Village Profile: KIWALE

Kiwale is a village situated about 2 hours drive from Kampala.

Young Pastor Emmanuel originally went to Bweyogerere looking for Pastor Emmanuel Sunday and asked him to help establish a church in his village. The original building was constructed from trees and papyrus with a corrugated iron roof.

Although it was badly in need of repaid, the small congregation were faithful and often used it for all night prayer vigils.

Community Church Sheppey raised money firstly to provide a brick-built latrine, which involved digging a 20ft deep pit for drainage.

A year later, the money we raised was used to start building the new church. The land was given by Peter, a local village man, who always dreamed of one day having a school in the village. Many local people laughed at him, but because of his vision, not only is there a church with an ever-growing congregation, but it is also used during the week as a school for over 100 village children (approx. 5-11 years).

Wooden benches were made by local people and our church also provided them with some Bibles. The school was named by Florence “Kiwale Grace Community School” because she said that it was only by the grace of God that such a thing could happen.