UGANDA COUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES

IN 2025, UCSS DRILLED 7 NEW WATER WELLS, EXTENDED ELECTRICITY TO MEDICAL CENTERS AND SCHOOLS, AND COMPLETED MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. EACH WELL DELIVERS CLEAN WATER EVERY DAY AND BECOMES A GATHERING POINT FOR BIBLE STUDY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH OUTREACH. IN 2025, UCSS'S MEDICAL TEAM TREATED 8,000 PATIENTS AT OUR CLINICS, SAFELY DELIVERED 72 BABIES AT NANA HEALTH CENTER, AND REACHED AN ADDITIONAL 2,370 PEOPLE THROUGH COMMUNITY CLINICS AND OUTREACH. ANOTHER 6,000+ PEOPLE WERE SERVED THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMS, AND 3,000 CHILDREN WERE PROTECTED THROUGH OUR CHILD PROTECTION INITIATIVES. THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE HAS DROPPED FROM ROUGHLY FIVE DEATHS PER MONTH TO NEAR ZERO, AND OVERALL MORTALITY IS DOWN BY MORE THAN 85% SINCE UCSS BEGAN. IN 2025, UCSS'S FIVE SCHOOLS ENROLLED 1,674 STUDENTS, AND 87% OF OUR GRADUATES ARE NOW PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION. UCSS'S HOLISTIC SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES TUITION, MEALS, MEDICAL CARE, CLEAN WATER, UNIFORMS, AND SPIRITUAL MENTORSHIP FOR EACH SPONSORED STUDENT. IN 2025, UCSS TRAINED 228 LEADERS IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DISCIPLESHIP, AND BIBLE STUDY GROUPS CONTINUE TO MULTIPLY AROUND EVERY WELL, SCHOOL AND CLINIC. UCSS PARTNERS CLOSELY WITH CHURCHES IN THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES TO STRENGTHEN DISCIPLESHIP AND COMMUNITY LIFE. IN 2025, UCSS TRAINED 54 PASTORS TO MINISTER TO AND DISCIPLE THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND CERTIFIED 25 NEW MENTAL HEALTH FACILITATORS WHO HAVE JOINED OUR EXPANDING TEAM OF COUNSELORS - HELPING UCSS REACH 20,000 PEOPLE THROUGH COUNSELING THIS YEAR. IN 2025, 100 FARMERS RECEIVED HANDS-ON AGRICULTURAL TRAINING, 50 FAMILIES RECEIVED LIVESTOCK THROUGH OUR SAVE-TO-OWN-A-GOAT PROGRAM, AND OVER 200 LEARNERS PARTICIPATED IN FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS - EQUIPPING FAMILIES TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS.