Stories & Updates
Stories & Updates
Kelsey Aylard’s reflections of ROWAN
My trip with ROWAN allowed me to connect personally with the widows and orphans the ministry serves. Visiting thei…
Mining Project Updates (June, 2025)
The mining project recorded slow progress during the first and second quarter of 2025. That notwithstanding, globa…
Cultivating a Culture of Savings
Contribute to Micro Enterprise Projects Here
Using training from Care International in Uganda, commun…
South Sudanese Refugee Crisis in Uganda
Conflict in parts of South Sudan continues, and as a result, hundreds of thousands of people are being displaced t…
Birthday Reflection
I don’t know about you, but I’m still adjusting to the fact that we are almost through July. Where did the summer…
Living in the “Both, And”
4 weeks ago one of our special mamas in ROWAN, Anne, passed away. She was a widow, mom, HIV+ community member, and…
Thank you for loving Anne
Tears can express all forms of emotion. Tonight, the ROWAN team sheds tears as one of our dearest members suddenly…
Am I Enough?
Do you ever wake up with your first thought being, “I didn’t get enough sleep,” or “I don’t have enough time…
Trusting His promises for 22 years
I was never like the other kids growing up. In High School my friends wanted to be teachers, ranchers, dentist…
Mining Update-Oct 2023
(photo from Ionic Rare Earth, which got approved to begin plants like this across our villages)
As of today, Ionic…
A Miraculous Milestone
Every Single widow and orphan we serve has a sponsor!
Its how we get kids in school and make sure they’ve…
Celebrating the Life of Ajuma Wilfred
A life well-lived
In a country with an average life expectancy of 63-years, we are so thankful to have kno…
40 FOR 40
KELSEY’S BIRTHDAY WISH
As ROWAN Co-founder Kelsey Hargadine’s 40th birthday approaches, she’s spent some time r…
Early June Holiday Program
The children were home the first week of June so we organized a holiday program with food, dancing, health checks…
Meet RAHIM MUYINGO
Rahim is a 12-year-old orphan who has 7 siblings and 3 relatives making 12 in the household. All being raised by h…
Meet ZAINA KAGOYA
Zaina is a 13-year-old orphan in a family of 10 being raised by a struggling mother who works their own garden bef…
Introducing our new Executive Assistant: Annette Nelson
Hello, I am Annette Nelson and I am excited to be a part of the ROWAN family. Orphans and Widows have always been…
Celebrate the Hope Clinic and Maternity Center
Donate to Medical Clinic
This month we celebrate all the work ROWAN is doing in the Hope Clinic and Maternit…
A Podcast To Remember
Kelsey Hargadine Calls You to DREAM on the Isn’t It Lovely Podcast
ROWAN’s co-founder recently joined…
A Note From Our Founder, Kelsey
Hello family of ROWAN!
As you have stood by us during this unforeseen mining crisis in our region, I wanted to…
3 Prayer Prompts
3 prayer prompts for when you don’t know how to pray
Sometimes, an obstacle looms so large in your life that it…
Ugandan Mining Crisis Update
Adversity on the Horizon
On Friday, June 24th, we invited ROWAN supporters to join us for an internal Zoom upda…
Mining Crisis Threatens the People of ROWAN
Our region is being directly threatened by a China-based mining company looking to extract minerals from the soil…
It’s Not Too Late to Make a Difference
Join us this March as we bless widows in Uganda
Between International Women’s Day on March 8th Women’s History…
Christmas Blessing Basket Distribution
A Day We’ll Never Forget
Your impact & generosity is nothing short of a miracle to the orphans & widows…
Impact Update: 2021 Annual Report
From Chaos Comes Clarity
Despite several years of uncertainty, fear, and sickness, ROWAN supporters showed up i…
Hope Makers
On Wednesday, we shared stories of what life has been like over the last year for Namulawa, Beatrice, and Florence…
Challenges and Hope
As 2021 draws to a close, members of our ROWAN community in Uganda have been reflecting on what the last…
One Act of Hope
“If you can’t feed 100 people, then just feed one.” – Mother Teresa
The need for food is something all of…
What happens when schools close?
“Education is a powerful driver of development and one of the strongest instruments for reducing poverty and impro…
News of increasing violence in Kampala
The end of October saw Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, under attack. On the evening of October 23rd, pe…
Believe in the goodness of people
We are nearing the end of October and, here in the US, that means one thing – the holiday season is fast approachi…
Meet Elisa and Wahabu
In Wednesday’s blog post, we featured two caregivers (Katherine Nabirye and Badiri Mukose) in need of sponsorship…
Standing in the gap
This week we will be spotlighting a few of our ROWAN members in need of sponsorship. Today we are shining the lig…
Get ready for Fall with our new merchandise
“And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.” – Oscar Wilde
Happy first day of Autumn! Crisp morni…
“Gratitude is our foundation.”
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge H…
When things are hard, PRAY.
“Every great movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure.”
With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spr…
Ibrahim’s dream came true!
Do you remember Ibrahim from the post we did last April? He is one of 16 siblings who were taken in by their grand…
What is the job you were given to do?
Last Thursday, August 19th, the 2021 Uganda Unite Summit was hosted via Zoom by Kelsey Hargadine and ROWAN. We ha…
Facing the food crisis together
Conflict, climate catastrophes, and the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed people in East Africa to a crisis-level food…
Uganda Unite
ROWAN has been operating in Uganda since 2007. During that time, Kelsey Hargadine, the co-founder of ROWAN, has e…
Food is Life!
While the pandemic has brought hardship and struggle to the world, some of us have fared better than others. …
An update on COVID-19 in Uganda
With COVID-19 vaccines still in short supply and treatment options limited, the Ugandan Drug Authority recently ap…
Tightened lockdown and miracles
On Friday, June 18th, President Yoweri Museveni announced that Uganda would be going into a new 42-day full lockdo…
Food to Families Campaign
It’s been nearly two weeks since Ugandan President, Yoweri Musevini, announced that the country would be going int…
The reviews are in from our Business Training session.
At the conclusion of the Business Training Course we held in April, we had our 15 ROWAN-member participants comple…
Planning for the Future
Board and staff learning together
While Uganda fights Covid-19 with a second lockdown, God’s people don’t stop…
The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit Uganda.
Uganda is currently being hit hard by the second wave of COVID-19 infections. In speaking with a BBC news corresp…
Goats and Water
Our ROWAN farm is continuing to grow. Our farmland is now up to 15 acres and our little goat herd…
Our Learning Center is OPEN!
Like so many others throughout the world, the closure of the schools in Uganda has been detrimental to the educati…
Moms to Mamas
There’s no better way to honor the moms in your life than to bless a mom in need.
This Mother’s Day, we want to…
Learning how to build better businesses
We recently partnered with Neema Development, a biblical-based business training company, to get our ROWAN Ugandan…
Time to build a new home for Ibrahim!
This is Ibrahim, he has been the recipient of help and support through ROWAN. He is one of 13 children whose gran…
Ripples of Goodness
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teres…
Uganda COVID-19 update and how ROWAN is trying to help.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect people across the globe and Uganda is not exempt from its reach. Accord…
New Spring Merch For Sale!
It’s time for you to buy a new shirt for yourself, a family member, a favorite teacher, a new neighbor, or an old…
A Tale of Two Houses
In May 2019, a summer ROWAN team visited many homes for the first time and met families common to East Uganda; fam…
Why I choose ROWAN
I have a daughter who is my “why” and my reason for trying each day to be, and do, better. She is my greates…
Learning Center Update
Part II
Children in Uganda, like many others across the globe, have not had access to in-person learning since…
A New LEGACY for ROWAN
“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wil…
