History
Trustees Ros and Stuart Gerrish visited Soroti in 1999 with Care and Share, a small South Wales charity, providing dental care in open air clinics in villages around the town. Helen and Ian Flower joined them on their second trip in 2000, working on engineering and education projects alonsgide Baptist Church pastors in Kachumbala and Soroti. Strong friendships developed, which continue to this day. A request for Bible teaching for village pastors resulted in 3 day conferences in 2001,02,03 and 04, with over 600 in attendance. The poverty in the region, just 8-12 years after war, and the absence of quality healthcare, education and opportunities for widows and orphans, the lowest in society, lead to the creation of SaltPeter Trust, to provide teaching and social employment, training and agricultural initiatives which continue.
SPT have arranged several group visits over the years, including medics, agricultural mechanics, electricians, plumbers, teachers, engineers, architects, and teachers, working in Kachumbala and Soroti .amongst the rural and urban poor.
We introduced an education programme for a small number of orphans in 2006 and have supported 20 or so children through primary and secondary education. 10 have so far made it into or through tertiary education. Two nurses are upgrading their qualifications sponsored by SPT.
We responded to abject poverty amongst widows in Kachumbala by sponsorship of the first widows project in 2003 supporting 26 members. There are now 4 cooperatives with a total of 271 women who are working together as they climb out of poverty.
We planned a Medical Centre in 2005 in response to a request from Soroti Baptist Church’s vision to offer quality healthcare for the poor of the town, when there was no alternative to long queues and a lack of medicine at the Referral Hospital. We helped to fund the Centre’s construction, managed by EFOD, and now support its operation through regular funding, and training and management visits.
SaltPeter Trust was formerly registered as a charity in 2007.
Trustees Ros and Stuart Gerrish visited Soroti in 1999 with Care and Share, a small South Wales charity, providing dental care in open air clinics in villages around the town. Helen and Ian Flower joined them on their second trip in 2000, working on engineering and education projects alonsgide Baptist Church pastors in Kachumbala and Soroti. Strong friendships developed, which continue to this day. A request for Bible teaching for village pastors resulted in 3 day conferences in 2001,02,03 and 04, with over 600 in attendance. The poverty in the region, just 8-12 years after war, and the absence of quality healthcare, education and opportunities for widows and orphans, the lowest in society, lead to the creation of SaltPeter Trust, to provide teaching and social employment, training and agricultural initiatives which continue.
SPT have arranged several group visits over the years, including medics, agricultural mechanics, electricians, plumbers, teachers, engineers, architects, and teachers, working in Kachumbala and Soroti .amongst the rural and urban poor.
We introduced an education programme for a small number of orphans in 2006 and have supported 20 or so children through primary and secondary education. 10 have so far made it into or through tertiary education. Two nurses are upgrading their qualifications sponsored by SPT.
We responded to abject poverty amongst widows in Kachumbala by sponsorship of the first widows project in 2003 supporting 26 members. There are now 4 cooperatives with a total of 271 women who are working together as they climb out of poverty.
We planned a Medical Centre in 2005 in response to a request from Soroti Baptist Church’s vision to offer quality healthcare for the poor of the town, when there was no alternative to long queues and a lack of medicine at the Referral Hospital. We helped to fund the Centre’s construction, managed by EFOD, and now support its operation through regular funding, and training and management visits.
SaltPeter Trust was formerly registered as a charity in 2007.
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SPT Team visits with 7 to 12 members were arranged in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018, working amongst the poor in Kachumbala and Soroti.
We continue to support the training of pastors through conferences during SPT Team visits, and preaching at Baptist Churches. |
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