People who hear about the Total Impact House tend to respond with widened eyes.
Only a dedicated level of pessimism could downplay the value of helping women rebuild their lives after surviving unspeakable cruelty within the Ugandan sex trade. But the way a pair of eyes widens says a little more than an everyday response to [...]
*Sarah’s Story
Sarah was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Northern Uganda while collecting firewood for her family. At the age of 13, she was forced to be a sex slave, or as the LRA euphemistically calls it—a “bride”. Sarah told me how grieved she was to learn the soldier she’d been given to owned two [...]
Sorry the lighting is so crummy. We didn’t have electricity in the house (generator was down) and there was a ton of people in the yard. Hopefully though, you can still see how delighted the girls were to see the pic that was included in the scrapbook and to hear what you had to say [...]
Under what circumstances do 11, 12, 13 year old girls ask someone to pray that they get more clients? How is that even possible? Unlike the red-light districts where girls are often locked in cages, or the children that are abducted and smuggled across international borders at gunpoint, the girls in this Kampala slum sat in front [...]
Hi everyone!
I have some great footage, pics, and messages from the girls. I’ll be posting them soon, but for now…we’ve hit a bit of a snag. There’s been rioting in Kampala and the military has blocked roads denying access into the city, thus making it impossible to get to the airport. President Musseveni and King [...]
On Saturday we visited the group of girls Robinah, a POH ”mommy” and counselor, has been working with in the slums of Kampala. All of these girls are engaged in nightly prostitution. They work in a brothel fifty yards from the classroom Robinah uses to teach them reading and writing. The girls range in age from 11 to 25.
When [...]
Hi everyone…just wanted to let you know we made it to Kampala. I have a bunch of pics to upload, but with the connection here, it takes about 20 minutes for each one. So, I thought I’d just narrow it down to the highlight of the journey thus far- that being a McKrocket burger at [...]