a new school!
Our new Daystar School building is now open! We are serving 500 students ranging from nursery school up to primary grade 5. We are so grateful to have more capacity to meet this great need in the community. The Medical Center is thriving, treating an average of 20 people each day. Daystar Church is growing and we've seen over 150 people come to know Christ! We're continuing to provide clean water to the neighborhood, and have created 24 jobs. Thank you for all of your support!
US residents are now able to make tax-deductible gifts to Daystar through The Forgotten International.
Who We Are
Daystar Evangelical Ministries is a non-profit, faith-based organization committed to proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ and breaking barriers to health and livelihood in the lives of orphans, widows, and other vulnerable people in Uganda, Africa.
what we do
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Love and empower vulnerable children and families in Namalemba
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Provide high quality, accessible health care to Namalemba village
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Run a thriving nursery and primary school for Namalemba children
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Share the good news of Jesus and disciple believers
Irene's Story
Irene Ganiriza
Founder and Team Leader
Daystar E.M.
"I know what it is to be an orphan. Let me just say life has not been easy. But by the grace of God, I am here today."
I was born in 1988 to Mr. Pinto Mpalaka and Margret Mpalaka in Jinja town. It was an extended family, as my dad had two women and 3 kids before marrying my mother. My mum and dad had four children together and I am the second born of the four.
My parents died of HIV--my dad died when I was eight years old and my mum when I was ten. After my mum's death, the four of us, all still little, were taken to live with different relatives. My grandparents took me up, and they really tried their best to see me go to school. It was a very terrible moment in life though, not growing up with any of my siblings, and knowing we were all going through very difficult times. We had no chance to meet and encourage one other until we had grown up. Life was very hard. But by the grace of God, we went to school.
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