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HIGH IMPACTThe Congos ChildrenTeam quickly adaptedto this new land of

whites and bravelyshared their stories

with great impact in12 school and 11 churchpresentations.

RAISED AWARENESSThousands of Aussies

were challengeddeeply to learn of

the recent plight of millions in the

Congo. Most heard forthe first time of anation torn by war.

LOVE IN ACTIONHundreds havecommenced activesupport for the

orphans of war anddisease who make upthe student body atthe HCLS HOPE ComplexSchool. H O

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Congos Children presented theirstories, songs and dance 24 timesin 3.5 weeks with great impact.

After the 4 day trip from Bunia, DRC, to Adelaide, Australia, the team quickly rose tothe challenges of a whole new world with somany things to learn that we Aussies just take

for granted.Everything was a new experience, from

swimming in the salty sea (they LOVE salt!),having running water and a shower in thehouse, hanging clothes on a clothes line not atree, and being hugged everywhere they went.

During the trip we managed to recover thecost of bringing them here and since then,support for the project in Bunia is coming inalso. We have 62 deserving children from theschool sponsored while our visitors were here.

The children have settled back in Buniawell and the whole school community isexcited that some were chosen to visit

Australia and so many new friends have heardabout post war Congo and their school project.

Without the amazing house andpresentation help from Bron Lang, our missionwould never have happened. It was great alsoto have Jillian Wolf relieve us of lming andphotos as well as arranging media interviews.

Thanks so much girls!

Where to from here?The project in Bunia has received a great

boost in sponsorships, new friends andnancial gifts. This means we can now build ahouse for the Kiles, nish the School Hall andbuild dorms for 150 senior school students atthe new HOPE Secondary School, withoutwhich, the students could not continue study.

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Child EducationSponsorship isempowerment for abrighter future. When someone sponsors a HOPESchool student, an exciting newworld opens up for them, and scoresof more children also benefit.

Without the HOPE Child SponsorshipPlan, and hundreds of faithful sponsors, ourHOPE Schools in Uganda and DR Congowould not be able to function. The funds fromsponsorship are used carefully by our partnersin Africa to ensure the school projects remainviable, education standards are always

improving, and the childs personal andemergency needs are met.

In the HCLS project, the HOPE ComplexSchool, sponsorship funds enable emergencymedical and hospital care for the child,provides them with a treated mozzie net andmattress, and employs a school counselor andsocial worker for assisting rescued children

with their rehabilitation from the trauma of war,loss and abandonment. All students are able toreceive a uniform, shoes and some books.

In other HOPE projects in Uganda,sponsored children also receive food at schooland emergency support at their homes,especially where parents or guardians areabsent, disabled or suffer addictions like homebrewed alcohol from sugar cane.

Our partner RWC in Mbarara, Uganda hasaround 600 children who can be sponsored,and in Bunia, DR Congo, about 240 childrenare hoping to be sponsored. Mozart Kile trainsthe children that their sponsor is a very specialfriend who will stand with them for manyyears.

Left Munguriek, 7 years. She has lostboth parents and is cared for by hergrandparents who are very poor. She is in P1.

97% of sponsorship dollars are used in aHOPE Project with special benets to the child,and empowerment to the whole project.

LOVE RULES


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Congos Children - theirstories in brief.

Danni Kuratabo - at the age of twohe saw his father after militia had cut offhis head, arms and legs - eeing toBunia, DR Congo, with his pregnantmother they survived but with no extraincome to pay school fees - thanks to theHOPE partner school there he is now atage 10, in school doing really well - andrecently has been sponsored, along withhis sister - an amazing little guy with aheart wrenching story - but what a hopehe now has for his future. Danni wants tobe a missionary.

Nadia Baraka - was nine years oldwhen both her parents died of HIV/AIDSwithin six months of each other, leavingher one of 50 million AIDS orphans in

Africa - she has lived in a child-led homewith older sisters some of whom havetheir own children. She lives in a slumarea where the trade for girls is inprostitution and if not for being in HOPEComplex School in Bunia, DR Congo, shewould, at the age of thirteen, most likelyalready be in that trade. For her thoughthere is hope for her future; she wants tobecome a building engineer... whoknows? Maybe she will build our rst

Australia Hope International University!

On returning to Bunia, Nadia isexcited as she now lives with Mozart andSephoras family and other orphans .

Pascal Bahati - lost his parents atthe age of 6. When the militia came tohis village, he ran one way and hisparents ran the other. His parents andmany others were killed by a bomb buthe escaped to Bunia. A lady took him inbut he still had to walk the streets tryingto sell milk and water and at the age ofeight the principal of the HOPE ComplexSchool in Bunia, DR Congo, took him intohis home even though he could not affordto care for him, especially his education.Pascal is one of the rst students at ourschool and has been there four years. Atthe age of 17, he is in the Congoleseequivalent of Year 8. He thanks God forHis Grace in remembering him, acceptinghim into the school and being treated solovingly and well, even though he is ofthe tribe that committed the massacre ofmany of Mozarts relatives and friends.Pascal wants to be a sound technicianafter his schooling.

Sara Kile - is Mozart andSephoras daughter, one of their 4children, and lives with 18 others in theirsmall rented house. This family isspearheading change for bringing hope toa town where the Ituri war pinnacled in2003.

Sara loves her father and the work hedoes with rescuing and rehabilitating warand AIDS orphans. She sees them as herfriends and says I love them very verymuch. She is in P6 at HOPE ComplexSchool and wants to be a doctor one day.

Mozart and Sephora Kile - have4 children, 3 girls and 1 boy. They haveboth studied at University in Bunia and inNairobi Kenya while living in asylum dueto the war. Mozart obtained his masters inMissiology specialising in therehabilitation of war orphans.

Mozarts escape from Bunia wasmiraculous. After hiding several days withfriends, he moved out of the protectingcompound and walked to the airport pastthe militia who simply ignored them. Thiswas despite terrible atrocities happeningall around. Late in the day they arrived at

the airport where a Samaritans Purseplane had been landing daily to rescue,but no-one could get to it.

The small group was not permittedentry to the airport that night, so theystayed outside all night. Next day theywere in, and herded on the seatless planefor a safe place on the Ugandan border.

Mozart and Sephora knew they hadbeen spared for a reason. Hope and Carefor Little Souls, their organisation, is thefruit of these special lives now spent in

the rescue and rehabilitation of victims ofwar, being mainly orphaned children andwidows.

The Australian boyhood friend ofMozart, Steve Schoemaker and family,visited South Australia during the tourand enjoyedcatching upand sharing themissiontogether. Steveis the AustralianContact forHCLS and isbased inQueensland.


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HOPE School at Nakivale Refugee Camp Needs Urgent Help.Civil unrest, verging on war, broke out in villages around

Goma in Eastern Congo very recently. This resulted in

thousands of terried villages eeing their homes and gardensinto Southern Uganda refugee camps. The ow of families intoUganda has caused an overnight increase of 280 children in our

HOPE School.Latitia, our HOPE worker in the RWC ofce in Mbarara,

reports the sudden increase has caused great pressure on staffwho are struggling to cope. The Baby Class (rst class of 3

nursery classes) now has 135 children with one faithful teacher!Staff rooms are being used as classrooms and teachers

have nowhere to sit all day. The faithful tree in the yard is again

being used as a classroom to cater for overow classes.

Latitia says there is now a very urgent need for childrensdesks, teachers desks and chairs, teachers quarters and more

classrooms. HOPE has been waiting for support to get 2 morerooms up, but now we aim for at least 4 so growth in childrensnumbers can be better accommodated.

The teachers at this school have been amazing. They arecoping with remote and harsh conditions, and we aredetermined to lift the quality of schooling here for the childrenwho have ed war and atrocities in their homeland.

What is urgently needed from Australia is teacher trainingand assistance, funds for construction and furniture, and classsponsorship. Help is welcome by going to the donate or class

sponsorship page of our website

Muzungu House well on the way to completion in Kibogo. A beautiful house for Australian visitors to Kibogo Deep

Village in western Uganda is slowly nearing completion. This

facility will have many functions that will help in improving thequality of education, health, and horticultural productivity on theschool land and village gardens.

We still need to connect a rainwater tank, plumbing and a

simple power system; while not bringing upto 5 star standards,we hope to accommodate visitors well, right in the heart of oneof our most exciting projects.

The HOPE School inKibogo has had medical care

provided for every child fromour spare funds and gift cards.

Good Hope Clinic has been

great for providing this care,

and we will now utilise theservices of Maranatha, a new

Australian run Medical Centre.
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In several unfinished HOPE Schools our target is to lay cement floors for 2012The amazing dedication of the HOPE School teachers must not be

taken for granted. They receive minimal pay, lack adequate quartersand have large class sizes in harsh conditions.

One way we want to make their work environment better this yearis to put cement oors in all classrooms where currently there is onlystones and a dolomite type surfac e. This oor, with wear and tear after some years, produces white bull-d ust which m akes teacher and childalike cough and it covers everything. Jiggers are also a problem.

Five rooms have just been laid in Nakivale HOPE School with veremaining to be done. We trust this is the start of support for oorhardening that will take us through to completion of all rooms in all ourschools. Each room costs about $500 and 15 rooms remain to do.

Mission News:(Donations to HOPE Missions are NOT tax deductible)

Jono Osborne, accompanied by James Packer, has beenconducting outreach in southern, western and north western Uganda.They are thrilled at the number of rst time commitments, healingsincluding 2 deaf people, and deliverances. Jono plans to spend 4weeks in the Ituri region of DR Congo conducting major open airoutreaches with Mozart Kile and the church in villages and Bunia Town.

HOPE School Nakivale An earthquake at our HOPE

School in the refugeecamp resulted in thecolla pse of the 6 ce lllatrines used by over 300children and staff.

With $6,000 we willrebuild this structure which is necessary for

the school to operate.

QUAKE DESTROYSLATRINES

Childrensit on thedustyfloors allday andreturn homecovered in

white du st.

Newlyhardenedfloors meanno dust andthe newdesks sitfirmly.

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To donate, please go to ourwebsite and click donate.HOPE Aid and DevelopmentProjects are tax deductible.HOPE Missions support isNOT tax deductible
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