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In March 2009 God led Hugh Pilcher to form a small team and help local vulnerable children who hung around the streets and slept in shop door-ways in Kigumba town, Kiryandongo District, Uganda. At the time Hugh, from Suffolk, United Kingdom, was managing a large three-year development project for an international church organisation. Hugh had previously gained good experience of Christian development and relief projects through working in Tanzania for six years and Iraq for two years.Using funds donated by friends and churches in the UK Hugh and his team of locals provided assistance to children through nutritious cooked food, bible teaching and basic psycho-social care. The aim was to improve the diet of the children, share the gospel of Jesus Christ with them and improve their confidence and self-esteem. In the following year Hugh extended the work and partnered with a local church to select children for sponsorship at a nearby Primary School. The children were all from very

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