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When God Multiplied One Volunteer Moment!

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Rogers (left) & Zawadi Band at the charity concert for Stars Have you ever wondered what can come out of one volunteering moment? It is true, God takes our small efforts and turns them into big things, often beyond our imagination. On one of the working days, Sylvia, the Executive Director of Stars Ministries Uganda (SMU) was stuck, needing a driver for the Stars’ Van. Stars are the people with disabilities that SMU serves. The SMU driver had quit without notice. The only person that came to mind was Mr. Rogers Ssekirime, because of his manual transmission driving skills. Sylvia called Rogers to come and volunteer for this one day and he accepted to come and drive the Stars for that day. As Sylvia and Rogers drove around, picking the Stars from their homes and dropping them off at the Stars Day Care and Learning Center, they met a mother of a child with disabilities, whose child was not part of SMU, at one of the pick-up points. In tears, she asked if her little Star

Welcome to Stars Ministries Uganda!

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Stars (PWD) participating at a recent awareness match in Kampala Welcome to Stars Ministries Uganda (SMU) blog. Here, you will find updates of our work and information on how to get involved. Stars Ministries Uganda (SMU) is a non-profit organization working with people with disabilities (PWDs), children especially, and their families, in the Luzira area of Kampala district, in Uganda. The organization started its ministry operations in 2016 with formal registration of its first beneficiaries in March 2016 and had its very first program activity in May 2016. Currently, SMU is working with thirty-six Stars (PWDs) and their families. The ministry’s aim is to share the love of Christ, by encouraging and supporting families that have people affected by disability and create awareness in the church and the community about disability. The ministry desires to see local churches embrace Disability Ministry by accepting PWD as part of the community and support them to be involved in