Street Boys
There continue to be some challenges for the team working with the street boys. The police have been rounding the boys up and putting them in prison because of attitudes towards them from some of the public. They are no longer able to move around so freely and therefore not able to meet at the office. Jethro and the team go around the streets of Kasese meeting with the boys encouraging them, checking up on them and gathering them at All Saint's Church, where they are allowed to meet. They meet together in fellowship and community. They also receive food and soap.
Jethro meeting the boys on the streets of Kasese
Meeting in fellowship at All Saints Church
Receiving their monthly soap
The boys are then taken to a hotel close by to eat.
The team continue to try to encourage the boys to return home so they are not on the streets, but in some cases this is not possible. Jethro has a very good relationship with them and knows where they hide out. He is tireless in seeking them out to check up on them.
Masereka Godwin
Mumbere Isima
Mumbere Isima and Masereka Godwin have sent us their testimonies and can be found on our Blog page
Some of the boys have been encouraged by the success of Mumbere Isima, (selling chapatis and beans) and Masereka Godwin (selling boiled eggs). Both these boys showed initiative by saving from selling scrap metal they'd collected and using those savings to set up small businesses.
William tells us there are three other boys who have shown interest in coming up with income generating ideas. The team are encouraging them and checking how stable they are. Hopefully soon we will be able to give them some capital to buy utensils to use in any business they start.
We are also encouraged to hear that Martin, one of our graduated street boys, has a passion to help the younger street boys and is out there giving his testimony and helping the team. He is currently taking football coaching courses so he can teach them football
Martin
We are happy that Martin is helping to organise them (street boys) for us. He is now a gentle man and when he gives his testimony the other street children believe him by example.
William says:
An interesting aside - the street boys first met in All Saint's Church when it was a little wooden shack. This photo is from about 2012 and now in 2025 we have come full circle but All Saint's Church is now the second Cathedral in Kasese. God is in control.
Updated October 2025
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