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		<title>Blight of Child Sacrifice in Uganda Exposed in BBC Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Uncovering child sacrifice in Uganda http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15255357</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A BBC undercover reporter is told: &#8220;We can bury the child alive on your construction site&#8221; The villages and farming communities that surround Uganda&#8217;s capital, Kampala, are gripped by fear. Schoolchildren are closely watched by teachers and parents as they make their way home from school. In playgrounds and on the roadside are posters warning of the danger of abduction by witch doctors for the purpose of child sacrifice. The ritual, which some believe brings wealth and good health, was almost unheard of in the country until about three years ago, but it has re-emerged, seemingly alongside a boom in the country&#8217;s economy. Stephen&#8217;s decapitated body was found in a field The mutilated bodies of children have been discovered at roadsides, the victims of an apparently growing belief in the power of human sacrifice. &#8216;Sacrifice business&#8217; Many believe that members of the country&#8217;s new elite are paying witch doctors vast sums of money for the sacrifices in a bid to increase their wealth. At the Kyampisi Childcare Ministries church, Pastor Peter Sewakiryanga is teaching local children a song called Heal Our Land, End Child Sacrifice. To hear dozens of young voices singing such shocking words epitomises how ritual murder has become part of everyday life here. &#8220;Child sacrifice has risen because people have become lovers of money. They want to get richer,&#8221; the pastor says. &#8220;They have a belief that when you sacrifice a child you get wealth, and there are people who are willing to buy these children for a price. So they have become a commodity of exchange, child sacrifice has become a commercial business.&#8221; The pastor and his parishioners are lobbying the government to regulate witch doctors and improve police resources to investigate these crimes. Continue reading the main story â€œStart Quote Sometimes, they accuse us of these things because we make no arrests, but we are limited.â€ End Quote Commissioner Bignoa Moses Anti-Human Sacrifice Task Force According to official police figures, there was one case of child sacrifice in 2006; in 2008 the police say they investigated 25 alleged ritual murders, and in 2009, another 29. The Anti-Human Sacrifice Police Task Force, launched in response to the growing numbers, says the ritual murder rate has slowed, citing a figure of 38 cases since 2006. Pastor Sewakiryanga disputes the police numbers, and says there are more victims from his parish than official statistics for the entire country. The work of the police task force has been strongly criticised by the UK-based charity, Jubilee Campaign. It says in a report that the true number of cases is in the hundreds, and claims more than 900 cases have yet to be investigated by the police because of corruption and a lack of resources. &#8216;Quiet money&#8217; Allan was left for dead after a vicious attack Tepenensi led me to a field near her home where she found the body of her six-year-old grandson Stephen, dumped in the reeds. She trembled as she pointed out the spot where she found his...]]></description>
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		<title>Hope Channel and the Australian Christian Channel (Foxtel, channel 182).</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kyampisi Childcare Ministries Director interviewed on Hope Channel and the Australian Christian Channel (Foxtel, channel 182).]]></description>
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		<title>September 2011 &#8211; Kate Heroff / Submitted to Living Stones News</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 05:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[September 2011 &#8211; Kate Heroff / Submitted to Living Stones News &#8220;A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.&#8221; John 13:34-35 Monica Nelson, a 21-year-old woman from Woodbury Minn., who attends Winona State University in Winona, Minn., recently traveled to Uganda on a mission trip. According to Nelson: Ã¢â‚¬Å“We were in Uganda, Africa in a village called Kyampisi. The ministry that we went through, KCM (Kyampisi Children Ministries), set up a children&#8217;s church in the village. I went there with 12 others from Winona State University to serve in the community, to share the Word of God and to build home for Alan (a boy who suffered from child sacrifice but miraculously survived). I was there for seven weeks and hope to go back next summer. The little boy in the picture is Bruce; he is 3 years old. He had malaria, which is why he was sleeping on me. He has four siblings, his mom is very active in the church and his father is actually a witch doctor, so their family needs prayers. The website for the ministry is www.kyampisi.org.]]></description>
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		<title>KCM annual thanks giving dinner 30th July 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; KCM annual thanks giving diner scheduled to take place on the 30thJuly 2011 at the Jesus house in kisasi at 5pm. Psalm 95:2-3 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.Â Â For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods!&#160; Estimated budget for 200 guests Item Quantity Cost per unit Total Food 200 plates 4000@ plate 800.000 Drinks 10 crates 15000@crate 150.000 PA system 1 100000 100.000 Chairs 200 chairs 500@ chair 100.000 Transport 1 200000 200.000 Cards 100 cards 500 @ card 50.000 Airtime 1 30.000 Miscellaneous 200.000 Total 1.630.000 It is yet another year and God has been faithful to us thatâ€™s a reason to rejoice, let us come together and celebrate His goodness. Bless us as by contributing towards this diner, remember itâ€™s better to give than to receive. Thanks so much and God bless you!]]></description>
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		<title>A mission trip to Kyampisi, crusade for Allan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A mission trip, crusade for Allan Article &#124; 04.27.11 &#124; By Hanna Volgarino Allan, of Uganda, was attacked for sacrifice October 19, 2009 and survived. Ten Winona State University students will travel to Allanâ€™s hometown May 1-July 1 to raise awareness of child sacrifice. (Submitted photo) The courage to stand up for a cause has paid off for Winona State University students who raised funds in support for ending child sacrifice in Uganda. The goal was met: $1,471.20. Free-will donations were made at the child sacrifice fundraiser April 15. During the fundraiser, the meal was simple: rice, beans and water. Attendees experienced a meal similar to what people eat in Africa every day. Ten WSU students will embark on a mission trip to a small village called Kyampisi in Uganda, beginning May 1. â€œOur main focus will be the vulnerable children in this community,â€ said Kate Heroff, a student participating in the mission trip. â€œThese kids have been through physical, emotional and spiritual hurt. Our goal will be to help enable them to live lives that are full, productive and positive.â€ The money raised at the fundraiser will not benefit the mission trip itself, but will be donated to a little boy named Allan. On October 19, 2009, six-year-old Allan was attacked for sacrifice. Allan was walking home from school and a group of men left him for dead after brutally torturing the young boy. Child sacrifice is driven by superstition, exploitation, witchcraft and extreme poverty. In these ritual ceremonies, body parts are oftentimes cut off in the belief that spirits will consume them and provide good health, riches and success. After searching for hours, a person heard whimpering from under a bush where they found Allan barely alive and laying in a pool of his own blood. He was in a coma and remained in that state for a month. Allan was rushed to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery. The team of surgeons successfully closed the deep wound to his skull with tissue and they were able to stabilize the 6 year old. However, his injuries soon led to a stroke and, as a result, he suffered loss of sensation and weakness in his left side. â€œBy the grace of God, Allan didnâ€™t die from these injuries,â€ said Heroff. Heroff said Allan still experiences weakness and numbness in his left arm. Allan lives with his single father and two siblings, and is also a victim of poverty. His father stopped working to take care of Allan, and he struggled to cover the cost of his medical bills, let alone pay for school fees and the cost of meals for his family. In order to be able to cover the costs of Allanâ€™s surgery and recovery, his father had to sell the familyâ€™s land and home. Currently, his father is living in his grandmotherâ€™s house, and Allan is living in the Jesus House: a portion of the nonprofit organization Kyampisi Childcare Ministries. The WSU students will be stationed...]]></description>
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		<title>A mission trip, crusade for Allan</title>
		<link>http://www.kyampisi.org/KCM/?p=560</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Print Share A mission trip, crusade for Allan Article &#124; 04.27.11 &#124; By Hanna Volgarino Allan, of Uganda, was attacked for sacrifice October 19, 2009 and survived. Ten Winona State University students will travel to Allan&#8217;s hometown May 1-July 1 to raise awareness of child sacrifice. (Submitted photo) The courage to stand up for a cause has paid off for Winona State University students who raised funds in support for ending child sacrifice in Uganda. The goal was met: $1,471.20. Free-will donations were made at the child sacrifice fundraiser April 15. During the fundraiser, the meal was simple: rice, beans and water. Attendees experienced a meal similar to what people eat in Africa every day. Ten WSU students will embark on a mission trip to a small village called Kyampisi in Uganda, beginning May 1. â€œOur main focus will be the vulnerable children in this community,â€ said Kate Heroff, a student participating in the mission trip. â€œThese kids have been through physical, emotional and spiritual hurt. Our goal will be to help enable them to live lives that are full, productive and positive.â€ The money raised at the fundraiser will not benefit the mission trip itself, but will be donated to a little boy named Allan. On October 19, 2009, six-year-old Allan was attacked for sacrifice. Allan was walking home from school and a group of men left him for dead after brutally torturing the young boy. Child sacrifice is driven by superstition, exploitation, witchcraft and extreme poverty. In these ritual ceremonies, body parts are oftentimes cut off in the belief that spirits will consume them and provide good health, riches and success. After searching for hours, a person heard whimpering from under a bush where they found Allan barely alive and laying in a pool of his own blood. He was in a coma and remained in that state for a month. Allan was rushed to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery. The team of surgeons successfully closed the deep wound to his skull with tissue and they were able to stabilize the 6 year old. However, his injuries soon led to a stroke and, as a result, he suffered loss of sensation and weakness in his left side. â€œBy the grace of God, Allan didnâ€™t die from these injuries,â€ said Heroff. Heroff said Allan still experiences weakness and numbness in his left arm. Allan lives with his single father and two siblings, and is also a victim of poverty. His father stopped working to take care of Allan, and he struggled to cover the cost of his medical bills, let alone pay for school fees and the cost of meals for his family. In order to be able to cover the costs of Allanâ€™s surgery and recovery, his father had to sell the family&#8217;s land and home. Currently, his father is living in his grandmotherâ€™s house, and Allan is living in the Jesus House: a portion of the nonprofit organization Kyampisi Childcare Ministries. The WSU students...]]></description>
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		<title>SALEY MUGOMBA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Kamuli district, the Police on May 11 discovered the beheaded body of a four-year-old boy, Saley Mugomba. He was the son of Rose Kasone and Ali Kamole of Bulopa trading centre. His body was discovered in a potato plantation adjacent to his parents&#8217; residence, three days after he disappeared from home. Patrick Walama, a neighbour to the deceased&#8217;s parents; Kisuule Bakaki Mugere, a traditional healer and George Kaziro, the chairman of the traditional healers in the area, were arrested and charged. Police suspect that both murders were acts of human sacrifice. NAKATO On May 3, a two-year-old girl, only identified as Nakato, went missing from her home at Kaguyo village in Ngoma sub county, Nakaseke district. Nakato has never been seen again and Police suspect that she was sacrificed. Following her disappearance, three people including her aunt, Scovia Nalugo and her father, Stephen Bawesi, were arrested. According to Police records, Nalugo admitted that she was promised sh250,000 by Isma Kafeero, a charcoal burner in the village if she sold the girl to him. The Police says Nalugo confessed that she witnessed Kafeero cut off the girl&#8217;s head. In Wakiso district, a body of a female juvenile was recovered in Katuge village. Police identified the deceased as Margaret Babirye, 10. Babirye&#8217;s body was found in a shallow grave in Kasinini Forest. The body had multiple cuts the neck and on the head, while the right leg and left arm were missing. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>50,000 Ugandan children sold</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[50,000 Ugandan children sold Friday, 17th June, 2011 A Police officer parades a Karimojong woman suspected of trafficking and selling children in Kampala By Frederick Womakuyu and Olandason Wanyama OVER 50,000 children in Karamoja have been sold or hired out by their parents since 2001. Many of them such as Peter Lopiding, 62, have done it to get money for food to feed their families. Only weeks after the transaction, the money runs out and they regret selling their children. Mzee Peter Lopiding, 62, is glued to his stool, Eche Cholon, under a tree at the bus stop at Iriri trading centre in the newly-created Napak district. A Gateway bus from Kampala arrives and the door opens. Lopiding carefully looks at every disembarking passenger, with the hope that his daughter will be one of them. She isnâ€™t. And as usual, he is disappointed. He cannot count how many times he has come to the bus stop with the hope that his daughter will be one of the passengers from Kampala. Three years ago, an â€˜aid workerâ€™, gave Lopiding sh50,000 and took his 14-year-old daughter to Kampala. His family was starving and they needed to buy food. Besides, with the girl gone, Lopiding had fewer mouths to feed. He bought sorghum, the staple food in Karamoja, for his family of 10 but after a week, the money was gone. But the â€˜aid workerâ€™ had not told him the truth. Lopiding thought he was only hiring out his daughter and she would come back after a while. â€œHe took my daughter to Kampala and promised to let her visit us often. It is now three years and she has not returned. Every day, I sit here with the hope of receiving her,â€ he says. Like Lopiding, many poverty-stricken Karimojong parents have been duped into selling off their children. According to UNICEF, over 50,000 children from Karamoja have been sold or hired out since 2001. In its 2008 global survey report entitled, â€œChallenges and opportunities for children in pastoral areasâ€, UNICEF noted that annually, over 5,000 children are taken out of Karamoja in search of food for families. According to the survey, people from as far Teso, Kampala and Acholi, flock Karamoja daily looking for maids and labourers. They negotiate with the parents for a fee, which is paid before the child is taken. Thereafter, the â€˜employerâ€™ is supposed to send money to the parents periodically as payment for the work that the child is doing. Sometimes the parents negotiate for a contract ranging from a few months to five years, after which the child is supposed to return home. Often, these agreements are not documented. The childrenâ€™s destinations include Soroti, Kumi, Mbale, Busia, Tororo, Iganga, Kampala and Kiryandongo districts. The children are mostly from the sub-counties of Iriiri, Lorengechora and Lokopo in Napak district, while others come from the districts of Moroto, Nakapiripirit and Kotido. A former UNICEF consultant, Moses Lulume, who carried out the survey between 1998 and 2008, says some...]]></description>
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		<title>UGANDA: INTERNATIONAL PRAYER CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED TO END CHILD SACRIFICE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; In October last year, seven-year-old Allan Ssembatya was walking home from school with friends when he was kidnapped. A frantic search followed before he was found, whimpering, under a bush, laying in a pool of his own blood. He had suffered injuries that can only be described as horrific â€“ an axe had torn open his skull and a section removed. He had been stabbed in the neck and had been castrated. CAMPAIGNING TO END CHILD SACRIFICE: Kyampisi Childcare Ministries&#8217; and its partner the Jubiee Campaign UK have launched an international campaign to put an end to the practice. â€œThe issue (of child sacrifice) has intensely grown in the last two or three years.&#8221; - Pastor Peter M. Sewakiryanga, director of Kyampisi Childcare Ministries. Allan, who lives in the Kayunga District of Uganda &#8211; just to the north of the capital of Kampala, is one of the many children taken each year by people looking for children to sacrifice to their gods. Thankfully Allan survived his wounds â€“ although a stroke caused as a result of the horrific attack has left him with epilepsy and weakness and numbness in one arm â€“ but many donâ€™t. One organisation attempting to tackle the rising problem is Uganda-based Kyampisi Childcare Ministries (KCM) which aims to help vulnerable children. Its data, based on police information, shows that the numbers of children believed to have been killed or disappeared as a result of child sacrifice are growing. In 1999, figures show 15 children were confirmed as having been killed in ritual sacrifices. By 2008, as many as 318 were reported as having disappeared with 18 confirmed dead. In January this year, a further two children â€“ girls â€“ were confirmed as having been killed in ritual sacrifices. â€œThe issue has intensely grown in the last two or three years,â€ says Peter M. Sewakiryanga, director of KCM, an organisation which he co-founded around two years ago. He says the practice â€“ which includes taking body parts of children such as their facial features or genitals â€“ is aimed at â€˜feedingâ€™ spirits to bring people â€œrichesâ€. â€œOthers believe theyâ€™ll get protection. Othersâ€¦are just serving their gods and so their gods tell them to sacrifice childrenâ€¦â€ he says. â€œThey have a belief that because these children are considered to be pure â€“ they are said to live a pure life, they donâ€™t have any attachment to any things â€“ they believe that when you take special parts, especially the private parts or the organs of children, to their gods, they will get blessingsâ€¦so they give them to appease the gods that they follow.â€ Pastor Sewakiryanga, who pastors a community church in Uganda, is in Australia for six weeks until mid-November visiting church groups to raise awareness and gather support for an international prayer campaign to end child sacrifice. KCM is conducting the campaign in partnership with the Jubilee Campaign UK. The campaign is urging people to pray for a solution and to sign an online petition calling...]]></description>
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