LAHASH BLOG
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Introducing Path of Hope!
Abridged from the article, "Introducing Path of Hope," printed in Hope is Alive magazine by Leisha Otieno Lahash is proud to announce our partnership with Path of Hope, located in Shinyanga, Tanzania! As Bishop Joseph and Jeanette Nyakyema, both now in their 70s, approached retirement age, they contemplated returning to their quiet home near Lake Victoria. Instead, they took their denominational responsibilities in Tanzania’s Shinyanga ...
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas
The Lahash Christmas gift program is unique in that our sponsors can choose personalized gifts that will meet specific needs of their sponsored child. Sponsors can choose from beds, clothes and shoes, bikes, food, school supplies, and even building materials. The children at Grace and Healing Ministries were able to get together, enjoy a hearty meal, and receive their Christmas gifts! We are so grateful for the generous amounts donated by our sponsors, and from donors ...
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Help build Just 1 Well
The Amazing Grace Children's Home is located in Northern Uganda. The kids right now walk one mile to bring water back in jerry cans to their home for cooking, bathing, drinking, and cleaning. Today is International Water Day, and we want to help these kids get an on-site well. Currently a well has been dug ...
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The Amazing Playground Project!
"My name is Ethan, and I love playgrounds. There are a lot of playgrounds where I live in Portland, OR. But there are some places without playgrounds." One of the places Ethan discovered that doesn't have a playground is Amazing Grace Children's Home in Uganda. Many of kids living at Amazing Grace came from South Sudan, where their parents died during the war. Amazing Grace has given the kids a second ...
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Rice & Beans Month 2013
Welcome to Rice and Beans Month 2013! Each year during March, we connect with a global community of people and together we choose to simplify our diets to eat in solidarity with our friends in East Africa. At the end of the month, we share our food savings to help nourish the hungry. We hope you plan to join us this month! If you haven't yet seen this year's Rice & ...
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New Rice & Beans Month Video!
Lahash media director Casey Schilperoort has put together another fantastic video for this year's Rice & Beans Month. The video, titled "More Than a Meal," highlights the need for consistent nutrition for the vulnerable children in East Africa with whom Lahash partners. Rice & Beans Month can bring real change to the lives of these children one meal at a time! Please click below to watch the video, and please feel free to share ...
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Share The Love!
Valentine's Day is all about expressing our love for others. Some of those people may be close by and some may be far away. This year, six-year-old JoyAnna found a way to share her love with kids living half way around the world in northern Uganda. Partnering with One World Flowers, she sold flowers for Valentine's Day to raise money to help provide clean water for ...
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God Bless You With Discomfort – New 2013 Video!
We are excited to share our new 2013 video - featuring the voices of our partners and the kids we serve across East Africa. Please share it with others and help us spread this important message and prayer. May God Bless You with Discomfort May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart. May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, ...
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New Home Dedicated at Amazing Grace!
Lahash just facilitated a group of travelers to Uganda to work with our Sudanese and Ugandan partners during December of 2012. Home. The word often reminds us of comfort, security, and relationships. For a group of South Sudanese kids living in Uganda, the word has also been synonymous with the words transition ...
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Uganda Travel Update – Team holds Nile Youth Camp
Lahash is currently facilitating a group of travelers to Uganda to work with our Sudanese and Ugandan partners during December of 2012. Life in Northern Uganda is pretty challenging for most people. It involves a tremendous amount of demanding physical labor, very basic food, and a constant barrage of disease. The beautiful thing about the ...
