{"id":1930,"date":"2012-01-27T03:17:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T03:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimint.org\/au\/2012\/01\/27\/short-term-at-smile-africa\/"},"modified":"2012-01-27T03:17:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T03:17:18","slug":"short-term-at-smile-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aimint.org\/ap\/2012\/01\/27\/short-term-at-smile-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-term at Smile Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;\">Smile Africa has found a place in the heart of AIM short-termer Rhonwen Hamer from\u00a0Melbourne, Victoria. Rhonwen went to Smile Africa in Tororo, Uganda in November 2011 for a 6 week short-term ministry as part of a group of people from various\u00a0AIM mobilising regions. Rhowen is\u00a019 and is a dental nurse and attends St\u00a0Alfred\u2019s Anglican Church. She has just\u00a0completed her second year of a Bachelor\u00a0of Arts degree at the University in\u00a0Melbourne. She hopes to do a masters\u00a0degree in primary education from 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">She has a passion to disciple children.\u00a0Smile Africa is a partner ministry\u00a0of AIM with a long-term objective of\u00a0caring for children at risk. They operate\u00a0a drop-in or day center for vulnerable\u00a0children in Tororo. The ministry was\u00a0established by Ugandan, Pastor Ruth,\u00a0and is open from Monday to Saturday\u00a0from 9am to 4pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>About 400 <\/em><em>children are <\/em><em>involved in <\/em><em>the program <\/em><em>which provides <\/em><em>a safe place for <\/em><em>children who <\/em><em>would otherwise <\/em><em>be on the street. <\/em>\u201cMy first week here comprised of\u00a0orientation with AIM. I was based in\u00a0Kampala at the AIM guesthouse where\u00a0I was shown around town and taught\u00a0how to use the public transport here in\u00a0Uganda. I was introduced to the work\u00a0that AIM do throughout Africa and\u00a0given an introduction to LAMP, which\u00a0is a method of learning a language. The week was really helpful in giving me a\u00a0taste of the different training that the\u00a0longer term missionaries go through\u00a0and it gave me a chance to rest before\u00a0arriving at Smile.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Rhonwen said after orientation she\u00a0took the five-hour bus ride to Tororo in\u00a0north-east Uganda, close to the Kenyan\u00a0border.\u00a0\u201cIt has been great getting to know\u00a0the group of girls that are here with\u00a0AIM, they have been fantastic, showing\u00a0me around and helping me adjust to life\u00a0in Tororo and working at Smile. The\u00a0girls are all older than me and are from\u00a0the US and the UK, and it has been\u00a0great to have their support. The girls\u00a0have been here for several months and\u00a0have already created many relationships\u00a0around Tororo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u201cBecause of this, it has been easier\u00a0for me to develop relationships with the\u00a0staff at Smile and the staff at the hotel\u00a0that we live in. The other night we had\u00a0a great opportunity to share our faith\u00a0with the manager of our hotel. He is a\u00a0Muslim and although he is committed\u00a0to converting one of us to Islam, we\u00a0chatted with him for several hours about\u00a0God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Rhonwen said that from the minute\u00a0you walk through the gate at Smile you\u00a0are swamped by children.\u00a0\u201cBecause it is the holidays there\u00a0are less kids than usual, however there\u00a0are still about 200 each day. This also\u00a0means that there is\u00a0no school, and so\u00a0there is lots of chaos.\u00a0Most of the children\u00a0who attend SMILE\u00a0are Karamojong\u00a0people, an unwanted\u00a0people group here\u00a0in Uganda. Several\u00a0of the children live\u00a0at Smile, because\u00a0they are orphaned,\u00a0but most of the\u00a0children live in the\u00a0surrounding villages.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">January 2012<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smile Africa has found a place in the heart of AIM short-termer Rhonwen Hamer from\u00a0Melbourne, Victoria. Rhonwen went to Smile Africa in Tororo, Uganda in November 2011 for a 6 week short-term ministry as part of a group of people from various\u00a0AIM mobilising regions. 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