by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Sep 9, 2019 | News
Nearly 1,000 days – 951 to be exact. That’s how long it has been since Edward Dima last saw his hometown of Kajo-Keji, South Sudan. At 10 a.m. local time on Jan. 31, 2017, Dima left for Uganda, where he and his family have been living as refugees from the ongoing...
by Vickey Casey | May 13, 2014 | News
In a country ravaged by violence less than a decade ago, the people in one Ugandan city are regaining their sense of community, independence and financial stability, thanks to BMS World Mission worker Alex Vickers and Ugandan supported partner worker Acaye Genesis....
by Chris Hall | Oct 24, 2013 | Opinion
Gareth Shrubsole, a BMS World Mission worker in western Uganda, was taken aback by the devastation he saw in the Kasese district when heavy rains brought flooding on May 1. “I’ve never been anywhere where there has been flooding before. It took a while to...
by Sarah Stone | Aug 14, 2013 | News
Nine years ago, 78 percent of northern Uganda’s Gulu District were living in abject poverty, internally displaced and dependent on supplies from the World Food Programme (WFP) to even survive. Today, 12 communities in Gulu are selling their excess produce back...
by Sarah Stone | Jul 29, 2013 | News
You wouldn’t automatically pair music therapy with hearing impairments, but, in Uganda, BMS World Mission worker Bethan Shrubsole is doing just that. “We use the instruments they can feel – they feel vibrations – and we sign songs to the rhythm,”...