What We Do
Partnerships between on-the-ground care communities, OJM, and its official partners operate according to the model of release-based orphan care, which assists care communities to move orphans and vulnerable children towards healthy, productive adulthood, while also being continually less dependent on outside assistance in providing that care.
The basic socioeconomic needs of every child are to be met with excellence with a view towards equipping them for a hopeful and satisfying future. These basic socioeconomic needs are separated into the broad categories of Business, Education, Family, Health, and Spirituality.
Business – To continually decrease unemployment and increase household income in orphan care communities and provide opportunities for vocational training, job placement, and business creation.
Education – To graduate students who meet local pre-University standards or the equivalent of a United States high school level education.
Family – To place every double orphan in a safe, stable, and loving environment.
Health – To provide clean water, a sufficient nutritional diet, and basic preventative health care to every child.
Spirituality – To develop fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ and connect children to local congregations.
OJM Projects & Programs in Ddwaniro, Uganda
OJM is partnered with the Glory of Christ Community Development Initiative (GCCDI) in the rural community of Ddwaniro located in Uganda's Rakai district. The primary objective of GCCDI is to create healthy, sustainable communities where the inhabitants, especially orphans and vulnerable children, are given a hope and a future in Christ's name. OJM and GCCDI envision a Ddwaniro community where the basic socio-economic needs of every individual are met with excellence, and where the majority of resources needed to meet these needs arise from within the Rakai District itself.
Business Projects
Milling Machine Business (Pre-Proposal Phase)
Charging & Electricity Business (Pre-Proposal Phase)
Beekeeping Business (Monitoring Phase)
Micro-Loan Program (Monitoring Phase)
Reconxile Business Training (Monitoring Phase)
Education Projects
Secondary/Vocational School Scholarship Program (Pre-Proposal Phase)
School Text Books (Proposal Revision Phase)
Glory of Christ Primary School (GOCPS) Boarding Section (Proposal Revision Phase)
GOCPS Integrated Production Skills (IPS) Program Start-Up (Implementation Phase)
Capacity Building for Teachers (Monitoring Phase)
GOCPS Generator (Monitoring Phase)
Family Projects
Watoto Training for Families and Child Monitors (Pre-Proposal Phase)
Cameras for Child Monitors (Pre-Proposal Phase)
Seed Distribution Project - Phase II (Implementation Phase)
Seed Distribution Project - Phase I (Monitoring Phase)
Health Projects
Sawyer Water Filter Project (Proposal Revision Phase)
GOCPS Sick Bay (Proposal Revision Phase)
GOCPS Water Tank Addition (Monitoring Phase)
GOCPS Generator (Monitoring Phase)
Spirituality Projects
Church Instruments & Sound System (Proposal Revision Phase)
Community Bible DIstribution (Proposal Revision Phase)
Simple the Story Evangelism Training (Monitoring Phase)
Glory of Christ Church/Primary School Roof Project (Completed)
General Projects
Land Purchase (Implementation Phase)
Administrative Record Keeping System (Implementation Phase)
Capacity Building for Record Keeping & Accountability (Monitoring Phase)
Administrative Computer Project (Monitoring Phase)
Other OJM Projects
- OJM is currently exploring future partnerships with other communities in Uganda. Please keep OJM and these communities in prayer as we begin forming new relationships with our brothers and sisters in Christ and work together to ensure that that orphans and vulnerable children may grow up into healthy, productive adults, with their communities empowered and equipped to independently support them as quickly as possible.
- Join us as we pray for the orphans of the Haiti earthquake.