Partnership Across Borders

Education and community

EGE first partnered with the Little Children of Jesus Project in 2024, and returned to the LCJP Symposium in February 2026, where EGE’s founder served as Lead US Delegation Program Director.

The projects

• Education centers, vocational training and micro-credit for orphans and youth
• Children’s ministry and community development across Ugandan communities
• Agriculture and sustainability work, including the Farm2Pocket farm at Kapeeka
• The annual LCJP Symposium, now in its fifth year
• EGE Out! Abroad exchange and eco-culture tourism for older participants

Local leaders stay in charge of the work on the ground. Tour earnings and curriculum sales fund the project sites directly.

Where this began: Edrine Ddungu

This work with LCJP starts with Edrine Ddungu, a native of Uganda who has now lived in the United States for over forty years. He started this mission in 2007. The Symposium was added later, and the fifth one was completed this year, but the work itself has been going for almost twenty years, establishing partnerships and supporting communities throughout Uganda through LCJP.

Edrine’s story is that he was once a vulnerable child trying to survive in an economy that did not want him to flourish, by way of government authority and many other economic barriers. Because of the risks to his livelihood, Edrine sought refuge in Kenya and then made it to the United States. He came with twelve dollars in his pocket and made a way. He now serves as an elder of the Presbyterian community, leading this mission and connecting others to the transformative experience of working in it.

Learning that travels

Through Buy One, Give One, each eligible workbook sold places a copy with an LCJP site in Uganda.