EIUK Annual Garden Party

This year the garden party is taking place on Saturday 30 June 2012.

We meet together at around 11 am and will continue to share, laugh and have a good time together until about 4pm! Everyone is welcome. Even if you are new to EI - this is the opportunity to come and meet the 'EI family'!

As always, the garden party will take place in the beautiful setting of David and Jenny's garden. Contact Sue or Linda at the office if you don't know where this is.

Please bring your own picnic-style lunch.

Thanks to supporters of EIUK, over 2000 students in 4 schools have benefitted from School WaSH projects in which EI has worked with our partner church the Anglican Diocese of Ruaha to bring clean water, improved sanitation and hygiene education to these rural schools.

Read more about the huge impact of the project in the WaSH Project Update .

Donate securely towards this project on our Just Giving page!

This is a repost of an original article on the EI Uganda website (posted at the end of March 2012).

This past week has witnessed an Internet phenomenon: A new 30-minute video about northern Uganda entitled Kony 2012  has been viewed more than 70 million times on YouTube! The documentary produced by Invisible Children shines a spotlight on Joseph Kony, the evil warlord who leads the Lord’s Resistance Army in Central Africa.

The LRA terrorized their own Acholi people in northern Uganda for 20 years, until they were driven out of the country in 2006. During the war, most of the Acholi population had to seek protection inside scores of IDP (Internally Displaced Person) camps scattered throughout northern Uganda.

Since peace came 6 years ago, the people have been returning to their villages, seeking to re-establish normal life and put behind them the unspeakable trauma they had endured. The Kony 2012 video, despite generating controversy, has drawn attention to Joseph Kony's continuing barbarity in neighboring countries. We all hope this monster's atrocities will soon end.

Emmanuel International working in Northern Uganda 

Meanwhile, we want to draw attention to the fantastic work being done right now by Emmanuel International among the people who suffered through those terrible years.

In partnership with the Church of Uganda, EI has been serving the people of northern Uganda through thick and thin since the mid-80′s. Right now, EI has a team of Canadians, British and Ugandans, selflessly ministering side-by-side in the community of Pader.

They are bringing hope and healing to orphans, widows, returned abductees, and extremely needy families. Their program includes agricultural assistance, peacebuilding, counselling, and other forms of practical assistance – all bathed in the greatest power of all: Christian love.

Community Health Empowerment Project 

And they have just launched Community Health Empowerment (CHE), training a network of village health committees and volunteers. CHE has the potential of permanently improving the lives of multitudes, using local resources to address community health needs. The good people of northern Uganda need our help.

And I can think of no better way than by supporting EI’s Pader Team! They need your prayers and your financial support .

And more volunteers are needed to go and join them.

Hope and Healing Video 

Last July, EI produced a riveting, high-quality 7-minute mini-documentary about northern Uganda called Hope & Healing . (You can watch it below.) We believe everyone who viewed Kony 2012 should also watch this video! We may not reach 70 million YouTube views… but you can bless the people of northern Uganda by spreading the good news about the EI Pader Team.

It is now possible to donate securely online to Emmanuel International through Just Giving!