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Welcome to Rock Ministries (NI) Trust website

Posted Mon, 20/04/2009 - 03:12 by webmaster

Welcome to our site. In this site you will find information about what we do, and find ways of contributing to the relief of needy Ugandans and Rwandans.

click here for sponsorship detailsRock Ministries (NI) Trust is a Coleraine based “kitchen” charity registered around 15 years ago by Ian & Phyllis Hasson who have travelled to Africa many times and have a real heart for the under-privileged people of Africa, particularly the children. Being a “kitchen” charity, means that the charity has no paid workers and so all the work is carried out on a voluntary basis from the founders' own home. This obviously saves money and you can be assured that every penny you give goes directly to the work on the ground in Uganda and Rwanda.

Rock Ministries (NI) Trust is currently involved in projects in Uganda and Rwanda, where the organisation works alongside native pastors and administrators. The main aims of the charity are to rescue, house and educate some of the many orphans and under-privileged children and adults in these countries. In many cases, these children are orphaned through the AIDS epidemic and, if it were not for the work of Rock Ministries (NI) Trust, many of them would end up on the streets or being abducted for rebel or other unsavoury purposes. This charity runs programmes in conjunction with native administrators whereby the children are brought into homes where they are fed, clothed, educated but, most of all, loved and given a purpose for their lives. Local widows, single mothers and poor families are also helped to start up little mini-businesses which provide them with some independence, dignity and opportunities for self-sufficiency.

SAINTFIELD CHARITY CHRISTMAS RIDE

Posted Thu, 08/12/2011 - 13:27 by snazzybrian

Saintfield has recently enjoyed yet another spectacle when almost 200 horses and riders paraded through the streets on Saturday 3 December for, what has become a Christmas tradition, the annual Charity Christmas Ride. Thanks to the organising ability of Joan Cunningham, Rock Ministries (NI) Trust will, once again, benefit from this charity event.

Carnalridge Primary School Harvest Collection Provides Flip Flops

Posted Thu, 08/12/2011 - 10:47 by snazzybrian

Carnalridge Primary School, Portrush, have kindly donated part of their Harvest Collection to Rock Ministries (NI) Trust to purchase flip flops for school children at Butangaala Primary School, Uganda. This very remote rural Primary School has been established in recent years with financial support from our charity. Education is being provided for many children who otherwise would not be able to avail of a worthwhile education. Some of the families may be able to provide a simple uniform for their children but few are able to stretch to shoes or footwear of any kind. Going without shoes can be fine when the weather is good but not so comfortable when wet. Also, for those going barefoot, little jiggers (flea-like insects) can enter the skin and cause... 

Carnalridge Harvest Service

 

DUBLIN MARATHON - SUCCESSFUL FUND RAISING FOR ROCK MINISTIRES (NI) TRUST

Posted Thu, 10/11/2011 - 23:24 by snazzybrian

 We are very grateful to Angela Whatmuff and Innes Young who both completed the Dublin Marathon recently and raised some very valuable finance for Rock Ministries (NI) Trust. A few years ago this couple also raised support when they ran the Great North Run but this time they raised the bar somewhat and went for the full marathon!

October 2011 Newsletter

Posted Thu, 03/11/2011 - 11:37 by snazzybrian

October 2011
Dear Friends and Supporters

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Donate from Anywhere by Text Message!

Posted Mon, 29/08/2011 - 11:56 by snazzybrian

You can now use your mobile phone to donate any amount of money, from £1 up to £10, to our charity. Perhaps you have a small amount which you wish to donate and, rather than send a cheque or postal order, you can simply send it by using your mobile phone. Many of us have small change which we lay aside and often donate to charity when it accumulates – so here is a way of putting it to good use through our charity! Every little helps as they say! So how does it work?

Art Raffle Raises £80 for RM(NI)T

Posted Mon, 29/08/2011 - 11:40 by snazzybrian

 Gillian Alcorn, a supporter of Rock Ministries (NI) Trust and friend to the Hassons, who likes to dabble in a bit of amateur art in her limited spare time recently donated one of her pieces, a landscape of Portstewart Strand, towards a raffle, the proceeds of which went to our organisation.

Alex Kiyaga

Posted Mon, 29/08/2011 - 11:24 by snazzybrian

 Many of you will remember Alex who travelled with the last Mwamba Children's Choir, a friend of the Hassons since their very first visit to Uganda in 1994. Many will have met with him during his previous visits. He will be visiting the UK in September and will be in the Coleraine, N Ireland area for about 3 or 4 weeks. If you would like to see him again, please get in contact with us.

 

Alex on his wedding day 

Memorial Gifts

Posted Mon, 29/08/2011 - 10:35 by snazzybrian

 Recently we have received a number of memorial gifts which have really blessed some of the needy people with whom we work and also encouraged us as we seek to make a difference in the lives of the under-privileged. 

October 2010 Newsletter

Posted Thu, 18/08/2011 - 12:17 by snazzybrian

 October 2010

 

 

Dear friends and supporters

 

The nights are drawing in again and summer is beginning to be a distant memory! However, we do hope that you have some good summer memories to reflect on during the winter months ahead. Our second visit to Uganda this year for almost 4 weeks in June/July was a particularly challenging and busy one. However, as usually happens during our trips, we were humbled by the need and encouraged by the work being done through most of the organisations with which we work.

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