Arua, Uganda
We serve rural vulnerable population
Please pray for wisdom and strength as I work on some upcoming projects that will impact the community.
I’d appreciate prayer for good health and renewed energy this month.
I’m celebrating the progress we’ve made in our community programs—seeing lives impacted is such a blessing!
We just secured new opportunities that could expand our outreach, and I’m so thankful.
Community Recreation Empowerment Vitality (CREV) is a rural-based, multi-dimensional initiative that integrates Early Childhood Development (ECD), Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR), skills development, primary healthcare, recreational services, eco-restoration and eco-tourism within a single, inclusive, and self-sustaining community center powered by renewable energy. CREV is designed to uplift vulnerable populations including children, persons with disabilities, youth, and women by providing holistic support that fosters health, education, social inclusion, and economic empowerment. Through generating sustainable revenue streams such as accommodation, camping, eco-restoration, cultural tourism, and social enterprise, CREV ensures long-term impact and financial sustainability. This is an integrated system for restoring environment, regenerating economy, renewing people and catalyzing connected community. The overarching goal is to enhance the wellbeing, inclusion, and resilience of vulnerable rural communities in Uganda by delivering integrated services and ecosystem restoration within an environmentally responsible, community-driven hub. Rural communities in Uganda face interlinked challenges of poverty, exclusion, disability stigma, environmental degradation, and lack of essential services. Children with disabilities are often marginalized or hidden due to cultural misconceptions, lacking access to early learning, rehabilitation, and safe recreational spaces. Youth and women have limited access to skills development and economic opportunities, perpetuating cycles of unemployment and poverty. Simultaneously, the local environment suffers from deforestation, soil erosion, and biodiversity loss, exacerbating climate vulnerabilities such as flooding, droughts, and reduced agricultural productivity. Current efforts focusing only on reducing greenhouse gas emissions fall short; without holistic ecosystem restoration, irreversible climate tipping points threaten both human and natural systems. CREV responds by creating an inclusive, self-sustaining community hub that not only addresses education, health, and livelihoods but also prioritizes the restoration of biodiverse ecosystems. This integrated approach leverages natural climate regulation processes like the carbon and water cycles to build community resilience, improve environmental quality, and safeguard future generations.