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…
Powering the future
Arnold is pursuing an electrical engineering diploma at Kyambogo University and is very happy with his choice. The university is near Kampala and the coursework is providing plenty of hands-on…
Welcome Baby Brian
We’ve been following Dr. Jaki’s progress and success for many years. The original inspiration for One Heart Uganda’s scholarship program – Jaki has led the way and made us proud…
Building on dreams
Waswa Peter has graduated from the Bukomero Technical Institute with a Building Construction degree. Prior to graduation, this summer he worked at an internship where he was able to help…
The gift of encouragement
We’re so grateful to Margaret and Ryan Spalding for their gift of encouragement to Jackie. They have generously funded the remaining tuition to see her through to her graduation from…
Laptops launch learning
Jovan and Michael are delighted. They recently received new laptops to ensure they’re equipped to excel in their college and university classes. Computers have always been an important part of…
Pizza worth the wait
After a 2-year hiatus, Sunday night’s Pizza Appreciation party was well with worth the wait. There are many things we’ve all missed over the last year and half, and this…
Hard work adds up to an internship
We’re so proud of Lawrence. He’s worked hard at Ndejje University for the last four years and has just begun an internship with the Grant Thornton firm in Kampala. A…
Passing with flying colors
We’re proud to share the recent results we received from our students’ candidate exams. 15 students took Primary 7 exams and 13 students passed and are ready to attend Senior…
Celebrating Fr. Jack Farry
We paid tribute to an amazing and inspirational man this week. Many years ago, Fr. Jack Farry put in motion the relationship we have with Uganda and the possibility of…
University learning continues during lockdown
Our Hand Up scholar, Juliet, is continuing to attend her civil engineering courses at Ndejje University virtually during the latest government lockdown period. With the help of her new laptop,…
Riding in style
We’re so lucky to have our assistant program coordinator, James, working to keep us connected to our students, especially during these difficult times. James works with Fr. Matthias, our Uganda…