Pastor Morris Ogenga chairs the management team of Grace International Children’s Foundation (GICF), a registered Ugandan Non-Governmental Organization. He will speak about the Uganda ministries at the Rotary Club of San Marcos on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at noon at the VFW Hall, 1701 Hunter Rd.
There are well over 2.5 million orphans in the African country of Uganda, primarily because of HIV AIDS. Most of the orphans live with an elderly grandparent or other caregivers, but some have no one to care for them. Lulwanda Children’s Home was established in 2004 to provide care to orphaned and abandoned children and currently is home to 80 children.
Located near the city of Mbale in Eastern Uganda, the Lulwanda Community consists of the Children’s Home itself, Lulwanda Primary School, a medical facility for onsite first aid care, and the Lulwanda Farm, a ten acre parcel with a piggery, tilapia pond, gardens and a mango orchard, which provide food for the Children’s Home and some income to offset costs for the operation.
