From Coweta to Uganda With Love

Warren and Mary-Faye Moore with their friends in Uganda

During a season of life when most people are contemplating retirement, Warren and Mary Faye Moore discovered God had some unexpected and wonderful plans for them. Traveling to the other side of the world, revitalizing an impoverished part of Africa, and changing the lives of hundreds of children, may not have been on their bucket list, but that’s exactly what this Coweta couple is doing through their non-profit, Mission Mbale. 

“We did not plan to do this,” Mary Faye is quick to point out. “Our daughter was working with a mission in Uganda in 2013, and we thought she was going to live there the rest of her life, so we went over there to visit her.” But what started out as a short visit to see their daughter, quickly blossomed into a deep calling to help the city of Mbale, Uganda. 

Roughly the size of the state of Georgia, Uganda has a population of more than 60 million. The city of Mbale is home to the Namatala Slum, where 33,000 people live including approximately 8,000 orphans who have no way to support themselves, get an education or improve their future. There is limited access to clean water, medical care, education or proper sanitation. Despite these dire conditions, Mary Faye and Warren discovered a beautiful resilience, joy, and welcoming spirit among these people. 

Although it wasn’t in their plans, the Moores quickly found themselves collecting donations for local construction projects such as digging a new well in the area. Back in the states they were stunned at the outpouring of generosity they saw for these projects. Mary Faye recalls telling her husband, “God is up to something here.”

The couple eventually formed their own 501-c and Mission Mbale began to grow.

“Uganda is a nation of children raising children,” Warren explains, and children are the focus of this international project. 

Since 2013 Mission Mbale has built a beautiful school where 315 students live, learn about Jesus and receive a quality education. “Child sponsorships are what make this possible,” Warren says. 

Students line the balconies of the Ebenezer Christian School

“Child sponsorship was birthed out of a need to get an initial 25 orphans in a shelter and get food in their stomachs,” Mary Faye explains. Today sponsorship provides for 275 children. Each of these children are now being provided with an education at the Ebenezer Christian School, (built by Mission Mbale) or at a neighboring highschool, boarding accommodations at the school,  school supplies, daily meals, onsite healthcare at the school health clinic, as well as Christian mentoring. 

Mission Mbale’s motto is, “One child at a time,” and through sponsorship, the lives of one child at a time is changed. Mission Mbale not only changes that child’s life today, but creates a future that is healthy, productive, and impactful for generations to come. 

Many individuals and families in Coweta County have already joined the child sponsorship program through Mission Mbale bringing these children hope today and a brighter future tomorrow. Click the link to read about four Coweta residents who are discovering the joy of child sponsorship in the Newnan Coweta Magazine feature, “One Child at a Time.” 

To learn more about Mission Mbale and child sponsorship visit missionmbaleorg.reachapp.co.