Wakisa Ministries News & Updates

We are excited to let you know that our our Director Vivian Kityo was named among Africa's Most Influential Women in Business and Government in  MIW Magazine 2015 among other accomplished ladies doing wonderful things in Africa for the work that we are doing here at wakisa, Providing a safe place for teenagers who are facing crisis pregnancies.
This exercise was carried out by the CEO Global team

you can read the full feature here

The new year 2016 has come with amazing news and we praise God for that. 

Winny Chemutai and Peace Katushabe Graduated from Kyambogo University with Bachelors in Micro Finance and Bachelor of Arts in Education respectively. We are so proud of them. 

Their journeys as young mothers have not been easy with dead years which came in the way of their educational dreams. They however with the help of our sponsorship program were able to go back to school and excelled and now hold 

Wakisa Ministries celebrated 10 years in existence. This is a wonderful mile stone and we thank God or it. We also thank our partners, friends and all those who have supported us and seen us come this far. To all who joined us in person and spirit we are truly grateful. We look forward to the new year as you continue to help us support the pregnant teenage mothers in 2016. 

May God bless you all. 

Behind the high walls of a spacious house at Bakuli, a suburb about 5km west of Kampala city centre is Wakisa Ministries-- Uganda's only teenage pregnancy crisis centre.

The 27 girls we found here when we visited should normally be at school or at home with their families. Instead, each one of them is here with a little secret.

They are either nursing little babies or carrying them in their small tummies. Over the last 10 years, Wakisa Ministries has become a household name for taking in hundreds of distressed pregnant girls from around Uganda.

Part of our vocational skills program includes farming and we ventured into mushroom growing. Our mushrooms are doing great...and guess what? We had some for lunch today.

Helping hand. Many young girls have found themselves turned into mothers even when they know nothing about motherhood. These are some of unfortunate souls Wakisa Ministries takes care of, as   Zuurah Karungi explores.

You can find here the full article 

Shamila15 years was taken back home by her old grandma after she had a baby girl on the 13th ,she was raped by 5 boys as she went down the well and she will never know the father of the child. As she received on going counseling and praying for her she gained a forgiving spirit and healing took place.

This was a great event to raise awareness of the plight of young pregnant girls as well as raising of funds locally Mavuno church, Namirembe Cathdral,2 primary schools, Youth for Christ, MEMPROW girls , individual men and women joined us for a 3 kilometre walk. The invited media attended for their news coverage. We thank God for the advocacy ,items and the checks in local currency which we received.

Olivia Volunteers have been so helpful namely Jenny, Joanne, Laura and Veerle. Joane has put a face lift to the walls of the office corridor and the wall.There is a new Center manager is Ruth Gambu and she teamed up well with the rest of the staff to organize the Charity Walk. Veerle was God sent as she has stood in to do the secretarial work for me .Dinah had to leave this month.