As mentioned, Cor came to Uganda in 1988 and first started working with another organization for two years before he started on the registration process and the building of the Namugongo Children's Village in 1990.
In that year the 50 acres of land were bought and Cor started immediately with the building of the first house to help the children that had already reported.
Soon after that, the second house that would later make up the primary school block was begun. Cor also started building the residential house and after he and Grace were married, he joined her in living there with her and the children for whom she had begun caring.
Little by little, as the money was coming in, CWM continued building the dormitories, the school-buildings, the staff-houses, the multi-purpose hall, the clinic, and all other buildings were then in place.
A large part of this funding was raised by Stichting Kinderhulp Afrika, but much also came through other organizations.
Through time our vision grew and this brought us to the point of planning to duplicate the work that had taken us so long to complete.
We hope this duplication can be done with the help of new donors who can step in after seeing how God has brought this work this far.
The previous Children's Village was built under the Children's Welfare Mission which is a daughter organization of Stichting Kinderhulp Afrika.
They also helped organize a music & dance tour with 22 children of the Children's Village
One of the last items to be added to the Children's Village was a brand new office block.
Much of the work at the Children's Village was started by Volunteers.
02.02.10 - After a tour of 2 months, visiting friends, family and supporters, the Koelewijn family is back in Tororo. Just in time for the beginning of the new school-year. [more]
23.10.09 - While the normal school work is continuing, there is also a lot of work taking place behind the scenes... [more]
10.09.09 - Yes, each year we are looking for a whole new class full of 24 children for our Primary One Class.
This year Grace has started early... [more]