A letter to our sponsors...

Dear Sponsors,

It is with great excitement that we inform you of an upcoming mission trip to Uganda, Africa, of which Rock of Ages will be the primary focus. The team is comprised of Ariane and Hannah Drake, Ali Garrett-Nash, Jackson Shaver, and Tamera and Vince Hopkin. The team will be leaving June 20 and returning July 12. While at Rock of Ages the team hopes to accomplish several projects, including a day for girls where there will be discussions about maturation and menstrual supplies which will be given to students in need; malaria education; sponsorship correspondence; new property renovations including chain link fence construction and planting of trees and shrubs pending costs.

A short note on malaria in the area- According to the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (unicef), “Malaria remains the second killer disease among children under five...according to the Uganda Demographic Health Survey 2011.” Malaria continues to plague the students and families of Rock of Ages and we hope to provide them with the basic and most effective means of combating this disease - insecticide treated nets. For a look at the last Malaria Education
Day hosted at Rock of Ages check out this link: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs186/1104331296619/archive/1118002679483.html 

Any donations for these projects are greatly appreciated and can be made through our website at http://www.hands4uganda.org/donate. Monetary donations are specifically needed to fund the purchase of insecticide treated nets, and new property renovations. If you would like to designate a donation you will be able to specify in PayPal which project you would like to contribute to. If you would prefer your donation to be placed in our general fund, of which will be used for various expenses and needs for the school and families please simply designate your donation as “Mission Trip 2016”.

There are currently over 250 students attending Rock of Ages making the transport of blessing bags to Uganda an almost impossible task. Instead we hope to provide each child with a personal letter from their sponsor including pictures, letters, drawing, etc. In order to keep things fair for each child, we ask that your correspondence be limited to one #10 business size envelope (4-1/8-in-x-9-1/2-in) per child. Feel free to be creative with what you send your sponsored child! As long as it can fit inside the envelope (allowing full closure) you can include it! The team will distribute each envelope to the intended students, collecting responses to bring back to you from your sponsored child.

There are a number of students who are currently not sponsored. If anyone would be willing to create an additional envelope(s) full of encouraging words and love for one of these students, the extra help would be greatly appreciated.

Please drop off or mail any sponsorship letters to the address below by June 24th:
Hands4Uganda, Inc
2900 Summit Drive
Pocatello, ID, 83201

Thank you so much for all that you do for Hands4Uganda. Without our sponsors we would not be able to continue to bless the lives of the children in the ways that we are capable of doing today.

In Christ,
Hands4Uganda