News
This is where you can find updates on about the projects and our friends in Uganda as well as our recent fundraising activities, which makes the work of CLICKRukiga possible.
December 2025
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We received the news from Hillary that the sponsored children have been given
home items, including a water-but, basins, plates and 30,000UGX each for a Christmas Day meal. The families were very happy and feel blessed. Many thanks to all CLICKRukiga supporters. He also sent over some pictures of the sponsored children with their gifts outside ST. James Church Buhangizi which you can see below.
December 2025​
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Thank you to everyone who braved the cold, wet evening to attend the Ickenham Festive event held in St Giles Church Hall on Friday evening 5th December 2025. We raised a total of £203.05 - a wonderful result for our CLICKRukiga charity.
Also a big thank you to Shirley and the other committee members who helped to set up and run the stall throughout the evening.
November 2025
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In August of this year with the help of one of our Committee members, it was possible to send a box of books to Kamwezi Primary School, in a container bound for Kampala, Uganda. The books arrived at Kamwezi Primary School in early November where the headteacher Annet Kamduhukye gratefully received them. The books were given to the children to have a look at and enjoy reading them.
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These books will be used by the school to promote the literacy of the children. Reading teaches us how to imagine, empathise and see the world through someone else's eyes. Literacy researchers call books 'windows and mirrors'. When children see reflection, they learn self-worth. Stepping into a characters shoes makes them learn how to be empathetic. In between these two compassion grows! Children begin to learn to see the world from a different viewpoint and begin to understand life and people.
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A huge thank you to everyone in Ickenham for making this possible.
April 2025
Kamwezi Primary School received two parcels from Ickenham containing fiction and non-fiction books which had kindly been collected by Newton Farm School in south Harrow for the children in Uganda. The books were gratefully received by both the Head teacher Mrs Kamduhukye and the Deputy head Mr Godfrey.
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Reading is an important activity for boosting key literacy skills and helping children to understand the world around them.
Unfortunately, not all children have access to books and other reading material, leaving them unable to unlock the values of reading.
Upon receiving their new books, the children excitedly began to look through them and we hope they find delight in all the stories they read. A big thank you to everyone who was able to make this happen.
March 2025
ClickRukiga Fundraiser at Dhamaka - another sell-out event.
The evening of March 18th saw the generous supporters of ClickRukiga raise the wonderful sum of £1135 to finance the completion of our Rukiga Youth in Development project's Training Centre. The Training Centre provides skills training to young people who have been unable to finish their education but are keen to find employment.
The evening involved a wide range of people from the community, including from both churches, the U3A, the Eastcote Horticultural Society, and family and friends from the local Ickenham community. They all enjoyed a three course buffet and raffle. Our thanks to Dhamaka's welcoming manager Rolly and his helpful staff and co-owners Jet and Lucky for continuing to work in partnership (for the third year in succession) with ClickRukiga. Thanks also go to Chair Julie Dungey for her leadership, ticket seller extraordinaire Shirley Gledhill, successful raffle organisers Jenny and Mark Morrish, and Derek Hughes, our welcoming host for the evening.​
