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Founder's Report 2025

31st Mar 2025

“Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal…”

Philippians 3:13–14

This year has felt like a season of remembering and pressing forward. At the Biojemmss Gala in October, for the first time in over a decade, I shared publicly the story of how Biojemmss began. It is not just my story, but the combined memories, sorrows, and pain of many children whose voices first called us into action. Biojemmss was born from the rescue of eighteen children from an abusive home — a mission that began when one young girl bravely disclosed she was being sexually abused.

Today, we stand in awe of what God has done. Each of those eighteen has now graduated into independence — completing school or university, starting businesses, building careers, and forming families of their own. This year we celebrated the wedding of Mukasa, one of the “m’s” in “Biojemmss” and the last of the eighteen to fly the nest. He now works full?time at Mengo Hospital and has begun his own family. To see lives once marked by pain now flourishing in hope is beyond what we could have imagined in those early days.

This milestone has produced a season of remembering. Remembering how much each of those children had to learn to forget — to put behind them the trauma, and to heal so they could take hold of new possibilities. Remembering the Lord’s provision in the hardest years, when we did not know how we would continue. Remembering those of you who stood with us then, and who continue to stand with us now. The lives they live today would never have been possible without your faithfulness.

And yet, alongside remembering, this year has also carried the sense of a tide turning. After seasons marked by uncertainty, we have begun to see renewed momentum — in financial support, in recovery, and in confidence. Fundraising has strengthened, reserves have stabilised, and new partnerships have opened doors we could not have imagined. What once felt fragile now feels rooted, and we give thanks for the Lord’s protection and wisdom in guiding us through.

Biojemmss has already touched the lives of thousands of children, and yet there are still children waiting to be rescued. We remain committed to being a voice for the voiceless, to reaching into the unseen places where abuse and neglect hide, and to walking with families until freedom and stability are possible.

I am humbled daily by the generosity of our supporters, volunteers, trustees, and staff. You have chosen to share from what you have, to stand in the aching gaps, and to sacrifice for children you may never meet.

In doing so, you have become living expressions of God’s love — His compassion made visible through your actions.

This ministry has always been about weaving threads of hope into places torn by despair. Each gift, each act of kindness, has been a stitch in a greater tapestry that only God could design. We remain humbled by your faithfulness, and grateful for the way you have carried this vision with us.

May the Lord continue to strengthen you, surround you with His protection, and fill you with His peace.

Thank you for standing with us to believe in the children of Uganda — yesterday, today, and in the future yet to come.

With love and gratitude, Sian Ball Founder and CEO