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News:
Restoration After the LRA (media release)Vote for RG to Receive a Giving of Life Grant!
Shipping Container -- "In-Kind" Donations Needed
New Family Joins RG
$50,000 in Matching Funds Received for Dental Center
Restoration After the LRA
March 2012
WACO, TX—100 million views of the Kony 2012 online video indicate that Americans desire to be advocates and agents of positive change for those suffering the turmoil of war in Africa. Restoration Gateway Uganda (RG) provides direct services to the Acholi people of northern Uganda...Read the remainder of Restoration Gateway's media release about the work of restoring the lives of northern Ugandans that were affected by the Lord's Resistance Army here.
Vote for RG to receive a Giving of Life Grant!
March 2012
RG has the opportunity to receive a grant from Giving of Life - and you can help! Visit http://givingoflife.com/profile/restoration-gateway-uganda/ and vote for us. Giving of Life will choose one of the top 5 vote-getters in each of several categories to receive a grant. We are in the Orphans and Adoption category. The more votes we get, the more likely it is that we will receive a grant. If you register on their site (just your name and email), you get 2 extra votes too. And you can get even more votes by providing them your Twitter ID or Facebook URL. Click the link above to vote today! Spread the word to your co-workers, fellow students, church, club, family and friends through your email and social media! Thank you for supporting RG this way.
Shipping Container -- "In-Kind" Donations Needed
February 2012
Restoration Gateway has a 40-foot shipping container in Waco, Texas, to be filled with items that are needed at RG. Primary container space is given to items which are either unavailable or overly expensive in Uganda. "Filler" space is also available for items such as clothes and school supplies or tools, etc. Please visit our Needs page for a list of current or on-going items needed at RG.
If you have items to donate, please contact our office in Waco to make arrangements. Tax deduction receipts are available for In-Kind donations.
New Family Joins RG!
January 2012
Colby Cessnun, M.D., and his wife Maryanne, arrived at Restoration Gateway in January with their 6 children. Dr. Cessnun will provide regular medical services for Ugandans in the area, as well as the orphans, missionaries and workers at RG. The Cessnuns also have experience in agriculture and will work with the Ugandan farming staff to increase efficiency in crop production. This is an exciting step forward in the development both the medical and agricultural programs at Restoration Gateway. Please pray for the Cessnuns as they transition to life in African culture in a very remote part of the world.$50,000 in Matching Funds Received for Dental Center!
December 2011
Christian Mission Concerns (CMC) awarded RG a check for $50,000 towards the construction of the dental center in December 2011. This represents half of the $100,000 matching grant CMC offered Restoration Gateway for 2011 and 2012. RG raised nearly $53,000 to receive the first half of the match.Funds will continue to be raised, even as construction continues. CMC will present another matching donation check when the remaining match is raised this year. To donate, please visit our giving page.