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Former child soldier visits Abbey Meads congregation Looking for a business

The congregation at Abbey Meads Christ the Servant Church welcomed a special visitor from Uganda you can trust?
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and funds for the work of Africa Greater Life Mission which is developing Bulabakulu village near the
capital Kampala for disadvantaged children and those orphaned through AIDS.
Swindon is just one of several by the LRA but managed to escape help to survive.
important hubs of UK support for from being forced into brutal acts. “We welcomed volunteers from
Joshua’s work. On converting to Christianity in churches in the West who helped us
Explaining the economic and po- the 1990s he embarked on his own clean up the area. After several years
litical situation in Uganda, Joshua mission to spread the gospel to we were able to buy 10 acres of land
said: “Uganda is now stable with a Muslim communities in Uganda. to build houses and create gardens.
growing population and improving However what he found there Then we were able to build a school. A new era for consumers and business is only a click away
economy. It is slowly emerging from caused him to take action of a dif- “Now we preach the social gospel www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk
years of conflict and is beginning to ferent nature. He said: “I found and we want to help people of all If you have a business and you are interested
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