Jenga | Community Development Outreach

Project Overview (Click on the images below to see more project photographs)

JENGA's ministry is focused in 3 key locations which represent the poorest communities within Mbale. 2 slum areas; Namatala and Musoto and a mountainous rural area, Mooni (pronounced Mornay). However, as we seek to daily fulfill our mission statement, to demonstrate God's Love in action, we are finding the breadth of God's calling on us in reality is much wider than these key areas. Our main practical programmes consist of:

Water Project, Mooni

Water source for 6000 people purchased and donated to local community

Provision of gabion for mud filtration

Repair of 20 community stand taps and provision of 14 new ones

Repair of water tanks

3km of new water piping laid and repair of 150 leaks

2 schools connected to the water system

In March 2008 JENGA negotiated a contract with The Rotary Club of Mbale and the Government Water Office to secure a grant of £7000 for new water supply improvements in this deprived community.

Musoto Water Project

Rehabilitation of a broken water system for approx 8000 people

Taps and fitting replaced and water tanks repaired

Due to a specific generous donation, JENGA are now able to build a Borehole providing cleaner, safer water to many in the poor slum community of Musoto.

Rainwater Harvesting

JENGA now belong to the Rainwater Harvesting Association of Uganda. Training has now begun in Mooni on how to build sustainable water containers made out of local materials. Trainers can now move around other rural areas teaching others how to build this clean water collection facility.

Goat Project, Mooni

Local Goats cross bred with JENGA Male Hybrids so that all reciptants receive a pregnant cross bred Goat

Provision of healthy goats bred for poor village families with training on management

Donation of 90 female goats to establish programme overseen by our resident JENGA Veterinary Officer

2nd Goat Project planned in new rural area for 2009

Women's Ministry

Over 500 treated Mosquito nets given

Over 500 tested for HIV AIDS

Assistance with income generating projects such as craft making

5 Women's groups in Mooni and 5 in Namatala slum empowering women through education covering topics such as HIV, family planning & malaria

Training in the production of natural fuel efficient stoves which reduce cost, injury & damage to the environment

New ministry group planned for September 2008 in Musoto (1st in this community).

Vocational Training

Vocational training such as craft making, tailoring, computing skills, hairdressing for over 100 students planned for 2009

Education

18 Secondary school & 117 Primary school children sponsored.

Partnership formally established between Musoto Baptist Primary School, Mbale and Bodiam Primary School, East Sussex, UK

Extra curricula training in life skills for teenagers

Literacy Training in needy communities planned for September 2008.

Health

Full time Community Health Promoters course completed in Namatala.

Community health questionnaire in Namatala surveying 2,500 slum dwellers

New CHP course hoped for Mooni, possibly in 2009

Plans for a Health Clinic in Mooni in 2008

Partnership with Joy Hospice, a local health clinic near Namatala

Sponsorship of needy individuals providing for clinical tests, treatments and medicines

HIV testing & AIDS counselling

Sponsorship for select staff of the TASO 6 month Aids Programme. This programme covers pre and post test counselling plus instruction on how to register for treatment

Church Ministry

Weekly Prayer & Praise nights uniting many different churches & denominations

Monthly meetings between key Mbale Pastors, named The Oaks of Righteousness

Quarterly meetings for all Mbale Pastors and local leaders for fellowship & prayer

Taking any opportunities to share in local fellowships

Focusing on bring the Church together as one body of believers in unity. Promoting reconciliation, co-operation and good-will between believers

Prison Ministry

Ministering the word and prayer in 4 local prisons, donations of essential items such as mats, soap, medicines, clothes and footballs

Children's Bible Club

3 Bible Clubs for children started in Namatala, 2 in Mooni & 1 in Misoto. New club planned September 2008 in Namatala

Ongoing support of the 1st Baptist Church Bible Club

Monthly training for teachers working with children with needs

Bringing together children of different tribes, areas and faiths to teach them love and respect and the reason for basic Christian values

Provision of Shoes, clothes, scholastic materials, Bibles, etc

Child Restoration Outreach (CRO)

JENGA have begun a new ministry partnership, in January 2008, with the largest street children outreach in Mbale. CRO care for up to 700 needy street children. JENGA work alongside CRO staff, assisting with the spiritual care of the children. JENGA will commence a Bible Club and Youth Alpha course here later in 2008.

Internally Displaced People's Camps

Facilitation of various income generating projects and donation of goods such as clothes, shoes, mosquito nets and scholastic materials

Ministry visits and donation of goods to the camps where hundreds of thousands of people live, having been driven from their rural homes

Alpha, Uganda

JENGA have been accepted as Holy Trinity Brompton's (UK) Alpha mobiliser and partner for East Uganda, having hosted several training conferences

Alpha course and Youth Alpha to be commenced September 2007

Now JENGA work with 24 local churches, many of which have commenced Alpha programmes

JENGA Partnerships

JENGA have a strong vision to partner with other charities in an attempt to build together in the local communities of Mbale and Eastern and Northern Uganda