Who we are and what we do:
We at With God’s Little Ones (WGLO)
are ordinary folks like you,
We’re part of a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization,
volunteering our time and donating our resources
to work for the well-being
of hurting and endangered little ones
in Cambodia and Madagascar.
Who are the "little ones?"
Children, often the first to get hurt when things go wrong
The elderly, who, in many societies are quite vulnerable
Girls and women, who often suffer violence, don’t make it to school, are overworked and undervalued.
All those folks, young and old, who find themselves overlooked or at the end of the line.
We wish to see…
people “here” looking beyond themselves, showing tangible concern for others, and feeling enriched by the experience.
people “there” encouraged and enabled to look after one another
U.S. partners knowing when it’s time to leave
“With”—a powerful little word suggesting
we get personal, not just statistical;
people working together;
echoes of Immanuel (“God with us”)
A Short History
Uganda (2004-2014)
In late 2004, we visited Uganda to help set up a Lutheran Hour Ministries-sponsored children’s service project. Charles Bameka (who shortly became the sole Lutheran pastor in the entire country and who is currently Presiding Bishop of the Lutheran Church of Uganda) took us to seven villages, where we saw how the AIDS pandemic was ravaging the country. Charles sighed, “I tell people that Jesus loves them, but I have nothing to leave behind.” I replied, “I’m retiring in two weeks. We’ll find you the stuff to let these people know that you and Jesus love them. You do the speaking, and let us be your exclamation points.”
We served in Uganda December 2004-2014. Initially, our efforts addressed the emergency needs of children, widows, and caretakers. In addition to finding other groups to adopt villages, we addressed these principal needs:
Safe, accessible water (we drilled more than four borehole wells)
Hygienic disposal of human waste (latrines)
Safe sleep (mosquito nets)
Women’s income-producing skills (sewing projects)
Women’s health (sanitary towels, clean, private spaces)
Secure food supply (school gardens, Kids Against Hunger emergency foodstuff)
Access to basic education, especially girls (expanded St. Paul Lutheran School in Bulumwaki; established Christ Community Lutheran School in Kawete)
Other areas of service
Ghana (2005)
Women's kente weaving projects
Children’s school aid
Nicaragua (2005-2011)
Children’s clothing, school supplies
Child development, mothers assistance programs in Rancheria.
Philippines (2014- 2018)
Tailoring, carpentry, sewing and electrical training at Thomas Batong Practical Skills Training Center in Sagubo and in Gadang.
Sponsored women’s micro-finance, coffee production, and student and women pig projects in Balluay
Scholarship assistance in La Trinidad
Cambodia (2006-present)
village health care, fish ponds, rice storage
water wells
sewing instruction
sponsored small orphanage
constructed and supported two small schools in Kampong Cham
helped construct two Mekong River area schools
provide emergency assistance, scholarships
youth soccer, development programs
Madagascar (2008 – present)
supporting construction of a Toby (Shelter of Healing)
family gardens, school gardens
poultry and livestock projects
fishponds
wells and water distribution systems
beekeeping
sewing, crafts, income-producing skills
built shelter for educational activities and women's weaving projects
