First - to spread the good news and hope that is in Jesus our Saviour.

Second - to alleviate poverty among individuals including poor children, orphans, widows, and the sick of the Ugweno valley.

Third - to provide projects that will create jobs and employment for the community of Ugweno valley.

Fourth - to improve housing for the poor and to enhance education for children and adults alike.

The first stage of education in Tanzania is nursery school, which caters for children age 2 and half to 5 years. The next stage is pre-school which educates children from 5 to 7 years old. Pre-school is not free. The children then move on to primary school at age 7 until 14 years old. Currently, primary education is free. Children from the age of 14 onwards attend secondary school which is not free.

Because the local community is very poor most children don't have the opportunity to go through all stages of education.

When we started the charity back in 2004, we did not know how to go about helping this community, but as soon as we saw the condition of the children, we straight away knew where to start. Buy uniforms for those whose uniforms were really tatty or have no uniform at all. We also provided school books and pens, pencils etc. for this group.

Then, after a year there, we started getting requests for help from the community and made a list of those who were really desperately poor. This was done with the officials of the local government who know the community. We quickly identified the need to help children beyond primary education. Parents cannot afford to buy the school items needed let alone school fees. Secondary School in Tanzania incurs a fee. So we turned to sponsors here in England who have responded in a wonderful way. We started helping 7 children in 2009 and in 2010 an additional 5 were added. All 12 children have sponsors here in the UK. This year, 2010 we have 3 who we know of, that are in our list. If they pass their exam, they will need to be sponsored for Secondary Education too. We trust that sponsors will come forth. Those children who did not get the grade to enter Secondary School have been sponsored too: 1 boy is doing Carpentry and another boy is trainig as a mechanic and welding. 6 girls are doing tailoring.

The nursery school at NyotaStar is very busy and cares for 30 to 40 little ones. Tragically, the nursery school children will be unable to move up to the pre-school as it has been closed. Parents have not been able to pay the school fees. Therefore the little ones age between 5 and 7 years old miss out on pre-school education. We have recognised the need to build a pre-school and nursery school at the Centre next year. The building for kitchen and dining rooms has been completed.