DELIVERANCE CHURCH UGANDA

Community Development Projects: - Eastern Uganda
Mercy Ministries, Hospice Clinic, CDC’s

God has used us to impact our community, in that the local residents and even the patients in hospital come to us for prayer with spiritual, physical and financial needs. The church has provided a source of clean water for the locals, and as we expanded, we managed to set up several other projects that have blessed the people around beyond anyone’s imagination.

In 1994, we began the next project which was the Hospice Clinic. We did not have enough space, so we used a small room. There was such great need in one of our rural churches (in Wasungwi), that our doctors had to commute everyday to go and treat people there. They used the church premises as a service centre until the residents of the area out of appreciation offered us a house we could rent at a subsidized cost. God has been good to us and we now have permanent clinics in Mbale Town and in Wasungwi. The level of need prompted us to begin the Mercy Ministry project which has impacted the needy and the children. We applied for support from Compassion International and some children were taken on the Child Development Centre (CDC) Project is going on well and Compassion International has done tremendous work in supporting us.

However, there number of needy children was overwhelming and another project called the Child Survival Program (C.S.P) was set up to support children right from birth to reduce the high infant mortality rate prevalent then. Needy expectant mothers and infants of 0-1.5 years were registered under this programme. Because of these services, we have seen some people give their lives to Christ having been touched by the support they got. The maiden Mercy Ministries is still running, because although Compassion Int. came in to help us, they could not carry the entire burden. At Mercy ministries, we deal with HIV/AIDS patients and others who have been abandoned in hospital without care. We visit them and donate clothes, foodstuffs, some medical treatment, and we also pray for them. We have brethren working with Compassion International who help in counseling and encouraging the patients to go to places like TASO for treatment.

The local people can access help from Mercy Ministries through our home cells. We have faced a challenge of conmen, so we came up with a venting committee which interviews the people before they can get help. I will not hesitate to hail Compassion International once again for offering support towards the construction of a waterborne toilet. To a large extent however, we do not have any major funding from external sources and all our activities are funded by the faithful giving of church members. The volunteers and directors of Mercy Ministries are also supported this way. The Church council is putting maximum effort in expanding the Child Development Centre Programmes, as we wait on God for the next step.