Kinkiizi Update - 19/06/2026
We’re really pleased to be able to give you an update on our parish links with Kinkiizi, as part of the Christchurch Deanery ‘Kinkiizi Action Group’. Gill Tybjerg has been in touch, and she reports back with exciting news ahead of her upcoming visit to Uganda. She writes…
I am shortly to go to Kinkiizi - leaving Monday 29th June, back on July 15th. I'd appreciate prayers for the visit, for myself and Jane who's going with me, for safe travels, good health and for blessings for us, and them. There will be lots more to tell on my return, but I’d love to share an update before I go…
The first big bit of news is that I'm taking £4950 from the Deanery Lent appeal for Bwanja School, plus another £1000 outstanding from the previous Buy a Brick campaign. These funds will go towards providing the additional items as requested by the teachers - new latrines for just the teachers' use (at the moment they share old latrines with the students), a rain harvesting system, a cooking shelter/kitchen, solar panels for some electricity, (they are off grid for both electricity and water).
I am also taking lots of baby blankets knitted by various knitters, including a team from Woodgreen to give as a gift to the new mums and babies at the Health Centre:
Above: A beautiful tower of colourful knitted blankets ready to be packed for the trip. Wool can be very hard to come by, particularly in such a remote area of Uganda as Kinkiizi is.
Above: How many blankets can you get in a large holdall?? Answer: 24 and counting, if you vacuum pack them!! There are still more to pack…
Forest Edge Federation of Primary Schools (Hyde, Breamore, Hale) is sending 2 teddies, one to stay with their link Nyakatare School, as a kind of mascot, the other to come home with lots to share with the children at NFE Federation of teddy's experiences visiting Kinkiizi, and Nyakatare school in particular. I’m really looking forward to sharing photos with you of ‘Teddy on Tour’!
Above: Adventure Teddies! Bob (Brown) is coming home to Breamore, Hale & Hyde, his pal is to be given a name by Nyakatare School and is staying with them!
I'll try and keep you update on a more regular basis, but obviously there's more to share now before and just after a visit. AVC are very supportive of all the Deanery is doing to nurture our link with Kinkiizi. Thank you very much to everyone!
How to donate:
Whilst we can’t accept card payments, you can send BACS transfers or hand cash or cheques in to support the Kinkiizi Action Group in their worthy mission. Please speak to your Church Wardens or Treasurer if you are able to use Gift Aid.
BACS:
Ref: Bwanja
Account number: 25750607
Sort code: 52-21-34 (NatWest)
Cash/cheque:
These can be handed into the Church Office (10am-noon) or placed in the safe of your local church in an envelope clearly labelled ‘Kinkiizi’.
A huge thanks, not least to Gill, but also to those in our parish and further afield who do so much to fundraise for what is a very poor part of the world. If you ever get the chance to visit, it is an eye-opening and incredibly rewarding trip. Every donation really does make a HUGE difference - and we’re really proud to have been able to do our part collectively to improve the life, work, education, and health of the people in this small part of Uganda.