and bought a German edition of Science
and Health.
At the beginning of October I will be moving to the center of
Mannheim city, which is not far from where I am now.
— Jackson
A
Father's Thanks
I feel duty-bound to register deep appreciation for the wonderful
financial scheme you have initiated to cater for the needy. Since
my three daughters (Olivia, Maureen and Flavia), are among the
beneficiaries, I feel greatly indebted to the extent that words
fail me to portray the exact depth of my appreciation.
Please continue
with this same spirit so that the generations to come also benefit.
Please endorse my support for the project because of the fact
that without your financial assistance towards my daughters' education
their present dreams for higher education would not be realized.
You have really done a wonderful job. God bless you and the beneficiaries.
— Alex
B.
Note
from Daughter
I acknowledge with profound thanks the assistance I receive from
Uganda Project to cater for my education. Please acknowledge my
gratitude for the funds you avail me annually.
Thank you very much for this rare gesture to the needy. I look
forward to continued assistance as I have extended my plans for
higher education.
I remain yours faithfully.
— Maureen
A
Golden Opportunity
For three years as a Christian Scientist, I have received a thousand
changes in my life. I have witnessed God's manifestation of love,
care, and hope. I have learnt to be strong in life, always trust
in God, and not to panic in times of trouble.
I had lost
the hope of acquiring a higher education and living a good life.
I always considered myself inferior to others, but truly Christian
Science and Science and Health with Key to Scriptures
by Mary Barker Eddy has made me an important person.
I am so grateful and indebted to Uganda Project that offered to
pay for my university fees. This is a golden foundation stone
in my life, among my relatives and friends. I thank God for Uganda
Project, for its heart of gold, and for its support towards my
education. I am now sure of a bright future in life. I do lead
a good and happy life and I'm no longer miserable the way I used
to be.
I am pursuing
a Bachelor's Degree in commerce from Makerere University, Kampala,
courtesy of Uganda Project. So far I have completed one year of
study and am now a second year student. In our first year we studied
a lot of things. We did six courses, which included Accounts,
Business Administration, Economics, Business Communication Skills,
Organizational Theory and Quantitative Methods/Mathematics. I
am so happy that I passed all of them successfully. Special thanks
goes to Lamech Katamba, (the administrator of UP funds in Uganda).
He is a friend indeed and true Christian Scientist with a brotherly
heart. He has helped me to excel in my studies by providing me
with text- books and all necessary school supplies. He guides
me on how to do my coursework and review for exams at the library,
and also to stay a true Christian Scientist. He is always there
for every one in need of attention and support.
I ca'ít
express fully my unmeasurable appreciation and pleasure at this
time, but it's my best hearty prayer for God's benedictions on
Uganda Project. Christian Science is a concrete foundation for
un-ending success! May you be blessed all the time.
— Janice
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