Testimonies Archives

Leah – Kisumu

Written By: Every Life Kenya
On 07 May 2020

Leah* is a single mother of three. When we met her in 2017 she was in her early twenties and was struggling with three young children after the violent murder of her husband. She was facing many challenges and unable to meet her basic needs. Struggling to keep her family alive and experiencing difficulties withMORE >

Hope came looking…

Written By: James Knight
On 10 Mar 2020

When we first met Zamu, she was a friendly Muslim mother of six who reluctantly let us share the word with her but remained firm in her religion. “…I liked what he [Jesus] stood for; what’s wrong with someone saying don’t steal, don’t kill? So I always attended the Every Life discipleship groups in myMORE >

Committed to community

Written By: James Knight
On 11 Feb 2020

In building community we have to walk step by step with people, supporting and enabling them, helping strengthen relationships. Sometimes this takes many years and all kinds of highs and lows but life is a journey and there are no quick fixes. What we do know is that every bit of progress is easily undoneMORE >

Joy

Written By: James Knight
On 21 Jan 2020

Thanks to many of you, this year’s Children’s Camp in Uganda was a huge success. 170 children gathered at our Family Centre for a weekend of fun and games and to learn new skills in the beautiful and peaceful countryside outside Kampala. “I loved singing and dancing at the Kid’s Camp. I learnt how toMORE >

A Christmas to remember

Written By: James Knight
On 26 Nov 2019

Rachel is thirteen and lives with her family just outside Kasubi, one of the communities we work in around Kampala. Last Christmas she came to the Children’s Camp that we ran at the Family Centre, a beautiful spot in the countryside, an hour or so from town. It’s a place where vulnerable families can comeMORE >

Every life is a journey

Written By: Robert Were
On 25 Sep 2019

One Frontline morning, we met a family of seven children led by a unemployed single-mother named Mary. The first person that caught our eye was a boy in the background with sunken eyes, dry, chapped skin and a very sad face. On inquiry, we discovered this was Edward, a 14 year-old with impeded growth (heMORE >

Something to chew on

Written By: James Knight
On 10 Jul 2019

One of the practical health issues that we encounter regularly in the slum communities around Kampala is malnutrition. It’s such a prevalent issue that at any one time our team could be dealing with a handful of serious cases in each community we work in. It is one of the most frustrating challenges that weMORE >

Putting the fun in fundraising!

Written By: James Knight
On 11 Jun 2019

“Four years ago, Nicola wrote to Every Life supporters asking if we would consider becoming charity ambassadors. My first response was, ‘No way! I don’t want to ask people for money, or do a sponsored run, walk or parachute jump!’ A couple of days later, I visited my local community market where local people sellMORE >

One life at a time

Written By: Anita Balikobaku
On 07 May 2019

Goretti lives in Kinawataka slum in Kampala. She is a regular at both the Life Group and Discipleship Group that Every Life set up in that community. It has been a joy to walk life with her the last few years and to see the positive change in her and her family. We asked herMORE >

Unearthing gold

Written By: James Knight
On 27 Feb 2019

Two of our Frontline team found Mama Jotham very depressed and hopeless. Her son Jotham has cerebral palsy and she didn’t have the means to take proper care of him. She had been marginalised by the community and told our team that life felt so dark and oppressive. They offered to pray with her andMORE >