Edidah was a school chaplain, gained a PhD from Makerere University, served as the Provincial President of the Mothers Union for the Church of Uganda.  Edidah-Mary was an orphan whose guardians could not afford funding for her secondary education. Basic teacher training was free in Uganda. In 1994 the Foundation paid for her 3-year BD...

The Revd Penninah Kamau, trained at St Paul's Limuru, and had charge of eight rural churches in the Rift Valley - Nakuru Diocese, Kenya. She explained that if parishes cannot pay their quotas to the diocese, the clergy do not receive their stipends. Penninah had not received her stipend for the past several months in...

Her 'Shalom Women’s' Development Initiative Agency' - SWODIA - has been recognised as a Community Based Organisation empowering women and fighting the practice of child sacrifice. Sarah Nakintu struggled to complete her 3-year Bachelor of Social Work and Social Administration course at Uganda Christian University in 2011 - taking on paid roles on the campus...

Irene Mondo used her Li Tim-Oi Foundation grant to train in adult literacy. As she teaches literacy skills, she also challenges some of the damaging customs in her culture. Irene lives on the outskirts of Kampala where, a few years ago, she started up an adult literacy centre in her own home. Since then, her...

Sponsored for a BA in Community Development at Daystar University, Kenya. "I am very thankful to the Li Tim-Oi Foundation for sponsoring me in my BA in Community Development at Daystar University, Kenya. I am using my skills and training so that I can change the attitude men have about women. It is my prayer that...

In September 2006 the Bishop of Lainya Diocese appointed me as the Diocesan Trinity Women training Centre Manager and as well to act as the Diocesan Planning and Development Officer because the Diocese lacks trained manpower to help run the Diocese administration. God willing I am shifting to the Sudan to start on this new...

''As a beneficiary of the Li Tim-Oi Foundation, I appreciate the Foundation’s support to my theological training. Your intervention was at the right time and has seen me changed. Formerly I worked as a lay-evangelist in my church with little theological understanding of the mission ahead of me that the good Lord had called me...

This is the situation that women particularly in my region have undergone: 1) Cultural beliefs among many communities that women are meant to serve men in the house and have no business going to school as they won't be allowed to work outside homes. 2) Girls are strongly considered as assets for bride price and...

“I graduated with M.Div from UCU Uganda in October 2011. I was Ordained Deacon in Dec 2012 and have been serving as a chaplain in Bubulo Girls High school, Mbale Uganda. In May this year UCU called me back for an MA in Biblical studies. I am currently for a one year course in Trinity...

Worked as a Peace Mobiliser in Warrap, South Sudan, and now is the Head of the Anti-Corruption Commission. Rose Aciendhel Kacthiek is 28 years old, married with three children. She started her Schooling at Mabior Yar Primary School, completing her primary and secondary education at Kakuma Refugee camp in Kenya.  With financial support from the...