Year of Completion, Children’s Home and Church Ministries
SONRISE CHILDREN’S HOME
We have 10 children at the Sonrise Baby Home who are of age to move up but we have no room.
Sonrise Children’s Home moved from a modest 3 bedroom rental home in Jinja to our new compound in Kamuli District Uganda in 2018 with 42 children. Now with 66 resident children and 8 resettled in the villages, that we support, we are greatly over capacity. As children achieve the age of 3-4 in the Sonrise Baby Home they must either be resettled with family or move up to the Sonrise Children’s Home. We have no space to take in more children.
But you can help! Below is a list of financial needs. We have many ongoing projects which we’ve started but remain incomplete due to lack of funding.
Please pray with us that God will provide so we can continue to make an impact in the lives of children and families surrounding our home and associated with one of our 10 churches.
ACCESS ROAD ($11,000)
If you’ve visited our compound you are aware of the challenges with access over Ugandan roads. Our need is to provide critical repairs to our main access road to address washouts and poor drainage. - $11,000
CONSTRUCT 3 NEW LIVING COTTAGES ($228,000)
Our existing 3 duplex cottages are over capacity. We have an emergency need for at least 1 new duplex cottage to relieve our current situation. Our goal is to construct a total of 3 duplex cottages. Each duplex apartment accommodates 8 children and 1 auntie. - $76,000 each ($228,000 total) (without furniture)
EXISTING CHILDREN’S HOMES IMPROVEMENTS ($49,000)
Solar Power Batteries - $4,800
Pantries in each home - $3,900
Shelving in each home’s rooms - $2,100
Repairing verandas/porches - $16,304 (adding tile to protect chipping concrete)
Plumbing - $7,440
Adding Doors - $1,500
Bat Spraying every 3 months - $1,600
Lightning protection - $3,050
Generator - $7,600 (backup power so children do homework)
Metal Filing Cabinets (2) - $500
PAINTING ($10,900)
Painting of 3 existing children’s duplex cottages, cafeteria, primary, nursery, and small buildings - $10,900
COMPLETE FARM / MAINTENANCE / STORAGE / OFFICE - $7,500
MEDICAL (Medications, vaccinations, and dewormers) - $13,000
SONRISE COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN NURSERY & PRIMARY SCHOOL
Education Director/Primary Principle: Anna Alice
Our community school has some very talented, gifted, servant leaders that love what they do. We are praying for $15 monthly sponsors that will walk along with us in the education of the hundreds of poor village children in our area. We need your partnerships so we can provide needed education, provide 2 modest meals a day, have all the necessary books and supplies while sharing Christ.
Administrator: Anna Alice
Below is a list of financial needs. We have many ongoing projects which were started but remain incomplete due to lack of funding. See below and pray with us that God will provide.
NEW NURSERY SCHOOL BUILDING ($105,200) (Government required separation from Primary School block)
Because of a generous grant in 2018 a Nursery School block was started but was insufficient to complete. In 2021 we completed some additional work on the bearing walls in preparation of the roofing structure. Outstanding needs to complete:
Install roof, plastering, painting, windows, and doors - $65,000
Security fencing - $5,500
Playground - $6,000
Latrines for the teachers and students - $6,000
Lightning protection - $2,200
Children’s Uniforms - $3,000
Furniture - $12,000
School Books and supplies - $5,500
EXISTING PRIMARY SCHOOL ($55,400)
Security fence - $10,900
Playground equipment - $6,000
Outside latrines for the teachers/students - $6,000
Furniture - $3,000
School books and supplies - $12,000
Children’s Uniforms - $3,000
Sport equipment - $5,500
Solar inverter and batteries - $6,000
Lightning protection - $3,000
COMPLETE SEWING ROOM ($6,650)
Construction - $4,400
Sewing machines - $1,600
Supplies - $650
COMPLETE COMPUTER LAB (TO BE ANNOUNCED)
foundation, walls, roof, windows, doors, and plastering
Cost of 20 computers and professional printer - We are researching
COMMON AREAS
ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION FROM KAMULI ($40,000) (provide another source of power when solar doesn’t charge due to rainy season.)
FARM ($108,640)
Modifying our existing pig pen to a permanent pen and purchase eleven high breed pigs - $3,400
Construct goat house, 5 acres land, and fencing - $12,000 (current property is for school)
Construct paddocks in the swamp area so we can increase our acreage for rice, sweet potatoes, grazing and vegetables - $27,000
Farming/Secondary School land - $54,000
Food Storage Silos - $1,100 for 10 silos
2 Acres Yam Project - $350
2 Acres Eating Sugar Cane Project - $890
Chicken Coup, Fence, Equipment, 100 Chickens - $4,400
Ox Plough, 2 bikes, 1 boda, 20 rain jackets, water proof pants, water hoses, rakes, watering cans, pangas, slashers, tarps, wheel barrows, shovels, hoes, files, pump, sprayers, sickle cutters, gumboots, gloves, overalls, round hats, etc - $5,500
SECURITY AREA
Uniforms, Bow/Arrows, 2 bikes, flasks, batteries, pens, shoes, boots (8 ppl) - $4,700
VEHICLES
Truck for shopping and transporting things ($30,000) – 4x4 Van ($43,500)
OTHER
Paver Machine - $2,400 (so we can make our own cement pavers)
Melchizedek Pastoral Ministry
God has blessed us immensely with 8 church start-ups. Please pray with us as we continue the mission before us.
CHURCH PLANTING/MINISTRY NEEDS ($16,420)
Rent of Conference Center Owed - $900 (debt)
Rent of Conference Center for 1 more year - $900
Pr. Training Program for 1 year - $8,915. (Transport, teachers, food, certificates)
Graduation - $1,525
Study Bibles for Graduation Gifts - $2,395 (100 bibles)
Bibles for Church Ministry - $2,000 (200 bibles)
LAND FOR CHURCHES – ($76,000)
Land for our Jinja Church - $65,000. (They have an opportunity to purchase a permanent site for the Sonrise Jinja church. We are currently paying for rent.)
Small track of land for 10 Church Plants - $11,000