Opportunity Knox 2.42

This Facebook page will keep people informed of the work of Opportunity Knox by keeping followers informed of our work in Africa and to ask people to contribute towards the work we are carrying out in Africa. Rather than spreading our resources too thinly in Africa, we have decided to concentrate all our efforts, at least initially on a small geographical area in Eastern Uganda. The area is Tiira Village not far from the border town of Busia. How we decided to help this Village came around from our visit to the village as part of a trip organised to Uganda by World Vision Ireland during November 2015.

We have revisited Tiira in April 2016 and with the help of local contacts we evaluated the needs of some of the poorest families in the Village and drew up a programme to help them. We purchased mattresses and blankets for homes that needed them for their children.WE also put in place a means to supply some of the families with porridge on a weekly basis so that the children will not have to go to school hungry. We have commenced paying school fees for all children in the chosen families for the new school term which commenced on the first Monday in June 2016. The sponsors have also donated money to build a children's playground for the village so that the children have an opportunity to experience some fun in their lives.