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Due to the Ebola scare, organisers were forced to hold the celebrations “scientifically,” with strict adherence to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of social distancing, mandatory sanitising, and reduced physical contact.
To understand how today’s youth perceive the legacy of these martyrs, we spoke to some Uganda Christian University (UCU) students. Their reflections suggest that the fire of 1886 has not gone out, it has simply changed form.
As a journalist, I am not outside this reflection. Our profession is meant to speak uncomfortable truths. But we do not always succeed. The pressures are real from economic to political and sometimes to personal fears.
Now, there is a PhD for a boy whose parents passed away before he was 12 years old and his grandmother-guardian just four years later. This is nothing short of a miracle for the youth who could hardly afford to eat. When Buule Samson and Mary Katusabe departed, the role of looking after their son rested with the latter’s grandmother who died by the time the grandson was age 16. At the time, he had just completed Senior One at Lugazi High School in central Uganda.
In an effort to spread the gospel, Brian and Mary Kluth of HealthyCharity.org have been literally lighting up the lives of thousands of Ugandans in central and southwestern Uganda through #SharetheLight Gospel Events in February.
Eid El-Fitr, also known as the “Festival of Breaking the Fast,” is a significant religious holiday celebrated by Muslims around the world. It marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, reflection, and community.
In a gesture of compassion and solidarity, Brian and Mary Kluth, founders of HealthCharity.org, have brought both practical relief and spiritual comfort to the residents of Nakivale settlement camp in Isingiro district, Uganda.
“What does the Holy week mean to you?”
For over 1.9 billion Muslims in the world and over 200 Muslim students at UCU, Ramadhan is the holiest
month of the Islamic calendar, and this year it started on March 11th. Throughout Ramadhan, which goes
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