Through a gift from a couple in Alabama Bishop Hannington Bahemuka is realizing a long-held dream of running a “House of Bread” for the people in his diocese in western Uganda.

Bishop Hannington writes, “It will be used basically as a training Centre for making and selling bread. People will come to this house to learn how to make bread. This will generate money for the people making the bread.”

This center will also meet a big need in this remote location. Bishop Hannington continues, “At the moment, our traders go 75 miles away to another town to bring bread to sell in our town.”

“Secondly, we will use this house as a centre for selling milk from our orphanage. With time we will purchase a milk preserver so that the milk will keep for a long time.

“Our women will come here to learn how to use sewing machines and have a store for [selling] the clothes they make.

“I will use some of the rooms as a hotel and restaurant. That way the house will bring in income.”

The building is in a central location, but it needs a lot of work .

Bishop Hannington: “I purchased this “House of bread” because I wanted to secure this wonderful site. Otherwise the house needs renovation and refurbishment. What is needed immediately is a latrine or toilet. The current latrine is in such a very sorry state that the health workers may not allow the house to operate as a hotel. The house has twelve rooms and needs a latrine with six stances. The rooms in the house need to be fashioned according to our need and function. We need re-enforcement and a wall around our property.”

Bishop Hannington estimates that it will cost $8,500 to bring the building up to hotel and restaurant standards and fit it for the uses mentioned above.

This is one example of the many ways our bishops and churches in Africa are blessing their people and communities.