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 Universal Chastity Education
Helping People Live Healthy Lives
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E-newsletter
October 2009
Vol. 4 No. 3
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 Greetings!
Sometimes
we are reminded that it is God who is in control.
In the summer of 2008 a Tanzanian
priest sought out UCE for help ending HIV/AIDS asking, "Why build another school if
our children will die from AIDS?" Numbed by the reality of his statement
we reluctantly told him that we didn't have the funds to start UCE in a third
country.
He persisted and went to his Bishop. Together they asked if the priest and a colleague could travel to join UCE-Uganda in rural outreach. Their idea was to learn first-hand from those in the country that holds the world's record for the greatest success ever against
AIDS. They went to Uganda and after observing the UCE team in action (see photo above), they were
convinced that the UCE approach would work in Iringa Region. They
asked us for money again, which we did not have.
In faith, these Roman Catholics formed a
UCE team with Iringa Lutherans and asked our permission to use their own meager existing funds to register UCE as a non-governmental organization and draft bylaws and constitution. Still without any money from us, they creatively added their first UCE youth outreach onto another existing Christian youth event. (see next story)
Surely God has inspired this Tanzanian perseverance to save their youth. Their
faith now calls us to action. We went to Tanzania in August 2009 to be certain
that their operations, staffing and principles were Universal Chastity
Education. We were impressed. The UCE Board will follow their lead
and move forward with UCE-Tanzania.
We believe that God will bring more donors to UCE.
Why? Because these Africans trust that it will be so. Will you be one who responds
to the prayers of God's faithful? Please consider joining UCE today.
Faithfully yours,
Kim and Ken Dernovsek
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 "The Light at Last Has Come Among the Youth"
Field Report submitted by
Isaac Lema, Programs Coordinator, UCE Tanzania
"We thank God that on Tuesday 07th April 2009, UCE team in
Tanzania conducted its outreach in Easter conference of Tanzania Youth
Christian Students (TYCS) in Iringa region. The conference comprises 330
secondary students from various schools in Iringa region.
The topics presented included "Current Tanzania HIV/AIDS Statistics,
What Causes the Spread of HIV/AIDS among the Youth, Abstinence and True Love
Waits". The team was given the whole day where all topics were presented
and discussed.
After the presentations of all topics the team provided plain papers for the
students to write their questions where we received more than two hundred
questions based on presented topics. The team answered and conducted discussion
on some questions. Since we have many questions, the team planned to work on
the remaining unanswered questions and prepare answers for them and put it in a
pamphlet so that every youth can get them.
After two hours of discussions and answers the team distributed the UCE
cards for the youth who were ready to commit themselves to Abstain till
marriage. Two hundred and fifty two youth signed the commitment cards on
abstinence. The youth were happy to hear the news of UCE. Moreover the teachers
and parents who were in the company of youth were very happy and they said the
light at last has come among the youth."
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 The Dernovseks thank The Right Rev. Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa for his visionary leadership in starting UCE in Iringa Region, Tanzania, August 2009.
Iringa Region has the highest HIV prevalence in Tanzania, at 15.7%, with Tanzania national average at 5.7% (2007-08 HIV and Malaria Indicator Survey)
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Universal
Chastity Education, Inc. (UCE) is an educational organization
established in 2004 and determined to be a public charity, status 170
(b) (1) (A) (vi), exempt from Federal income tax under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Its purpose is to promote
through education sexual abstinence until marriage and marital fidelity
as healthy lifestyles free from sexually transmitted diseases including
HIV and AIDS. UCE operates in Uganda, AFRICA, with staffed headquarters
in Kampala and most youth outreach/educational events take place in
rural Uganda. Universal Chastity Education, Inc. is duly registered
under the Republic of Uganda Non-governmental Organisations
Registration Statute, 1989, certificate #6196. UCE activities launch in
Burundi, AFRICA in 2007 and Tanzania in 2009.CLICK here to visit the UCE website
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