Patti Squire

Patti Squire is a special needs teacher who has lived in and around Kampala for over 30 years. She oversees Pearls of Africa Special Needs Centres (PASNEC) Foundation. There are currently 2 centres for PASNEC. One is a day centre at Kanyanya in Kampala. The other is a boarding facility at Seguku, which is between Kampala and Entebbe, which is where Patti currently lives.

To find out more about PASNEC look at www.pasnec.org  To sponsor a child please contact pasnecuganda@gmail.com To receive weekly, Patti’s praise pieces and prayer pointers (P5)  or to contact her directly then please e-mail – pattis@hotmail.co.uk

kate tolhurst

Kate is a SEN teacher from Hampshire who has lived in Uganda since 2009 working with children  and adults with disabilities and their families. She lived in rural Uganda and worked for New Hope Uganda for the first 11 years and adopted her oldest daughter Mary from there. In 2020 she moved to Jinja city in Eastern Uganda where she is the Special Education Director for Ekisa Ministries whose vision is to "re-write the story of disability." She overseas their Special Education school and helps to support and train other schools / ministries in caring for and educating those with disabilities. Kate is now in the process of adopting her second daughter Noel who has Downs Syndrome. Kate believes that people with disability and the way we interact with them can teach us and others so much about how our Father God sees and loves us. To learn more about Ekisa Ministries and see how you can be a part please go to www.ekisa.org and to receive Kate's personal newsletters please email her on katetollie@hotmail.co.uk