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2020 RunFAR Challenge
2020 RunFAR Challenge Like many events in 2020, our annual RunFAR (Run For African Relief) Challenge went virtual this year. The virtual nature allowed church teams from around the country to participate, making the event a great success. This year marked the...
Lighthouse Christian School Expansion Project
Covenant Mercies began partnering with Lighthouse Christian School in 2006, with the shared vision of providing quality Christian education to orphaned children living in the shanty settlements surrounding Ndola, Zambia. Thanks to the generosity of our donors,...
Covid-19 Updates from our Program Areas
As we continue walking through these unusual and challenging times, I am exceedingly grateful to Covenant Mercies partners of every kind. By God’s grace, you have persevered in prayer and generosity through the early days of this crisis, and you are making a...
Covid-19 Virus Reflections and a Call to Prayer
I had planned to use this quarterly message as an opportunity to celebrate the opening of Hope Community Primary School in Uganda, which many of you generously helped us to achieve. We will come back to that story later. As with so many other things, the...
Stories of Hope: 2019 Annual Report
We are pleased to share our 2019 edition of Stories of Hope, the Covenant Mercies Annual Report. Click here to view the report, and learn how our sponsors, donors, and partners are making an impact in Uganda, Zambia, and Ethiopia.
2019 Impact Infographic
We are delighted to share our 2019 Infographic, highlighting the impact of our work in Sub-Saharan Africa. THANK YOU donors, sponsors and all those who enabled this important work on behalf of orphaned and vulnerable children. 2019 Impact Infographic Facts: This year...
“But God Knows You By Name…”
As I reflect on the exciting developments in Covenant Mercies' ministry over the past few months, like the launch of our new school project in Uganda and another class of Mapalo Scholarship awardees, I am filled with joy and thanksgiving to God. Yet in this 17th year...
Hope Community: Building a Foundation for the Future
Primus Tusiime is a Sponsorship Program graduate, a Mapalo Scholarship awardee, and a college graduate with a degree in Social Work. Today, he is investing the skills he learned through Covenant Mercies into his community by serving as a Sponsorship Program...
A Changed Life: Meet Alex from Uganda
When we met Alex in 2008 and enrolled him in the Sponsorship Program, his life was in a dark place. He had lost his father the year before due to HIV/AIDS. His mother, whose health had also severely deteriorated due to HIV, was fighting to stay alive and provide for...