What We Do
Founded in 2001, with about 5 volunteers, Pilgrim is successfully growing into a major local player in development and relief interventions in Uganda. With a staff of about 100 fulltime workers and more than 100 volunteers, Pilgrim is a significant player in the rehabilitation and development of the sub region - reaching more than 500,000 households in north and eastern Uganda through a broad spectrum of community programs. Through affiliates and partners in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Pilgrim is providing relief to orphans and promoting sustainable socio-economic development in the region.
About our work
Pilgrim strives to share the hope and love that is found in Christ Jesus which generates wholeness, creativity and dignity. Because love is never content with a partial or lukewarm response to need, we believe in a holistic and progressive multiservice approach in our interventions. We believe the best witness of Christ's revolutionary love is to invest ourselves in the lives, dreams, hopes, gifts and talents of the people we serve. Pilgrim aids the needy and war-afflicted communities through relief efforts and with long-term goal of promoting sustainable socio-economic development.
Agathos Aid And Relief
Agathos Aid And Relief Projects
Agathos Aid And Relief Campaigns
Pilgrim's Relief program brings aid to those in emergency situations in various parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Food is provided to those suffering the effects of flooding, drought and war. Through partnerships, Pilgrim delivers medical aid to needy children in Uganda, Southern Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe. These doses of Vitamin A and de-worming make significant improvements in the overall health of nutritionally-challenged children. The Orphan Care program mobilizes African community leaders to care for those within their community who have been orphaned and widowed by AIDS.
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NEWS 10.05.09 Pilgrim chosen as a featured partner by HopeMongers.org Pilgrim is one of three non-profits that was selected to be featured by HopeMongers.org - a wonderful new micro-giving site that is connecting people one-to-one across the globe with the mission to solve endemic poverty and injustice. Learn more about HopeMongers in the included inspiring video. More...
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RELEASE 10.16.09 Pilgrim Food Distribution Brings Relief To Thousands In Uganda
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Agriculture
Agriculture Projects
Resettlement & Agricultural Assistance
Pilgrim's agricultural and environmental programs promote formation of farmer cooperative groups, tree plantings, adoption of drought-resistant crop varieties, the use of renewable energy production and the introduction of technologies which enhance and preserve the environment. As these initiatives come to fruition, the farmers can halt further environmental degradation while achieving food security and financial independence for generations.
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NEWS 10.30.09 Newly premiered video - "Pilgrim In Uganda" We are proud to premiere a new video created for us by Gregory King - "Pilgrim In Uganda 2009" - that captures the people, work and successes that Pilgrim experienced in Uganda in 2009. Enjoy and spread the word! More...
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RELEASE 10.16.09 Pilgrim Food Distribution Brings Relief To Thousands In Uganda
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Education
Beacon of Hope College (BOH), a boarding school operated by Pilgrim in Soroti, Uganda, provides an excellent Christian education for 500 former refugees and disadvantaged young people, many of whom are former child soldiers. In addition to academics, students receive room and board, medical treatment, clothing, trauma counseling and mentoring to become leaders in their communities. Pilgrim's second education project is the formation of Teso University, with the goal of providing Christian higher education for deserving students in Northeastern Uganda.
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NEWS 12.30.99 Hopelessness to Hope Beacon of Hope School Student Testimony More...
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Public Health
Pilgrim's public health programs seek to demonstrate Christ's love through medical care in locales without access to such services. The Beacon Medical Center provides preventative and acute care including trauma and HIV/AIDS counseling for the townspeople in Soroti, Uganda, and for staff and students of Beacon of Hope College. Using the clinic as a home base, the Pilgrim mobile medical team delivers health care and trauma counseling to people in remote villages and IDP camps in the region. In 2008, Pilgrim launched Move On Malaria, an aggressive campaign to eradicate malaria in northern Uganda.
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NEWS 12.04.09 Move On Malaria: Preliminary Kumi Summary Report By God's grace, Pilgrim successfully completed its second Move on Malaria campaign in the Kumi district of the Teso sub region in northeastern Uganda in September. Kumi is one of the seven districts that form the Teso sub region, and has an estimated population of 358,400. More...
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RELEASE 10.10.09 Dr. Katy Hurd To Lead Pilgrim's Public Health Program In Africa
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