Greetings from all of us at the Kitega Centre, learn more about what has been happening at the Kitega Centre in the last month. Click here to read the full update
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May 2019 Update
We are excited to share our May update: The Children continue to learn several skills for independent living when they come to the centre, and we thank the staff and volunteers for all they do to make life better for the children with disabilities. For the month of May the
Zimba Kabuyonjo project.-A latrine for a family
Will you make a family’s dream come true? We are blessed to be a blessing to others. In 2018 a needs assessment was carried out by our church and community mobilisation development partners in three villages; Katungulu, Bugomba and Kitabuli, they gathered the most pressing needs faced by different communities.
April 2019 Update!
Easter greetings from all of us at the Kitega Community Centre. Around this time, twenty years ago the Kitega Community Centre was born, starting in a mango tree at the Kitega Church of Uganda. On March 31st 2019, friends and well wishers of the Centre gathered to launch the 20th
International volunteers at the Centre – Linda Hopper
When the celebrations to mark 20 years of Kitega Community Centre were launched on the last day of March, it was a great privilege for me to represent 200 volunteers, who have either travelled from many countries from five different continents to the Centre, or have been virtual volunteers online.
The Heart of the Kitega Centre -Sarah Jane Ramsay
My experience of East Africa began when I was 2 years old when my parents took myself and my brother to live in Kikuyu Kenya. They went out as missionaries with the Presbyterian Church of East Africa and when they went out they were the only Bazungu (white people) in
March 2019 Update!
Looking back over those years my time with the Centre has helped me realise that it is only in giving of yourself that you really find yourself and that I know I have gained far more from the Centre than I have been able to give to it. I have
Meet Kika – VICOBA
Christopher (almost 80 years old) one of the members of Kika- VICOBA, he was very excited to show us his banana plantations which he named “VICOBA” he has set up a model garden in the village, a great encouragement to his group members and the community at large and he
Mukisa – VICOBA
Mukisa -VICOBA today, “Mukisa” is a Luganda word that means “Blessing” This is one of the new VICOBA groups that was formed after the Church and Community mobilization in the community, these men and women are working hard to uplift the entire community. Their stories confirm that two is better
Katungulu – VICOBA meet Aidah
Visiting VICOBA groups in the famous Katungulu Community. Meet Aidah a member of Bumu -VICOBA, she says; “VICOBA is the light in our community” She has been working hard, making stools as her main vocation and added several projects too. VICOBA has encouraged her to work hard and be part