Fundraising Goal Reached for COVID Triage Center

by | Jul 21, 2021

We have received many generous gifts from supporters like you, the Pilgrim Staff, and the Pilgrim Board, and are excited to share that we have raised our goal of $40,000 for the COVID Triage Center at Beacon of Hope! The COVID Triage Center is in the process of being...

COVID Violence in Africa

by | Jul 20, 2021

SOWETO, South Africa—Sello Kgoale watched his neighbors shuttling back and forth with looted liquor, refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. There were no police at a nearby mall, they told him, so the 46-year-old father of three joined the thousands-strong mob...

GoFundMe for COVID Triage Center

by | Jul 7, 2021

(This GoFundMe campaign has been completed) COVID-19 is spreading rapidly throughout Africa. The BBC says “Uganda is of particular concern, recording a 131% week-on-week rise in cases, with isolation centres and intensive care units under strain.” Fewer than 2%...

Second Covid Wave in Uganda

by | Jun 9, 2021

On Sunday the President of Uganda announced that all schools will be closed for the next 42 days, and that only local travel will be allowed as they have started to see a significant second wave of COVID-19. Just like the first wave, Uganda is acting firmly to keep...

World Malaria Day 2021

by | Apr 28, 2021

On April 25, we celebrated World Malaria Day! World Malaria Day is when we mark successes in the fight against malaria, highlight the responsibility we all have to end malaria within a generation and urge leaders to step up the fight and get us closer to a...