Advocacy Stories, Featured

CCIH Members Meet with U.S. Senators to Show Support for Foreign Assistance


May 9, 2019

Interfaith Working Group for Foreign Assistance Faith Leader Fly-In On May 1, 2019, CCIH participated in the Interfaith Working Group for Foreign Assistance Faith Leader Fly-In where faith leaders meet with Congressional offices to highlight the importance of preserving and expanding these life-saving initiatives. Dr. Perry Jansen, Senior...

by Kathy Erb

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Family Planning

A Biblical Basis for Planning Families


April 16, 2019

Reverend Moses Kayimba of the St. Apollo Namasuba Parish in Uganda describes family planning as a tool to help couples decide how many children they will have and how they will support them. “It’s about planning and preparing for a family so they can have a decent life,”...

by Kathy Erb

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Family Planning

Religious Leaders Provide Health as well as “Food for the Soul”


April 16, 2019

For the past eight years, Agnes (shown above) has been going to the Kyando Bishop Health Centre in southeast Uganda to access family planning care. “I chose to use family planning to space my children,” says Agnes, who has three children and would like two more. Agnes was...

by Kathy Erb

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Connector Articles, Family Planning

A Message of Thanks from Uganda to the American People


April 12, 2019

U.S. support for global health programs are having significant impact across the globe, something that Olivia Nangendo the Human Resources and Administration Manager at St. Stephen’s Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda witnesses first hand. The hospital is owned by the Anglican Church of Uganda in Mpererwe in the Namirembe...

by Kathy Erb

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