THE FIRST QUARTER REPORT FROM MAYUGE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION CENTER

P.O BOX 26745 KAMPALA

Introduction

We extend our sincere gratitude and greetings to all our partners, donors, friends and well-wishers in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We wish to inform you that the staff, board of governors and all key stakeholders of Mayuge Christian Education Centre are playing their respective roles towards the smooth running of all projects at the center.

Below is the project status report for the period running from 1st January – 31st March 2025.

Background

This report highlights MCEC activities implemented within the first quarter of 2025, supporting adults and children at MCEC and in the local community. It also details MCEC outreach activities in nearby communities, providing clean water access and supporting spiritual development through Bible studies.

Ministry

These sessions are open to all interested members of the community regardless of religion. MCEC is committed to ensuring that everybody hears about the name JESUS. In November 2024, we started a campaign code named MORE JESUS MORE WASH, extending the ministry beyond the MCEC property. With the coming of the New Year, four additional Bible studies have started:

1. Baitambogwe Health Center III (Every Thursday 10am-11am)
2. Namusenwa Health Center II (Every Wednesday 9am- 11am)
3. Lugolole village I (Every Tuesday 3pm-5pm)
4. Lugolole Village II (Every Thursday 3pm-5pm)

We now have a total of seven bible studies in Mayuge. They are being led by the three Pastors Prosy, Phionah and Richard.

Phionah teaching women during one of the Bible studies at Lugolole Village II.

Education

Adult education classes started earlier last year at MCEC, running from Monday to Thursday during school holidays from 3:00pm-5:00pm, and every Tuesday and Thursday when school resumes. The participants in these classes can now write their names, spell simple words, and read story books.

Doreen conducting adult education classes at the center.

MCEC partnered with Mulingirire Primary School earlier this year and provided the school with four teaching assistants for Primary 1 and Primary 2. These assistants help teach pupils how to read so that they can learn better and improve their performance. In 2024, MCEC entered into a partnership with Baitambogwe Primary School, providing four teaching assistants. The pupils’ performance in reading and scores greatly improved. The headmaster, on behalf of the school management, is always grateful to MCEC and its partners for all the support given to the school.

Abdul helping the pupils do their work in Primary 2.

Vocational/Technical Skills

Mechanics

The second motorcycle mechanics class finished their training earlier this year in January and are now doing their internship at different garages. The seven boys have all confirmed with us their working stations and are being supervised. MCEC started a new program in which MCEC will loan the boys 350,000 schillings to buy tools which they can then pay back at 0% interest.

Judith giving Norman his tools through an MCEC loan.

Tailoring

The third tailoring class is progressing well at the Centre. The team is confident that by the end of the eight-month training period, the girls will be ready to go out and start working. They have practiced a number of products: dresses, shirts, shorts, pads, and many more.

Some of the tailoring women showing off the dresses they made.

Computer Skills

Computer lessons at the Centre started earlier this year in January with six participants. The program runs from Monday to Thursday at 10:00am – 1:00pm during school holidays, and every Monday and Friday at 3:00pm – 5:00pm once schools resume. The main aim of these lessons is to eradicate computer illiteracy among the community members.

Sarah (in orange) leading her fellow teaching assistants and two of the community members in Microsoft Word.

Agriculture

Poultry

The new batch of birds started laying this year on the 30th of January with three eggs. Currently, 232 eggs are obtained on a daily basis. They are then sold off and the income received is being re-invested in the project. The birds are healthy and being taken care of effectively. We hope to receive more eggs and sales from the batch.

Vincent organizing the eggs to be taken for sale. 

Cattle

Patience (the cow) was confirmed with to be “in calf” by the end of the last quarter and we are hoping for a calf at the start of the second quarter. Update: Patience gave birth to a boy calf in April.

Vincent smoking the kraal to kill/scare away the bugs and some parasites from the cow.

Garden

On the 6th of February, we received our very first cocoa harvest with eight healthy fruits and we have continued to receive more since then. The seeds of these fruits are going to be collected, dried, and sold. The sales will then be re-invested. With the irrigation system we got, the dry season (from Dec-Mar) did not greatly affect our garden; the crops stayed green and healthy compared to the past two years.

The cocoa fruit harvest from the MCEC garden.

Hygiene and Health

WASH (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene) Program

The WASH program has been running in three categories: Schools, health centers, and community.

MCEC ended 2024 teaching sanitation and hygiene at three primary schools and two community meeting centers. One clean well was drilled. But in the first quarter of 2025, we have accessed six schools, two health centers and seven community centers where we teach people about sanitation and hygiene.

Through the More Jesus More WASH campaign we have positively impacted thousands of lives in Mayuge through six clean and safe water sources (four hand-pump boreholes and two electric wells)!

Richard talking to the pupils at St. Andrew’s Primary School before the WASH program started. 

The pupils practicing hand washing during WASH training.

Community Visits

Although MCEC organizes community Bible studies and WASH sessions, the staff also goes ahead and visits individual residents at their homes to pray, comfort and encourage them through their trials in life.

Health

MCEC has partnered with the Mayuge local government to provide some support in the area of health. MCEC recruited a well- trained energetic midwife and stationed her at Baitambogwe Healthy Center III to help service the overwhelming number of patients who come to the facility every day.

Donations

MCEC with the help of its partners has managed to donate funds to cover expenses of:

• The drilling of four boreholes at Mulingirire Primary School, Nabalongo Village, Baitambogwe Health Center III, and Bunalwenyi Village
• Maternity dresses for teenage mothers and other dresses for women in the community
• Handwashing stands and scholastic materials to schools
• Bibles
• Vegetable seeds
• A pit latrine at Bugodi Infant and Primary School
• Eight primary teachers
• One midwife

Celebrations

With MCEC’s new goal of More Jesus More WASH, 25 people from the different communities where Bible studies are held were baptized on the 13th of February this year.

One of the community members getting baptized. 

Human Resources

In this 1st quarter, additional persons have been added to the MCEC family (Mayuge office) after competitive interviews: four teachers, one midwife, and one farm worker. However, one worker also resigned (Ssembatya Jullius, who was working as a farm worker).

Summary

WASH Centers

• Nabalongo Primary School
• Faith of Victory Primary School
• Baitambogwe Primary School
• Bugodi Infant and Nursery School
• St. Andrew’s Primary School
• Mulingirire Primary School
• Baitambogwe Health Center III

Bible Study and WASH Programs

• Baitambogwe Health Center III
• Nabalongo Village
• Lugolole Center 1
• Lugolole Center 2
• Namusenwa Health Center II
• Men’s bible study (MCEC)
• Women’s bible study (MCEC)

Baptism

In December, 44 members were baptized. In February, 25 were baptized. The next baptism is scheduled on the 19th of April.

Looking Ahead

We are looking forward to see at least:

• 20 bible study cells with sanitation hygiene lessons starting
• 20 more villages getting clean and safe water
• 13 more school enrolled for WASH
• Construction of at least five community pit latrines in busy centers
• 20 domestics for families with no capacity of making one

Conclusion

We, the MCEC fraternity, we are so thankful to God for the New Year and all that we have managed to achieve. We are also very much thankful to our partners, donors and the board for standing with us and helping us grow and reach where we are. We promise to work even more in the second quarter.

Yours faithfully,

Godfrey Nkutu

Director Mayuge Christian Education Centre