Total Impact House

Super quick update from our friends at the Total Attorneys House: Tomorrow we have a new girl moving in! Her name is Bianca. I’ll be able to tell you a little about her in the ensuing weeks (along with a few pictures). Pauline and Blake are really excited for her to [...]

I just got off the phone with Blake as he happened to be at the Total Impact House with the girls. They were in the process of making dinner – posho and beans. The girls were extremely excited to tell me about what they’ve been up to. Joyce has been learning English [...]

Juliet will soon help lead an Art Therapy program at our Bwaise drop-in center. We are hoping to start (God willing) in the next few months. Our goal is to then have the teacher/counselor and a few girls from Bwaise travel to Gulu and do some projects with the girls at the Total Impact [...]

Halloween developed a touch of charity over the course of its evolution.
Origins of the holiday pin it starting around 2,000 years by Celts living in what is now Ireland, other parts of the United Kingdom and Northern France. Called Samhain (pronounced sow-een), the festival marked the end of fall and harvest season just before winter [...]

Mary represents a short-lived demographic. Girls that resort to prostitution in the desperate attempt to pay their school fees rarely make it to graduation day. One world consumes the other and learning to cope with physical and emotional trauma leaves little energy and eventually concern for essays and math tests. It’s supposed [...]

“How are our friends back in Chicago?” This was the question I was asked repeatedly—even by girls I was meeting for the first time. When hope is as scarce as a warm bed or a decent meal; word travels fast of a place offering all three.
When I walked into the compound this past week, I [...]