UGANDA OFFICE

In response to a need for an East African home base, Aid Sudan opened an office in Kampala, Uganda. There are several logistical reasons a location in Uganda was chosen over one in Sudan. Communication in Uganda is vastly improved over Sudan, which is limited virtually to satellite phones. Ground transportation for special projects to southern Sudan (e.g. the Kulu Famine Relief Project) originates from Uganda. Mission teams fly into Kampala before chartering a plane to southern Sudan. Lastly, many organizations working in southern Sudan are also based in Uganda. 

Under the direction of Sudan Country Director Kerry Henderson, the office officially opened in January 2008. A former missionary to Tanzania, Kerry felt the call to return to Africa with his wife Neltia and their three boys, Drayton, Isom and McCain. They are fluent in Swahili and have a deep heart for the people in southern Sudan. Kerry earned his Master of Divinity degree from Southeastern Theological Seminary.

The Uganda office is Aid Sudan’s eyes and ears in East Africa and serves as a hub for Moses Project missionaries, mission teams and special project efforts in Sudan.

To read Kerry's blog on the Uganda Office, please click here.

To learn about Kerrie Snow, Director of Health, click here.

NEWS

Food and Water a Welcome Sight in Biong
posted on Feb. 6, 2009

For Kerry Henderson, Sudan Country Director, it’s never just another day at the office. Unless, of course, you consider flying into the bush of southern Sudan a typical work week. This month, he flew from his home in Uganda, touched down in the village of Biong, Sudan and met with Sudanese local Gai Luom to oversee the distribution of food and the drilling of a water well.

Due to massive flooding since August, 40 thousand people in Biong have been displaced and left without food and clean water. After coordinating logistics for quite a while, it was finally time for Kerry to see the food and water relief projects through to completion. After arriving at the airstrip and traveling to Biong via motorcycle African-style (three to a bike), he was thrilled to see the drilling rig parked at the chosen sight for the well – under a large, shaded tree so that women waiting for water would be shielded from the hot sun. The drilling rig hit water after only 18 meters! However, the workers drilled to 56 meters so that the people would have water year-round, even in the dry season.

While Kerry supervised the drilling, his partner, Gai, left for Bor town to locate the truck full of food and seed. A welcome sight, the big orange truck pulled into Biong, and many young men from the village gathered round to help unload the famine relief supplies. Food and seed were then given to the local church leaders for distribution among the needy men, women and children.

The last night, Kerry was overwhelmed by the hope in the faces of the people in Biong and the gratitude from the village as they cooked a goat in his honor. Kerry was the face of Aid Sudan – a collaborative team of staff, Sudanese and supporters who worked hard and gave much to make water and food possible for the people in Biong.