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Praying Together April 2021

CPA Praying Together – April 2021 Please join us and…

Praying Together March 2021

CPA Praying Together – March 2021 “The steadfast love of…

Praying Together February 2021

CPA Praying Together – February 2021 The steadfast love of…

Praying Together January 2021

CPA Praying Together – January 2021 The steadfast love of…

Happy Christmas from CPA

✨ Happy Christmas from CPA ✨ This time last year, when…

Praying Together December 2020

CPA Praying Together – December 2020 Please join us and…

Praying Together November 2020

CPA Praying Together – November 2020 Please join us and…

Ethiopia Featured Post From the Office

29.09.20

CPA Praying Together – October 2020 Jehovah Shalom, Lord of…

Covid-19 in Ethiopia

Emergency Food Parcels – Ethiopia Dear Friends, We are so…

16.07.20

CPA Praying Together 16.07.20 Please join us and feel free…

From the Office Uganda

Emergency Food Parcels Uganda An Update July 2020

Emergency Food Parcels Update 07.07.20 July 2020 Once again…

09.06.20

CPA Praying Together 09.06.20 Please join us and feel free…

Throwback to fun times and hard graft in Komamboga

28 Jan 2020

Hard graft and a lot of fun In 2014 Laura Brown & Murray McMillan visited Komamboga Children’s Home. Here’s what…

Scovia’s House

21 Oct 2019

Scovia’s House “With a little help from my friends.” In the last edition of ‘The View,’ we featured the story of a St Paul’s project family,…

Afar Girls

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best!

21 Oct 2019

Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best! Komame Senior School, Afar region, Ethiopia It was such a simple suggestion from…

“When you arrive without hope you don’t dare to dream.”

21 Oct 2019

“When you arrive without hope you don’t dare to dream.” It was wonderful to see Fairy and Bob again. Fairy…

In Celebration of ‘Education’ at St Paul’s School

21 Oct 2019

In Celebration of ‘Education’ at St Paul’s School We arrive in Rukungiri late on a Sunday. Here in the west…

Back in a Heartbeat – Team trip to St Paul’s School, Rukungiri

26 Apr 2019

In November, a team from Scotland travelled to St Paul’s School. They had a fun, action-packed few days with the…

The Face in the Place – Bamwesiga Justus

23 Apr 2019

Bamwesiga Justus, Head teacher at St Paul’s School, Rukungiri, Uganda I was born in Buhasha village in the Bushenyi District…

Moving Home – the Komamboga children

23 Apr 2019

The history of Uganda, following its independence from Britain, is a messy one. It finally emerged from years of military…

Afar Girls

The Face in the Place – Million Belihu…

1 Feb 2019

… One in a million! This post originally featured in The View – Winter 2015 (20th Anniversary Edition) Wow it…

The Face in the Place – Shivan Ainembabazi

14 Dec 2018

Social worker at Komamboga Children’s Home. I was born in a humble Christian home in the Rukungiri district with eleven…

From Grass to Grace

6 Nov 2018

We love getting updates from the children we’ve helped to support through education. This latest news from Mike, who joined…

Afar Girls

The Face in the Place – Roman Tafese

6 Nov 2018

Girls Boarding Coordinator for the Afar Girls. I was born in 1984 in the Oromia region of Ethiopia and the youngest…

Meeting Bob

10 Oct 2018

Kevin and I have been supporters of CPA for over twenty years and on my first visit to Uganda, one…

From the Office St. Paul's School

Changes are afoot at Komamboga

10 Oct 2018

Although I have travelled a lot on my own over the years, I must admit my first visit to Africa…

An Extraordinary Day: Special Memories and New Beginnings

1 Sep 2016

The day, like any other day, began with blue sky and the sounds of Africa. However, today was to be…

From the Office St. Paul's School

When the CPA girls visited Uganda.

1 Sep 2016

Home from Home – Girls on tour! Stepping into St Paul’s is like going through ‘the back of the wardrobe’…

Throwback to Uganda 2016

1 Sep 2016

Uganda – ‘The Pearl of Africa’ Dry, barren, warm – whenever I thought of Africa, I thought of this. But…

March 2020 – The 18th Kilimanjaro Marathon

6 Mar 2020

Kilimanjaro Marathon The 1st March, was the 18th year of the Kilimanjaro Marathon. Situated south of the equator, Kilimanjaro is…

Wildebeest Births in February

14 Jan 2020

Wildebeest Births Approximately 500,000 births occur during a three-week period. Each year, wildebeest in the Serengeti-Mara migrate between 500 and…

Timkat – one of Ethiopia’s most important Christian festivals.

14 Jan 2020

Timkat Taking place in Ethiopia every year on 19th January (or the 20th on leap years!) Timkat (also known as…

Celebrating New year in Uganda

27 Dec 2019

Celebrating New Year in Uganda Celebrating New Year in Uganda In Uganda, as the clock strikes midnight on the 1st…

Christmas in Uganda

17 Dec 2019

Christmas in Uganda. Christmas in Uganda is called Sekukkulu and, just like in the UK, it is about people returning…

Kabalagala – Ugandan Banana Pancakes

10 Dec 2019

Kabalagala – Ugandan Banana Pancakes Kabalagala – known locally as kabas – are traditional Ugandan pancakes, although, deep fried, they…

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony

5 Jul 2017

Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony A great saying in Ethiopia is “Buna dabo naw”, which when translated means “Coffee is our bread!”…

Delicious Mozambican Coconut Curry

14 Jun 2017

Delicious Mozambican Coconut curry Mozambique has a rich and varied cuisine and the influence of Portuguese colonisation is evident in…

Ukpo Ogede – Nigerian Pudding

14 Jun 2017

Tasty Savoury Pudding from Nigeria- Ukpo Ogede (Moi Moi) Nigerian food is varied, colourful and flavoursome with plenty of spice.…

Really Tasty Rolex, a traditional Ugandan dish.

7 Jun 2017

Really Tasty Rolex, a Traditional Ugandan Dish Rolex is a popular food item in Uganda, combining an egg omelette and…

Ethiopia Featured Post From the Office

Happy Christmas from CPA

15 Dec 2020

✨ Happy Christmas from CPA ✨ This time last year, when we were thinking about the year ahead, I dare say…

Covid-19 in Ethiopia

8 Sep 2020

Emergency Food Parcels – Ethiopia Dear Friends, We are so grateful for the overwhelming support we have received from supporters…

From the Office Uganda

Emergency Food Parcels Uganda An Update July 2020

9 Jul 2020

Emergency Food Parcels Update 07.07.20 July 2020 Once again thank you so very much to all of you who…

Emergency Food Parcels Uganda Covid 19

3 Jun 2020

Emergency Food Parcels – Uganda June 2020 While we have been in ‘lockdown’ here in the UK, Uganda has also…

News from the office – Winter 2019

15 Nov 2019

News from the office – Winter 2019 Five Talents In July, Chris and Rosey were invited to a Five Talents event at Merton College,…

Celebrating a shared journey.

21 Oct 2019

Celebrating a shared journey. Dr Pat Beckley and Rosey I was recently invited to write a chapter for a book,…

News from the Office – Spring 2019

23 Apr 2019

New office! We kicked off 2019 by moving into our new office. It didn’t take long to get everything unpacked…

Collaboration – the way ahead

23 Apr 2019

Sometimes we think we can go it alone in life, dealing with things that come across our path in our…