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Dear SFN Community, Supporting Team, Donors, Subscribers, and Friends of FER Integrated Orphanage Community School,

I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to update you on the current situation at our school in Uganda. Unfortunately, we are facing a critical situation that demands our urgent attention and support.

Our school, which is home to 600 vulnerable children, is struggling to provide basic necessities like food, shelter, and healthcare. The situation has become dire, and we are in desperate need of financial assistance to sustain our operations.

Recently, I had a meeting with the relatives of our children to discuss the matters at hand. Unfortunately, it was a somber gathering, filled with stories of tragedy and hardship. Many of our children have been orphaned due to HIV/AIDS, poverty, and conflict. Their relatives, who are already struggling to make ends meet, are unable to provide the necessary support.

This is where we need your help. We are appealing to your generosity and kindness to consider providing financial assistance to our school. Your support will go directly towards providing food, shelter, healthcare, and education to our children.

Any contribution, no matter how small, will make a significant difference in the lives of our children. We are grateful for your consideration and support.

Please join us in this noble endeavor to provide hope and a brighter future for our children.

Thank you for your kindness and generosity.

Best regards,

Andrew Cohen Gumpi
Director, FER Integrated Orphanage Community School

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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND
A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2025 TO ALL!
ON BEHALF OF THE LEADERSHIP OF FER ASCENDERS' FELLOWSHIP COMMUNITY KALIRO UGANDA AND FER INTEGRATED COMMUNITY ORPHANAGE SCHOOL, I EXTEND WARMEST WISHES TO MY DEAR FRIENDS, FAMILY, ASSOCIATES, RELATIVES, AND TO ALL MINISTERS IN THEIR DISTINGUISHED CAPACITIES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. I ALSO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO EVERYONE WHO HAS ENDURED AND MANAGED TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF OUR SCHOOL AND MINISTRY. REMEMBER, SAFETY FIRST! MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

Exploring Career Choices: An Academic Research Trip for Orphaned Students

Introduction:
The FER Integrated Orphanage School Program recently organized an academic research trip for older children who have reached secondary school level. The theme of the trip was "Choosing a Career," aimed at helping students shape their career choices. The trip took students to nearby markets, business centers, schools, factories, and agriculture farms, including Kaliro Open Market, Kaliro Bakery, Nesta Fuel Station, and NANA Farm Kaliro.

Challenges:
Despite the excitement and enthusiasm, the trip was not without challenges. Students had to walk long distances due to lack of transportation, which was exhausting. Additionally, the children spent the entire day without food, which affected their energy levels. Inclement weather and shortage of funds to support the trip further complicated the situation.

Objectives:
The research trip aimed to expose students to various career options, enabling them to make informed decisions about their future. By visiting different markets, business centers, schools, factories, and agriculture farms, students gained hands-on experience and insight into various professions.

Conclusion:
The academic research trip was a valuable experience for the students, despite the challenges faced. However, the school is currently facing difficulties in raising funds to renew the rent contract for the school premises. We appeal to our sponsors and well-wishers to assist us with an equivalent of $300 to add up t
to support the school's operations by renewing of the ren contract. It was initially $500 but have raised $200 And now need $300
Please feel free to support us , we need your help!

Hello everyone; I hope this finds you well. I wanted to update you on the progress of our school project. We recently had a school management committee meeting to discuss the fate of the project, as our rent contract is expiring in July 2024. We resolved to renew our rent contract until 2025, but we need to raise approximately $500 to do so, unfortunately we are not in a proper financial position.

Additionally, we plan to establish temporary structures on our land to secure our establishment and settlement.
We also invite all our students who have reached the secondary school level to explore the business community and gain valuable life skills and career guidance. Learners were grouped into 10 groups of 5 according to their interests of business: others were taken to a bakery company, cosmetics shop, whole sale shop, banana selling business, chapati business among, garments selling business among others.
I am thrilled to inform you that with the help of sister Monica; we have successfully established a bricks making project earning about $90 per quarter and food farming projects at the school.

These projects have not only generated income but also provided food for the orphanage, supporting our school project.
We recently established a 10,000euculyptus trees forest aimed at establishing a sustainable source of income to the school, FER Ascenders Fellowship Community Kaliro Uganda and Orphanage in the near future.
Thanks to you and sister Monica for these initiatives, we are now able to:
- Generate income to support the school's operations
- Provide food for the children and staff
- Pay workers' wages
We are grateful for your support and encouragement, which has helped us achieve this milestone.
Your contributions have made a significant impact on the lives of our children, and we are forever grateful.
I request you to give a hand with the little you can afford to. We are in a desperate spot!
We look forward to sharing more updates with you soon.
Peace and blessings,

Why it was important to have an orphanage care community and program for the orphas
The challenges faced by orphans in the hands of their guardians in the area include:

1. Lack of emotional support and love
2. Limited access to education and healthcare
3. Poor living conditions and inadequate nutrition
4. Verbal, physical, or sexual abuse
5. Forced labor or exploitation
6. Limited access to resources and opportunities
7. Stigma and discrimination
8. Inadequate legal protection and advocacy
9. Limited access to social services and support networks
10. Trauma and psychological distress

Additionally, orphans in Kaliro may face specific challenges such as:

1. Cultural and traditional practices that prioritize family inheritance over the welfare of the child
2. Limited access to birth certificates and identification documents
3. Inadequate government support and social services
4. High levels of poverty and unemployment among guardians
5. Limited access to quality education and healthcare facilities
6. Cultural and social norms that perpetuate gender inequality and discrimination
7. Limited access to recreational and creative activities
8. Inadequate protection from natural disasters and conflicts

It's important to note that these challenges may vary depending on the specific context and circumstances of each orphan and their guardians.

1. A New School of the Prophets
148:1.1 (1657.6) Peter, James, and Andrew were the committee designated by Jesus to pass upon applicants for admission to the school of evangelists. All the races and nationalities of the Roman world and the East, as far as India, were represented among the students in this new school of the prophets. This school was conducted on the plan of learning and doing. What the students learned during the forenoon they taught to the assembly by the seaside during the afternoon. After supper they informally discussed both the learning of the forenoon and the teaching of the afternoon.

148:1.2 (1658.1) Each of the apostolic teachers taught his own view of the gospel of the kingdom. They made no effort to teach just alike; there was no standardized or dogmatic formulation of theologic doctrines. Though they all taught the same truth, each apostle presented his own personal interpretation of the Master’s teaching. And Jesus upheld this presentation of the diversity of personal experience in the things of the kingdom, unfailingly harmonizing and co-ordinating these many and divergent views of the gospel at his weekly question hours. Notwithstanding this great degree of personal liberty in matters of teaching, Simon Peter tended to dominate the theology of the school of evangelists. Next to Peter, James Zebedee exerted the greatest personal influence.

148:1.3 (1658.2) The one hundred and more evangelists trained during this five months by the seaside represented the material from which (excepting Abner and John’s apostles) the later seventy gospel teachers and preachers were drawn. The school of evangelists did not have everything in common to the same degree as did the twelve.

148:1.4 (1658.3) These evangelists, though they taught and preached the gospel, did not baptize believers until after they were later ordained and commissioned by Jesus as the seventy messengers of the kingdom. Only seven of the large number healed at the sundown scene at this place were to be found among these evangelistic students. The nobleman’s son of Capernaum was one of those trained for gospel service in Peter’s school.

Let's join hands in the establishment of the school of future evangelist and teachers of the urantia book teachings

Discussing the realities and how we can afford to help these children in terms of development,; physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually into the young man who would discover his divine identity. By studying his interactions with their parents and others, studies, and prayerful meditations and spiritual experiences, we’ll eventually witness them awakening to the knowledge that they were uniquely called to be about his Father’s business.

(587.2) 51:6.4 The schools of the Planetary Prince are primarily concerned with philosophy, religion, morals, and the higher intellectual and artistic achievements. The garden schools of Adam and Eve are usually devoted to practical arts, fundamental intellectual training, social culture, economic development, trade relations, physical efficiency, and civil government.
(802.1) 71:2.7. Education of public opinion is the only safe and true method of accelerating civilization…
(806.2) 71:7.2 In the ideal state, education continues throughout life, and philosophy sometime becomes the chief pursuit of its citizens. The citizens of such a commonwealth pursue wisdom as an enhancement of insight into the significance of human relations, the meanings of reality, the nobility of values, the goals of living, and the glories of cosmic destiny.
(806.3) 71:7.3 …Education will jump to new levels of value with the passing of the purely profit-motivated system of economics. Education has too long been localistic, militaristic, ego exalting, and success seeking; it must eventually become world-wide, idealistic, self-realizing, and cosmic grasping.