Keri arrives

The long awaited arrival of Keri Ingraham soon came to pass as she arrived at the children's home on the 4th August 2011.

Coach Keri as the children fondly call her is visiting the children's home and will be staying with the children for more than three months. All the children are excited about this especially with her bible study and basketball lessons.
Last week she held a basketball clinic for children at the Resurrection life church on Entebbe road and more than 4o children both boys and girls participated. She will be holding weekly basketball lessons at two different schools alongside tennis and bible classes at the Children's Home.

We welcome you Keri and wish you a good adventure with the children in Uganda.

Crane School wins innagural Pass it on Soccer Gala

Crane Educational Center has won the innagural Passit -on Soccer- KSEM organised soccer gala. The gala which attracted 4 teams was held at the Rubaga Sports Complex under construction.

Passit On soccer Founder Vivek Ramakrishnan who also took part in the organising of the activities handed over the trophy. Also present was the Secretary General of the Uganda Youth Footballl Association Mr. Abdul Sulaiman Ssemugenyi and the Director of Crane Educational Center Mr. David Luzinda.

KSEM administrator Moses Kalanzi called upon participant to uphold discipline as a vital aspect of their sporting lives. The function was closed by KSEM Director and founder Mr. Daniel Kisseka Ntale who encouraged youths to actively participate in developing their communities.

Sports Gift Donates

Sports Gift(www.sportsgift.org/) a US-based Charity organisation has donated sports items to KSEM. The items which included 6 soccer uniforms, 30 soccer balls, 20 cones,48 soccer cleats and 60 shin guards among others were received this month.

KSEM friends in the US led by Artur Urbanski and Marek Urbanski a professional footballer covered the shipment of these items to Uganda. Artur and Marek and Chris have also put together a fundraising webpage for the purpose(http://kampalaschoolsportsfund.com/)

The items were distributed to members of KSEM Children's Home. Other items were distributed to a girls soccer team in Kampala and Rubaga boys Primary school. Another local youth coach, who coaches St. Julian High School was also given 5 balls in the same regard.

Other items in the shipment included ball pumps, clipboards, cones and flags. Also Knit with love a Carlifonia-based charity donated knit caps to the children.(www.knitwithlove.org)

We would like to thank everyone who made this possible. Many thanks go to Claire Baxter at Sports Gift, Lindsay Baxter at Knit with Love and to Artur,Chris and Marek Urbanski for the love and support.

Jill, Jo and Hayley visit

We were belessed with the visit of Daniel's Promise Trustee Jill Gradon and two of her friends to the Children's orphanage. Jill, Hayley and Jo arrived in Uganda on Friday 28 April and spent 4 days with the children. It was all fun having them here and sharing their love with the boys.

The climax of the activities was a beach party for the boys which they enjoyed very much. Thank you Jill, Jo and Hayley for the love.

KSEM CHILDREN IN STREET EVANGELISM DRIVE

Sunday 10th April marked a significant day for the KSEM family as the children were ushered into a new meaning of life. Ten members of the Children's Home took to the streets to share their love and the message of the gospel to vulnearble children on the streets of Kampala.

The team led by the Home's warden and caretaker Geofrey Ssemakula preached to the children and shared goodies with them. The boys bought cakes, buscuits ad icecream for the street children and talked to them sharing their testimonies and encouraging them.

Among the members who shared with the children were two former street children9but now members of the children's Home) Joseph Otundiri who spent six months on the streets and Eria Kalule who also spent six months on the streets of both Jinja and Kampala towns. This was a significant step as frmer street children shared with children challenged by street life.

The KSEM family has decided to make this a routine program urging its child members to share the love with other children challenged by social issues.

Not Ashamed Visit KSEM Home

KSEM Children home recently recieved guests from the Not Ashamed Musical group, the Michigan-based Gospel band was in the country for a series of Concerts and cahrity activities.

Kampala School fo Excellence Ministries Children's Home was blessed to host the Ten-member group to our facility in Rubaga. The team shared love with the children and heard testimonies from them. The team commended the work done by the Daniel Promise Charity and Kampala School fo Excellence Ministries is reaching out to the children and supporting them.

They donated customised soccer balls with a gospel message to be used in the sports ministry. KSEM runs a very vibrant soccer ministry which reaches out to youths and children sharing the gospel through football.

The Not Ashamed team promised to work together with the Charity in Uganda to help children from Vulnerable backgrounds. They donated clothes and other items to the children.

School of Excellence-Ex-players Partnership take Masaka by storm

Local authorities have been called upon to take interest in the development of youth. Speaking at the close of the soccer clinic at Kijjabwemi in Masaka on Saturday , Former Villa and Cranes defender  Daniel Ntale who also spearheaded the partnership with the charity asked local leaders to support grassroots initiative aimed at tapping talents. The Ex-players played a football match with Kijjabwemi football Club after conducting a series of soccer drills.

The Uganda Ex-players Association have partnered with Kampala School of Excellence Ministries a local Childrens’ Sports charity to conduct a countrywide talent search through a series of soccer clinics. The program supported by SAMONA Beauty products and Jodana Sports Management is expected to end in December 2011. The move is aimed at complementing efforts towards development of grassroots youth soccer and creating awareness about various social challenges relating to children and youths. The Project which has so far reached over 1200 children in the 5 Divisions of Kampala has also been implemented in Masaka and Mityana districts. Using their fame and technical football knowledge, formers players are inspiring talents and motivating communities to support these youngsters.

Jodana Sports Management donated a full set of jerseys to Masaka Soccer Academy at a function attended by a mammoth crowd. Former Cranes defender and Police FC coach Deo Sserwada advised the younger stars to desist from risky social behavior for successful soccer careers.

Paul Kiwalabye, the Director of Blessings Junior School , one of the schools that participate in the exercise commended the partners for the tremendous work in reaching out to children in rural areas. According to the Ex-players, they will be extending the program to Kalangala, Kabale and Gulu districts in March 2011 before moving to other areas of the nation.

Tackle Africa lauds School of Excellence

Kampala school of Excellence Ministries has been lauded for its contribution in using sports a a tool for community mobilisation. This according to Yianny Iaonnou, Coaching Development Manager at Tackle Africa is a sure way of mobilising communities for development. This was at KSEM's weekly program in Naguru a suburb of Kampala. Tackle Africa is a UK sports charity which execute health messaging and HIV/AIDS education through soccer. Tackle Africa is currently involved with partners on projects in more than 6 African countries.

Tackle Africa also does coaching education for coaches involved with youths in the communities especially with regard to Coaching with Health Messaging. Currently they have trained a large number of youth coaches in Uganda and this January over 20 coaches undertook the Beginners level course. Kampala School of Excellence Ministries has sent one of its youth coaches Moses Kalanzi for the course.

Kampala School of Excellence partners with the Uganda EX-Players Association to organise soccer clinics for children and youths in a number of areas in Kampala and beyond. This year alone the Partnership with the EX-players supported by SAMONA beauty products has reached a total of 800 children. Three Sports Clinics have been organised in the different divisions of Kampala starting with Central Division at Nakivubo Stadium, Kibuli Police and Naguru Police grounds.

Yianny was flanked by Ndunda Mukonyo, Tackle Africa Project Manager for Kenya who also manages a girls soccer project in Kenya aimed at empowering young girls and protecting them from social evils. Ndunda advised KSEM to consider reaching out to the girls and also to add Community sanitation work as part of the organisation's strategic activities.

KSEM runs a girls ministry called Girls Hope specifically founded to cater for the needs both spiritual and material of the young girls in the communities where we operate. The ministry is managed by Brenda Kawuma, a former top model and sports woman.

Uganda Police Force hails School of Excellence Ministries

Kampala School of Excellence Ministries has been hailed by the Uganda Police Force for its efforts in reaching out to children and youths through sports. This was contained in the message read out by Police Football Club Coach Angello Lonyensi at the closing of the Children Sports Clinic organised by Kampala School of Excellence Ministries at Police Headquarters in Kibuli recently.

Mr Lonyensi who represented Uganda Police Sports Department said initiatives like these aimed at tapping talents and creating awareness on social challenges should be supported by both government and the private sector. Flanked by another Police Football Club Coach Deo Sserwadda, the officer challenged the youths who participated in the clinic to do something for their communities before asking for support from the authorities.

The clinic involved a number of games and sports including Rounders, soccer, Rugby, Tennis and Netball. A number of board games were also present as over 300 youths each took turns at the different games. The event was organised in partnership with the Uganda Police Community Policing Department and the Ex-players Football Association who provided basic football skills to the youths.

KSEM Administrator Moses Kalanzi thanked the EX-players Association for their continued support to the mission and lauded SAMONA Beauty products for their unwavering support to the event. The company sponsors the outreach programs by offering cosmetics, scholastic materials to be awarded to participants.

At the same

The event was sponsored by SAMONA BEAUTY PRODUCTS LTD, a cosmetics company which supports initiatives involving children. The company has pledged to extend support to the Ministry's outreach programs in the communities.

School of Excellence in Partnership with Ex-players

Kampala school of Excellence Ministries has partnered with the Uganda Ex-players Association to promote the organisation soccer programs this year. The organisation has embarked on strategic partnerships with sports organisations to promote a number of programs.

The Uganda Ex-players association which brings together former football players in the country will be conducting a series of sports clinics aimed at passing on skills and inspiration to youths and children in the regions where the organisation operates.

The partnership was crowned off with a holiday soccer clinic organised by the wto partners which was also supported by SAMONA beauty products a cosmetics company which availed the awards to the participants. Jodana Sports Management, a sports management and marketing firm also sponsored the event with sports equipment to the participants.

The program will be running in different districts of Uganda until December 2011

KSE JUNIORS DRAW PROLINE SOCCER ACADEMY

Kampala School of Excellence Juniors on Saturday 22 January were forced into a 1-1 draw with one of the country's top soccer academy Proline Soccer Academy at Lugogo Sports Complex. The boys who played an early morning game with their hosts exhibited a spectacular display of talent and composure against the nation's best talents.

An Ivan Makula early goal was all the Excellence boys could afford in a highly-billed friendly match. This is the first time the Excellence lads were having a face-off with Proline soccer academy which has links with England defender Rio Ferdinand.

Undoubtedly one of the best soccer academies in Uganda, Proline soccer academy is owned and managed by Mujib Kasule a former footballer-turned soccer administrator. The later is also a friend to Excellence Ministries Director and founder Daniel Kisseka Ntale also a former national team player.

Both sides exhibited rare talents at a match watched by over 100 fans. Kampala School of Excellence Juniors are the academy side of Kampala School of Excellence Football Club which is managed by Kampala School of Excellence Ministries a local Charity organisation which is involved with promoting talents.

Double triumph for Johnson

He is just like all ordinary 13 year-olds at a first-time approach, the sheepish smile and naughtiness combined, but Johnson is much more than that. Johnson is a prefect at school meaning he has leadership responsibilities yet when the boys sought to elect a person in charge of looking after the games and sports equipment at the orphanage he was the first to be nominated.

He is a darling of many at school not so much for his academic abilities but for his friendliness and a hardworking character. Yet despite all these he still tops his class at the Crane Education center, a thing he has done for the last one and a half years since he joined the school.

His teachers were all praises for him upon learning that he had scored a first grade in his Primary leaving examinations. According to his class teacher, although they were happy that he had scored a first grade, they were not surprised adding that Johnson has always been hardworking and thus deserved this.

Johnson who also doubles as the school's football captain and sports prefect was all smiles when the news of his performance was brought to him. " God has been good to me, he helped me perform well, i think i deserved it" was all he could say.

This comes barely a month after Johnson was honored with the region's highest award for his age category in soccer. He was both the the top scorer and best player at the regional youth soccer championships for Kampala held at Nkumba a fortnight ago. His success in these endeavors brings to light the support he has received in both his education and talent development.

Johnson is able to go to school thanks to the support accorded to the Home by the Daniel's Promise Charity founded by Denise Gwatkin in 2008. He is supported for his education and general welfare by the Charity which supports the Kampala School of Excellence Ministries Children's Home.

A first grade for Johnson

Wild cheers engulfed the Home as the results of the 2010 Primary Leaving Examinations were announced. 4 boys of the 32 at the Home sat for their examinations in November and they were among the thousands whose results were released yesterday.

Johnson Musinguzi who tops his class at the Crane Educational Center scored eleven aggregates making a first grade, Jimmy Ssebunnya scored 18 aggregates in second grade, Experito Kimbugwe scored 25 aggregates while Joseph Katta scored 27 aggregates both in third grade. None of the boys failed the exams which are transitional from Primary school(which lasts for seven years) to secondary school.

The four boys will join Abdu Ssekitto, Abdu Ssebunnya, Kenny Sserunjogi and Sebuwuufu Manfred who are already in Secondary school. We thank you all our supporters for the support you have given to the boys. Many thanks to the boys sponsors Claire Wain, Jane Hannon, Jenny Gray and Tim Sunnucks for supporting the boys.

A fridge for the boys

Denise Gwatkin's recent trip to Uganda left a big mark on the lives of the children at the Orphanage. The visit though brief was remarkable for different things the charity was able to do for the boys. Apart from her daily tennis routines at the home, Denise took out the boys to Aero beach Entebbe for a fun day.

The journey to the beach was without inconveniences as the bus was stopped by the Traffic police for an offense we are yet to know. Nevertheless the boys had a nice time at the beach which is found on lake Victoria, the largest natural lake on the continent.

The charity also procured a refrigerator for the Home. The boys will have the pleasure of drinking boiled water which is then cooled. The fridge will also keep vegetables and other food stuff fresh. This means that the Home will be able to buy foodstuff in bulk to be kept cold for a longer period.

Denise also bought curtains for the Home. The new Home is a storied Bungalow with many windows. There was a lot of light coming in from the outside both during the day and in the night meaning also that the boys had no privacy from the neighbors.

Many thanks to Daniel's Promise charity for the support to the Home

A new screen for the Children's Home

Excitement is high at the Children's home with the recent donation of a 42 inch flat screen Televsion set. The TV which was supposed to be the children's Christmas present arrived a bit late but without the excitement of having a new and larger set.

The TV which was donated by the Charity Daniel's Promise which supports the Home, has been fully installed. Wild cheers filled the living room when the set was switched on for the first time. Many could not wait to touch the wide screen and the boys scrambled for seats near the huge set.

With a number of cartoon DVDs and movies which Denise came along with on her trip recently, the boys are kept busy all day. According to Denise Gwatkin's ,Daniel's Promise Charity founder, the charity is committing itself to paying Digital Satelite TV subscriptions for the bosy to watch their favourite programs.

Since many boys have been sneaking out of the home to go to watch premier league games at different locations for a price, the Charity is going an extra mile to cover this. Many thanks to all our sponsors who have committed to sponsoring the DSTV . Many thanks to Rosemary Bailey, Razena Shaw, Jane Hannon and the rest for this kind gesture.

Daniels Promise Trustee Visit Children's Home

We are happy to report about Denise Gwatkin's recent trip to Uganda. Denise was here on her annual visit to the Charity she helps to support. Daniel's Promise Charity supports the Kampala School of Excellence Ministries Children's Home. The charity has been extending education,feeding and shelter support for 32 boys at the Children's home in Rubaga since late 2008.

Denise was in the country between January 1st until January 11 2011 through which she was engaged in a number of activities. Denise taught the children tennis on all days during her trip and she was amazed by their adaptability to the game. Denise is a tennis coach who played for the England Tennis team during her career.

In 2008 inspired by a vision from God, Denise came to Uganda and got in touch with Daniel Ntale a retired football player who had given up football to help children from vulnerable backgrounds with soccer skills. Subsequently Denise founded the Charity Daniels Promise in the UK to fundraise support for the Kampala School of Excellence Ministries Children's Home.