Kampala 2 Day Sports Ministry Training

 

 (Mathias practicing the skit & sweat dripping down Eddy face the food was gooood)

Well 2011 has really kicked off now 34/40 leaders turned up for the Kampala 2 Day Training last Friday and Saturday. Went through many topics from building and sustaining a team, mobilisation and sensitization to teaching life skills through sports practical in the field and the leaders plan a complete outreach and doing it with 70 kids.

 The 34 leaders came from 13 different projects in Kampala, Entebbe & Mukono Districts which is exciting news as they all seemed full of life with zeal to take their ministries forwards.

 

Now its down to our follow-up in KSM Head Office, we have already started to meet with the head leaders of the projects about way forwards for 2011 and what else KSM can do to help move their project forwards.










Next month if Mbarara, Masaka & Jinja Training, busy busy...

Sam & Mathias Join the Office

Great to finally after so much planning have Mathias and Sam in the Outreach office working alongside me 4 days a week. First week was gone well ending with a training Friday and Saturday.


Again thank you so much this is your sponsorship that has made this possible.

FUND RAISING COMPLETE

Its been a huge challenge for me over the last 3 years to raise all of the money needed for me to be able to be in Uganda.

Since 2008 You Guys have helped me raise £5352 INSANE.

As most of you know i am finishing my time with Kings Sports Ministry Uganda in July 2011 and i need to raise £2276. With all of your help and support i have not just raised this but gone over it.

Since 1st Dec 2010 - 31st Jan 2011 You guys have helped me raise £2328

THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL WHO HAVE DONATED TO ME PRAYED FOR ME AND SUPPORTED ME OVER THE LAST 3 YEARS. I PROMISE TO GIVE THE NEXT 5 MONTH EVERYTHING I HAVE.

GOD BLESS ALL

Two New Assistant Outreach Co-Ordinators

 Your Money has done more than just helped me with my ministry expenses. it has now allowed me to support two Assistant Outreach Co-coordinators for KSM. These two guys have been working as volunteers in KSM for the past 4 years and have done so much for the ministry and me during my time here. Now i am blessed to be able to give back and invest in them.











Name: Sam Oyirwoth
Age: 29
Project: Children's Time Namuwongo Slum (1 year old)
Nick Name: Pr Sam or Oga

Sam has had many roles as a volunteer in KSM starting of running KSM Kisugu to handing that over and taking up Children's Time Namuwongo which is now established well for the past year with 8 leaders and 200+ children. CTN has been chosen to become the Flagship Program meaning it is the example program for KSM when ever people want to learn about what we are all about we point them to Sam. I am much looking forwards to working alongside Sam more closely his humor, laughter and overwhelming passion to share Christ with the young children is an example to us all.

Name: Mathias Mulumba
Age: 26
Project: Youth For Christ Ug / (assisting) St Stephens Kisugu
Nick Name: Matt

Mathias Mulumba best known as my flatmate for the past two years is an exciting prospect full of energy and passion for sports and children. Mathias has been working with KSM as a volunteers since 2006 and has progressed through to become a much needed part of the team. His best attributes are his organisation and coaching skills so i hope by working alongside me he will grow to become apart of the future of KSM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SPONSORSHIP YOU MADE THIS POSSIBLE

Kampala 2 Day Training

 (All 3 area within the Green circles)

Kampala, Mukono & Entebbe Districts
come together for one big Training 

100 Children

40 Leaders 

2 Day Training 

4th & 5th February

Read more soon........

Tomorow's Heroes

 Tomorrow's Heroes is a new ministry working with street children in Kivulu a slum in the heart of Kampala. It has been started up by Kate Dodds who has been working with these children in Kivulu for over 10 months now. The program used to run on a Saturday afternoon in the middle of the slum with limited space or facilities to run a meaningful program. Then God opened up a door through a connection i had with a church on the edge of Kivulu called Deliverance Church. With the new name decided by the kids "Tomorrow's heroes" in place, fantastic facilities of a play area, classrooms and shower rooms everything is set. This past Sunday Kate and her team held their first outreach at the new spot with 75 street children coming along an amazing turnout for the first time. all the kids split into small groups ready and willing to change their lives. Please but this new ministry in your prayers that it will grow and flourish to become a way for street children in Uganda to know Jesus as their Lord and Saviour

Pictures above: Jude on the left giving some of the kids a haircut, on the right my and Jonah leading the bible talk on "Three Stands are better than One" and below Ashley leading her group the

"Tigers" in their small group time.

  

KSM Reaching Out

ACDIPE:

Is an NGO that was formed in 2006 to help disadvantaged people in the slums of Kawempe (a suburb of Kampala City) to access basic services to live a decent life. 

VISION

An organization that excels in improving the quality of life of orphans, vulnerable children and other disadvantaged people 

MISSION

To contribute to a process of giving hope to orphans, vulnerable children and other disadvantaged people by facilitating to acquire knowledge and skills required to make them self reliant. 

CORE VALUES

 Hard work, Honesty, Transparency, Patience, Love for the child.

ACDIPE Has all the wonderful atributes that KSM looks for in a partner organisation.... stay close we will be reaching out to the children of ACDIPE in mid Feb....

HOW GOD IS USING ME TO REACH THE GIRLS AT RAHAB UGANDA

 Last Week I told you about Rahab Uganda, a ministry working with girls who have been abused. Well yesterday i went back to the home for the weekly sports ministry session with the girls. We were focusing on Leadership with 3 of the girls about to go to University it was such a relevent topic which they opened upto so well. I have bult a bond wth the girls now that has made them relaxed around me. As they shared some of the difficulties of there past with people telling them what to do and this leading to abuse. We looked at them being the example, taking a step in the right direction and being a leader like Jesus, as it talks about in John 13:1-20 Jesus leads by example and surves the dispiles by washing their feet and Moses a great leader in the bible who even when he did wrong God used him and his trust in God lead to the Isralitmes becomgin free from Eygypt. Being around these girls builds me up and reminds me why i am in Uganda to make a difference in the lives of children through sports.

The Leaders have grasp how to use sports to 
reach these girls and are now 
thriving in this Ministry.

Uganda Elections: Campaining with a difference

View from my flat of the election campaigns

with hundreds of people watching.

Well the Uganda Elections are around the corner. And all the pollination's are doing there best to be recognised and get the votes. Picture above shows how hundreds of people are happy to leave there work and watch some dancing and entertainment put on by a politician wanting to be the next mayor of Kampala. Instead of telling the people who he is going to improve the city and create a much better livelihood for the people. he brings in some dancers to well dance for hours on end. Ugandan Politics Fantastic.

SOOOOOOOOOOO CLOSE

 

£608 TO GO

Its been amazing for me to see God provide through those
i would least expect it.With the end in sight i
am looking forwards to not having to ask
people for money, and am excited 

to see where the remaining

£608 comes from.

Reaching the Needy

There Mission is to restore the self image of girls affected by sexual exploitation and empower them for personal and community transformation.

I got involved with them through a connection to there staff, who invited me to come and introduce to the sports Ministry. On reaching the Centre i found a large compound and home for 15 girls aged 17-20. And met the 4 leaders who where excited about being trained. You know somtimes when you go to a place with little expectations and then just get blown away, thats exactly what happened.

Over the past week and two sports session later the 4 leaders have taken over, they applied for the equipment loan scheme and have now started using our equipment for the games. Looking fowards to my next session on Tuesday next week, and see what the leaders have got planned for us to do. The door has been opened.

2011 Fundraising Going Well

 £808 TO GO

£808 TO GO. So Far i have (7/21) friends to sponsor me
Still Need - (14 friends) x (£10 per month) x (6 months) = £840
Message me if you fancy being one of my sponsors 

2011 On The Road

Sports Ministry Trainings

Five Districts to Train

Five Weekends to Travel

250 Leaders to Inhance

Sports Ministry to Spread all over Uganda

2011 will be a huge for KSM and it is all starting with some exciting trainings around the country in 5 different locations, hoping to train 250 leaders and enhance around 20 projects with new skills that will help them move to the next level.

Fund Raising By the End of 2010

TIME TO REACH OUT IN FAITH

£1,258

STILL TO RISE FOR 2011

Here is the plan?

. (21 friends) x (£10 per month) x (6 months) = £1260

I am reaching out in faith that i can get 21 of my friends to sponsor me £10 per months for 6 months Jan-June 2011.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. LET ME KNOW ASAP IF YOU UP FOR BEING ONE OF MY SPONSORS

Full Gospel Church Football Team

A call from a old friend who is a youth Pr at full Gospel Church Makerere about a bunch of youth who need a coach and my ears started to tingle. I have never been into coaching youth football teams but was excited about the challenge over the Christmas period with a match in early January 2011. over the last two weeks and 4 training session later and they are looking more like a team young in age 16-18 but with some real skill. Should be an interesting year to see if I can really improve this team enough to compete against some of the bigger teams around.

Final Entebbe Visit 2010

Lunyo Children's Centre has been such an exciting project which came about during the final months of 2010 and I felt it was so important to give them a boost going into 2011. Also a great opportunity to bring Ezra from KSM Kawaala along with me. For some more experience and a well deserved treat after a hard working year. We Got down there and had a fun 2 hour sports coaching session with 10 of their leaders. Great to see some of the girls come out and as always their leader Christine full involved.

We left them with a bunch of sports equipment using our loan scheme which I feel was a huge encouragement for them and know ministry will be carrying on even over the Christmas time. 2011 will be a huge year for them not just in establishing their ministry but helping to establish Entebbe as a huge area for sports ministry.

Christmas Partys Begin

Crane / Making a Difference

During the world cup KSM worked under viva Crance a children rights organisation who where funded by Making a Difference from the UK. Well some of the m.a.d. team came back out to celberate get invovled in the Crane christmas parties and i was invited along to give a helping hand in the area of sports. Was great fun of course around 200 kids playing sports in a indoor hall and a 30 degree grass sloping hill true Uganda style.

Pantomime and Christmas Cantata

You may well think that a Pantomime called Shrekerella is not for a grown man like myself but you will be wrong. Having some fun outside of my busy working schedule to see my first Panto and i have to say the three hours i sat there where full of pure entertainment.

Watoto Church is now getting into the Christmas season the past weekend with the Children's Cantata based on The Tale of Three Kings, fantastic show and much looking forwards to the Adults version next week.

THE MONEY IS SLOWLY STARTING TO COME

GOING AMAZING GUYS £788 ALREADY RAISED

Well one third of the way there £1488 still to rise for my final 6 months of Uganda in 2011.

Check out My Pyramid of fund so far to keep up to date on what is still to rise.

REMEMBER THIS IS TO COVER:

• Living Costs, food, rent…
• Malaria Tabs
• Health Insurance
• Flight Home
• Botswana Learning Trip
• Some money for fun
• Sponsorship of an Assistant Outreach Co-coordinator to work along side me for my final 6 months.

You Can Donate To Me Ever By:

1. http://www.justgiving.com/Luke-Cheeseman

2. You can send to my UK Address: (27, Green Fold, Gorton, Manchester,
M188RJ)

THE SURGERY

Illness in Uganda

For the past week and half i have been down ill.

This wasn’t the best of timing as it was leading up to the final Scripture Union Camp of the year which i ended up missing. I became ill enough that i made myself seek medical help first at a local surgery and was wrongly diagnosed with everyone’s favourite Malaria. Then after another 4 -5 days without improvement went to a place they call "The Surgery". Lead by Dr. RJ Stockley (British) at midnight with the help of Kate went down to "The Surgery" and found a fantastic Ugandan doctor who diagnosed me in about 5 minutes with severe Dehydration (which probably sounds a lot worse than it really is). So for the next 3 hours having three drips put through my system and Kate by my side final left and headed back home to wake up the next day feeling much better.

BIG THANK YOU TO

"THE SURGERY"