by Ian | Jan 11, 2017 | Outreach House, Sole Hope Uganda, solestories
Samuel Samuel lives in a village called Bujagali. The area used to boast one of the most beautiful waterfalls on the Nile river, but was flooded by a hydroelectric dam. Landowners were displaced, and for subsistence farmers who have lived in a place for generations...
by Ian | Oct 19, 2016 | Outreach House, Sole Hope Staff, Sole Hope Uganda
“You will never be compassionate without listening to a person,” says Adam, Sole Hope’s lead social worker. And, at it’s heart, that’s what social work is all about. It’s about solving problems with people, not for people....
by Ian | Oct 10, 2016 | Sole Hope Uganda
Sole Hope shoes change lives. It’s a journey that starts with you being stylish, and ends with a person in Uganda living a life free of jiggers. At each step of the process, something good happens. Maybe it’s you pouring out your heart, time, and...
by Ian | Sep 29, 2016 | Outreach House, Sole Hope Uganda
Francis and Joy found each other late in life. Widowed and alone, having suffered but not yet ready to give up on joy, they gave each other everything they had: themselves. Together, Francis and Joy dug a meaningful and beautiful life out of Uganda’s red dirt....
by Ian | Sep 21, 2016 | Sole Hope Uganda
Sole Hope is fighting jiggers in Uganda, and we’re not in this fight alone. Jiggers are gross. They are a parasite, burrowing under the skin on people’s feet and hands. Once there, they swell with eggs and subsist on people’s blood. For low income...
by Amy Cates | Sep 18, 2016 | Sole Hope Uganda
The following is a letter that went out to everyone who supported “The Next Step” and the desire of our Ugandan team to build a permanent home for Sole Hope on the land that we own. I’ve heard it said, “If plan A doesn’t work….the alphabet has...
