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About Us
Our Future

Our Vision

When Father Simon Menya visited Guatemala in May 2017 with an Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) seminarian teaching team, his life and vision for his ministry to churches in his home country of Uganda changed forever.

Fr. Simon saw many similarities between Guatemala and Uganda. The climate, agricultural methods, poverty, life experience and struggles of the local Churches shaped his vision for the Northern Uganda Self-Sufficiency Project Ltd. His plan is to help foster self-sustainability in the community by implementing a variety of meaningful project initiatives with the Church at the center.

Please click the Play Button below to listen to the Lesser Doxology sung by our school

Lesser Doxoloy

by Students of Archangel Michael Orthodox High School

What Drives Us

Our Mission

Northern Uganda Self-Sufficiency Project Ltd is an effort to foster self-sustainability in the community of Northern Uganda by implementing a series of self- sufficiency projects centered around the Orthodox Christian Church.

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Our LeADERS and Organization Structure

Our Administration

Legal Organization

Northern Uganda Self-Sufficiency Project Ltd will operate as an independent legal entity under
the Orthodox Church. We have registered with the Ugandan Government as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).

Purpose of Organization

The purpose of this organization is to put members of the community directly to work so that they can own what they helped create.

INDEPENDENCE

Northern Uganda Self-Sufficiency Project Ltd is an independent, non-profit making body. The project will be non-partisan, non-governmental, non-political, and non-tribalistic.

Board of Directors

The administration of this Self-Sufficiency Project Ltd shall therefore be vested in and exercised by the Executive Director and Advisory Board.

Spiritual Oversight

The self-sufficiency project directly operates with the consent and blessing of His Grace Bishop Silvester of Gulu and Eastern Uganda.

Our Hope of A Bright Future

Our History

The Effects of CIVIL WAR

Civil War

Northern Uganda was ravaged by civil war for over 20 years. During the years of conflict, infrastructure was destroyed and churches deteriorated.

Children were abducted, forced into slavery, brainwashed and trained as soldiers to fight and kill. Many young girls were raped.

The area finally experienced peace in 2008 with the signing of a peace agreement.

 

Peace Agreement – 2008

People are now resettling into their homes, but they are restarting life from scratch as the region struggles to recover from the war. It is difficult for parishioners to provide for their own families, so they have little means to send their children to school and support a parish.

The Effects of Peace