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We are saying thank you!

We are saying thank you!

To all our Donors ad supporters, we say thank you!   Barnabas Legacy Children’s Dream Foundation & Agape Star Christian School has now received support of $8,100USD since the start of 2024, of which approximately $3,150USD went to support teachers’ salaries & $3500USD...

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Legacy

Legacy

Legacy   A few years ago, God moved me to start thinking about a way of spreading the love of Christ to ladies and children in my local community through an initiative. And by the Grace of God, just after another few years, I got connected to Maree Cutler Naroba...

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Determined to serve

Determined to serve

Determined to serve   Reflecting on the past, it’s been nearly five years since we embarked on the Deborah women’s projects and almost a year (by June 15th, 2024) since we proudly inaugurated our Foundation school, dedicating it to our Heavenly Father. It’s also been...

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Making a lasting difference

Making a lasting difference

Making a lasting difference   As we get into the second quarter of the 2024 year, we not only celebrate God for the many good things He has done for the foundation and the school on its first anniversary since it started last year; but also embrace a profound...

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Let us sing for joy!

Let us sing for joy!

Let us sing for joy!   “Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his hand are...

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See what the Lord has done

See what the Lord has done

See what the Lord has done   When the foundation opened up its school in 2023, there were only 4 teachers, 64 children, no water tank, inside wasn’t painted, no compound grass and all the surrounding areas of the school were bushy, and so many other things now present...

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Bear one another’s burdens

Bear one another’s burdens

Bear one another's burdens   “Bear one another’s burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ.”  Galatians 6:2 When Barnabas Legacy Children’s Dream Foundation came up with starting the Agape Star Christian School, we wanted to create a space where students would...

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The end of an Academic Year

The end of an Academic Year

The end of an Academic Year   Our Term 3 started on 18th September 2023, and by the end of week 3, attendance was up about 75%. All our BLCDF/ASCS school teachers reported back and normal learning resumed immediately. This is the final and shortest of the 3 terms that...

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2023 Field Visit: Perspectives from on the ground

2023 Field Visit: Perspectives from on the ground   Mama Queen & Mama Karen’s first time in Uganda In 2022, Mama Queen – said yes (after about 5 years as Chair of BLCDF and Co-Founder Agape Star Christian School) to an opportunity of visiting the Foundation and its...

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For God’s love compels us: Field Visit June 2023

For God’s love compels us: Field Visit June 2023

For God's love compels us   I partnered with Barnabas Legacy Children’s Dream Foundation, a Christian Ugandan charity in 2018. The Foundation serves 250+ vulnerable, needy and orphaned children in the Buikwe District, a remote rural area of Uganda just outside Jinja,...

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The steps of unwavering faith

The steps of unwavering faith

The steps of unwavering Faith   When we first started out on the Vision of Barnabas Legacy Children’s Dream Foundation and the idea of the establishment of Agape Star Christian School, it was a dream I had towards the welfare of underprivileged children with a purpose...

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Ebenezer!! Thus far the Lord has brought us

Ebenezer!! Thus far the Lord has brought us

Ebenezer!! Thus far the Lord has brought us   28th of April 2023, marked the end of Term 1 2023 for our AGAPE STAR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.  We thank and appreciate the Almighty God who enabled us to close successfully. We also convey our gratitude to all of you our...

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The Lord is our help

The Lord is our help

The Lord is our help   “The Lord is our Help.” I wrote this word in bold on a piece of sticky paper and stuck it to our home door nearly 19 years ago when several family emergencies and conflicts made it seem like our world was collapsing all around us. The sticky...

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Changing communities through Agape Star Christian School

Changing communities through Agape Star Christian School

Changing communities through Agape Star Christian School   I can never stand on the school piece of land for long without tears of awe and gratitude filling my eyes. I remember what this place once was – a small plot of land overgrown with bushes and thorns and weeds...

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Reaching out in love

Reaching out in love

Reaching out in love   ‘Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you, I entrust my life’. Psalm 143:8: In Uganda, children travel many miles by foot to get to a quality school! That time...

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His great love for us

His great love for us

His great love for us   God has proved very faithful to us. We have had the number of children under the BLCDF Education Scholarship Program increase. Brendah, Benitah, Peace, Peter, Shatra, Hassan, Namala, Shadia, Charles, and Christine are among the many children...

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Step by step God is leading us

Step by step God is leading us

Step by step God is leading us   This has been a season of loss and gain, of saying goodbye and new beginnings. As most of you know, 2020 began with a mad rush to the states of being hit with coronavirus, and everyone has been struggling for the past 2 years. I thank...

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Agape Star Christian School Land Extension

Agape Star Christian School Land Extension

Agape Star Christian School Land Extension   I am Steven Wamala, the vision bearer and founder of Barnabas Legacy Children’s Dream Foundation. In 2021, we were able through your support and prayers, to purchase the first piece of land – for the foundation’s community...

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We value integrity

We value integrity

We value integrity   As BLCDF, we value integrity. We are committed to modelling the faithfulness and trustworthiness of God. We want to be known for being dependable, even when it’s hard.  When we see our children embodying this core value of integrity, we beam with...

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Without your generosity, great things can’t happen

Without your generosity, great things can’t happen

Without your generosity, great things can't happen   Here’s a secret: Without generous people like you we wouldn’t find it easy to run all through. We thank you that you have always been able to discover new ways to give. This willful & joyful pursuit of new...

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There are only three educational terms per year in Uganda.

TERM 1: 2nd February to 1st May 2026

TERM 2: 25th May to 21st August 2026

TERM 3: 14th September to 4th December 2026

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