Our first in-person Lift Up Uganda Board Meeting was held in October at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in New York. This allowed the board sufficient time to discuss future goals and needs. Self-sufficiency is our foremost goal for 2025. The best result of this meeting location was having Deacon Richard Okello with us in person. He is our Uganda Director

Lift Up Uganda, Thrive Life Skills, and the Northern Uganda Self-Sufficiency Project (NUSSP) partner. Together we are stronger to help the people of northern Uganda. Fr. Simon was a speaker at this year’s Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion (OCAMPR) Conference. Susan Habegger of Thrive Life Skills and Sue Nelson both had tables to showcase our organizations. In addition, Susan had