Pigging out
COVID and its aftermath have created some unlikely farmers. During lockdown, we shared how Fr. Matthias was growing beans as a helpful and healthy pastime. On a recent visit, we…
Reforestation plants hope
There’s something magical about planting a tree and imagining how it will grow. We experienced this during a recent tour of the Bethany Land Institute (BLI) Lazarus Forest. During our…
All celebrate
There’s a saying in Uganda, “when one celebrates, all celebrate” which loosely translates to epic parties. Such was the recent celebration for graduate and new Grant Thornton employee, Lawrence. 26…
Graduate spotlight: Eurica
Like many young people starting out, Eurica’s first career choice didn’t live up to her expectations. After attending a vocational school for cosmetology and hairdressing, she worked in a few…
Hands-on learning
Future tailors, auto mechanics and welding engineers learn with their hands and the support of each other at the St. John Bosco Vocational School. The sound of sewing machines beckoned…
Building bonds and a network
One Heart Uganda has celebrated 28 university and vocational school graduates since its inception 10 years ago. We recently gathered our graduates and soon-to-be-graduates to talk about their successes, challenges…
Pennies fund full scholarship
St. Andrew School students and families met the challenge to raise enough money through a coin collection to fund Mauricia’s vocational school scholarship. The annual Penny Challenge raised $4,747 –…
Shop with purpose
For the week of June 13, Noonday will donate 30% of all sales to OHU thanks to Andrea Keefe’s trunk sale. Use this link to shop: https://bit.ly/NoondayandOHU. In addition to…
St. Andrew has heart
St. Andrew students set a new fundraising record of $4714.14 in this year’s annual Penny Challenge which will fund Mauricia’s vocational small business trade school education. The fundraising total and…
We got coin!
Last Friday, a small group loaded up their cars with buckets and buckets of coins collected from the St. Andrew School Penny Challenge. “The kids were so excited to have…
Lawrence has graduated!
We’re so proud of Lawrence, who recently graduated from Uganda Martyrs University with a degree in accounting. He has been interning at Grant Thornton in Kampala for the past several…
Bethany Land Institute visit
The Bethany Land Institute, BLI, is celebrating its grand opening this July after several years of planning and development. Its President, Fr. Emmanuel Katongale, has been a tremendous friend and…
Books open young minds
This past week, St. Andrew School students celebrated Catholic Schools Week by reading and learning about Uganda, students in Africa and their unique challenges. The value of education and the…
OHU Day at St. Andrew
We kicked off St. Andrew School’s Catholic School Week with One Heart Uganda day on Friday – when students and teachers came dressed in red to celebrate. Teachers got to…
Learning comes full circle
We’re so proud of our recent graduate, Josephine, who has finished her teaching internship and now has a classroom of her own at Archbishop Stensera Secondary School in the Mpigi…