{"id":229,"date":"2009-03-09T09:28:20","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T09:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/redletters\/2009\/03\/rescue-for-rapha-were-making-progress.html"},"modified":"2009-03-09T09:28:20","modified_gmt":"2009-03-09T09:28:20","slug":"rescue-for-rapha-were-making-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2009\/03\/rescue-for-rapha-were-making-progress.html","title":{"rendered":"Rescue for Rapha: We&#8217;re Making Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you friends for contributing over $3,500 to the Rescue for Rapha project. We&#039;re about 1\/6 of the way toward our goal of providing emergency food and education to 357 Ugandan children.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.pursuantgroup.net\/pursuant4\/hopechest\/chcselect\/donation.asp\" title=\"Donate to Rescue for Rapha\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">CLICK HERE TO DONATE TO RESCUE FOR RAPHA<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Check out this news story about four Ugandan kids who were kidnapped and brought to Kenya as domestic servants. Fortunately these children were recovered and returned to their parents. <\/p>\n<p>But for many, many orphans in Uganda and around the world, this type of activity is commonplace. Your support of Children&#039;s HopeChest and Rapha helps children who would otherwise face situations like this.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for standing with us!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200903090047.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Uganda: Four Kidnapped Children Found in Kenyan Village\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Uganda: Four Kidnapped Children Found in Kenyan Village<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kampala \u2014 FOUR children suspected to have been kidnapped from<br \/>\nNampanga sub-county in Sironko district, were on Thursday recovered by<br \/>\nthe Police from Amboke village in Siaya district, Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Monday Lokaula, 9, Amina Sharon, 8, Marion Kutusa and Evalyne<br \/>\nNamboka were reportedly kidnapped&#160; on February 22 by a woman only<br \/>\nidentified as Othieno and taken across the border to serve as domestic<br \/>\nhouse helps.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The parents of the girls reported the case to the Police. We<br \/>\nliaised with our counterparts in Kenya after getting a tip off that the<br \/>\nchildren were there.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We found the children being used to do heavy domestic chores,&quot; Grant Tabo, the Mbale crime investigations chief, explained.<\/p>\n<p>Muduwa was in Primary Three at Nampanga Primary School in Sironko.<\/p>\n<p>Lokaula said her father is Pius Lotukei, while Muduwa&#039;s father is Aramathan Mafabi. Namboka&#039;s mother is Hannah Ameny.<\/p>\n<p>The Police detained Othieno and another woman who allegedly coordinated the kidnap identified as Mary Namutosi from Nampanga.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;As a barren woman, I needed some children to help me at home as I<br \/>\ncarried on with my fish business. I lied to my husband that they were<br \/>\norphaned children from my sister back in Uganda and he accepted them at<br \/>\nhome,&quot; Othieno narrated.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you friends for contributing over $3,500 to the Rescue for Rapha project. We&#039;re about 1\/6 of the way toward our goal of providing emergency food and education to 357 Ugandan children. 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