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Meet Jennifer!

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Meet Jennifer Gonza!


She is a wife, mother and farmer. Together she and her husband, Emmanuel, have six children. The oldest is nine and a student at Bubago Lutheran Nursery and Primary School (BLNPS), and the youngest is an infant.


Jennifer had the opportunity to enroll in the second group of the Tailoring Class with the Far Away Friends (FAF) program. She was the strongest performing student and was asked to stay on at the Sewing Center to help mentor other FAF students. Right away she was taking orders to sew school uniforms for the BLNPS students. In December 2024, she received six orders of traditional Ugandan outfits, called “Kitenge.”


Now, Jennifer mentors new FAF sewing students along with arts and craft students with their projects. The finished goods that Jennifer and the other FAF women make are now being sold at the market in Jinja.


Jennifer has been a good steward of her earnings, saving the money she makes with her sewing commissions to launch her own tailoring business. With her earnings, she plans to purchase piglets for her family to raise and make additional earnings.


She hopes to be able to send all of her children to school when they are of age.


Jennifer is very thankful for her experiences with the FAF program! She is grateful for the opportunity to remain at the sewing center, and for her many new skills of sewing, tailoring, mending, and designing clothes.


Jennifer said, “The Far Away Friends program found me when I didn’t have many skills, but now I can make many things. With the money I am earning I am able to clothe and feed my children.” When she shares her testimony with her church, she says she feels very happy.


Betty, the FAF program director, shared that Jennifer is an inspiration to all of the FAF students and the entire Bubago village community!


Romans 8:28 "And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to their purpose."



Jennifer and her family
Jennifer and her family

Jennifer working at her home and some of her children modelingl the clothes she has made.
Jennifer working at her home and some of her children modelingl the clothes she has made.

Weaving placemats and baskets.
Weaving placemats and baskets.

Another tailoring project.
Another tailoring project.

Jennifer and her Far Away Friend, Suzanne
Jennifer and her Far Away Friend, Suzanne





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