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Winter 2016 From Misery to Joy: Josephine’s Journey by Christine Anyango, Give Us Wings Uganda Family to Family Program Manager Anyango Josephine is one of the pupils recruited for the Family to Family Program in 2015. As revealed by immediate neighbors of her family, she suffered a lot of domestic violence in her home. She…

Amazon Shoppers! Did you know that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Give Us Wings whenever you shop on AmazonSmile? It’s true. And it’s easy. So the next time you are shopping on Amazon, be sure you are using AmazonSmile and supporting Give Us Wings! Thank you!  …

  Check out the new Give Us Wings video which was shown at our Founders’ Event in St. Paul in October, featuring exciting updates. Take a few moments right now to learn about the strong people in Kenya and Uganda who are accomplishing great things with your strong support.  To view more videos from past events, check…

Fall 2016 Electricity has Arrived in Nyaoga, Kenya! This is a life-saving development for this community! With a grant from the Mary Alphonse Bradley Fund, Give Us Wings had all four buildings in the Nyaoga compound wired for electricity. Electricity in the Nyaoga Community Dispensary means that the vaccines and medicines can be stored safely,…

Sponsored Students Give Back to Their Community In May 2016, the 63 sponsored children in the Family to Family Program and their adult leaders planned and took part in their second community involvement activity — planting fruit tree seedlings! The students planted the trees at the Prime View Education Centre Nursery and Primary School where most…

    Meet Anthony Munene — St. John’s Kayoro Health Centre II, Health Program Manager Edmind and Anthony at the St. John’s Kayoro Health Centre II  

Thank you for Rising Up for Families! Thank You to everyone who attended the event Saturday, April 16 in Minneapolis! What an amazing group of kind and generous people. Thank you for believing in Give Us Wings and investing your time and resources in the people in Kenya and Uganda. We’re all partners in this work and none of…

Family to Family Sponsorship Program!   “I was very excited because my mother could not afford to pay my school fees at once. And at times when I was sent home for school fees, I would first wash plates at a restaurant for one week to get money to pay my fees. I am so…