PROSPECTUS

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Prospectus

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I: ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW

1:1 Basic Facts 1
1:2 Mission Statement and Philosophy 1

PART II: MINISTRY FOCUS:

REACHING CHILDREN IN THE AFRICAN SLUMS AND REFUGEE CAMPS
2:1 The Need 2
2:2 The Goal 2
2:3 The Strategy 2
2:4 Current Status/Results 3
2:5 Resources Needed 4

PART III: GOOD NEWS COMMUNITY CENTER 5

Preface
History
Key Facts
Purpose
Objectives
Projected Ministry
Anticipated Results
Cost Estimates
Projected Time Table
Development and Construction Leadership Team
Preliminary Site Plan

PART IV: SUPPORTING DATA

PART I: ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW

1:1 BASIC FACTS

BASIC FACTS: Sports Outreach Institute, Inc. is a non-denominational Christian agency
founded in 1988. Sports Outreach Institute, Inc. is charted in the
Commonwealth of Virginia and has been approved as a non-profit
organization under Section 501 (C) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

MAILING ADDRESS: 2700 Langhorne Road

Lynchburg, VA 24501

CONTACT NUMBERS: Telephone: 434-528-2516

Fax: 434-528-2517
E-mail: Suddith@sportsoutreachinst.org

CHIEF EXECUTIVE Russ Carr, President and founder

OFFICERS: Rodney Suddith, Executive Director
Fred Sanborn, Chairman of the Board

ORGANIZATIONAL 1. Board of Directors: 19 Members, meets semi-annually

FACTS: 2. International Advisory Board: 7 Members, meets as necessary
3. Board of References: 14 Members

SCOPE OF MINISTRY: Sports Outreach Institute, Inc. currently works in Africa (Uganda, Kenya,
Rwanda), Latin America (Mexico) and the USA. Focus is upon slum
children, refugee camps, the “poorest of the poor.”

COOPERATIVE Often work in partnership with other Christian agencies and churches.
PHILOSOPHY:

1:2 MISSION STATEMENT AND PHILOSOPHY

MISSION The fundamental purpose of Sports Outreach Institute, Inc. is to identify
STATEMENT: and train committed Christian leadership in the effective use and
understanding of sports ministry and humanitarian relief. Sports ministry,
simply defined, is any program or strategy that uses sports as a vehicle to
fulfill Christ’s command to go into all the world and make disciples of all
nations. It is using sports to evangelize and disciple with the emphasis on
making disciples.

MISSION The role of Sports Outreach Institute, Inc. is to serve others by equipping,
PHILOSOPHY: encouraging and walking alongside those with whom we work. Our goal is
not to gain recognition and credit for ourselves but rather, to be a servant in
the true sense of the word, modeling Christ at every turn. While we are a
resource, ownership must always belong to the nationals and the national
Church. Final decisions rest with the leaders we serve.

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PART II: MINISTRY FOCUS

REACHING CHILDREN IN THE AFRICAN SLUMS AND REFUGEE CAMPS

2:1 THE NEED:

• A recent statistic reported in USA Today states that by the year 2010, 66% of the population of East
Africa will be 15 years of age or younger.
• U.S. News and World Report, commenting on the growing terrorism threat, indicated that the
recruitment of future terrorists is now focusing on youth in East Africa.
• What happens to the young people in Uganda and Kenya could very well change a nation. The needs
are crucial and therefore must be addressed. It is imperative that a moral climate be established and a
spiritual foundation be laid.
• The population of street children continues to swell as AIDS, disease and poverty climb to record
heights. Thousands upon thousands of children are becoming orphans as parents die from the AIDS
virus and other diseases.
• In Northern Uganda and other war zones, thousands of young people and adults have been deeply
traumatized and are in great need of help in order to survive. Counseling, vocational training,
provision for basic needs and the offer of hope through Christ are the ingredients necessary.

2:2 THE GOAL:

The overriding purpose of each program is to provide a platform to share humanitarian relief and the
love and grace of Jesus Christ and His redeeming power. Furthermore, it is our goal to build up and
encourage believers, disciple new Christians and to provide for the basic needs of children and adults unable
to care for themselves.

2:3 THE STRATEGY:

Utilizing the Good News team concept that has been so successful in Kampala, Sports Outreach plans
to establish Good News teams in Gulu (Northern Uganda) and Nairobi (Kenya). This will be in addition to
sustaining and expanding the existing outreach in Kampala.

Sports Outreach Institute’s flagship program is built upon the premise that young national sports
missionaries can be trained to evangelize, disciple, lead sports programs, mentor individuals, counsel
troubled youth and provide a holistic ministry. In addition, each player must train a Timothy which, in
effect, doubles our leadership pool.

There are 5 components to the Good News F. C. program:

1. Sports and activities
2. Feeding
3. Vocational training
4. Community service
5. School tuition grants

The sports and activities component provides numerous opportunities for young people who have
nothing to do to participate in a program that will teach them sportsmanship, team play, cooperation, values
and Biblical principles. At each practice and game the young people are exposed to the gospel and are taught
scriptural concepts which are implemented both on and off the playing field.

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 During the feeding program where children are currently given one nourishing meal a day, five days
a week, the Good News team mentors the young people one on one or in small groups. Not only is the
gospel shared and biblical principles taught but such topics as hygiene, HIV/AIDS prevention and other
practical subjects are discussed.

The vocational training program is providing a number of the older young people an opportunity to
learn some practical job skills that will enable them to find some form of employment. Tailoring, carpentry,
mechanics, pottery, brick making and baking are some of the skills being taught.

Phase two of our vocational training program will involve helping the young people set up micro
businesses. We hope to partner with organizations that specialize in this form of help if at all possible.

The community service aspect of our ministry in the slums has helped galvanized the slum
neighborhood. Prior to our presence it was an attitude of survival only. Very little concern was given for
others. The slum children would steal, curse and cause trouble and the concept of “love thy neighbor” was
totally foreign. Now children and adults alike are cleaning up the neighborhood, repairing broken water
sources, digging out sewage ditches, helping the elderly and as a result a certain pride in the community has
emerged. Since we partner with the local slum churches the pastors are delighted. As one pastor stated,
“You do all the work and we (the church) get all the credit.”

The fifth component, school tuition grants, was recently inaugurated. So many qualified young
people cannot attend school because they lack the funds necessary to pay the required tuition. Although we
have limited funds to assist the scores of children who qualify, we have been able to begin this important
aspect of our Good News plan and thus far 100 children have been helped.

The final piece of our strategy puzzle involves building a basic community center that will provide a
safe haven for slum children where our staff can offer numerous programs for these young people who have
so little hope. The Good News Community Center will initially be built in Gulu, Uganda where the needs are
the greatest.

The center will provide a school for basic education, counseling and therapy for traumatized children
and adults, a feeding and housing program for the “night commuters” and slum children in great need,
vocational training, Bible study classes for adults and youth, sports ministry and a distribution point for
much needed medical supplies, clothing and other humanitarian items.

Once this facility is built, tried and tested, SOI will then consider building centers in other slum
locations such as Kampala, Nairobi, and Kigali, Rwanda.

2:4 CURRENT STATUS/RESULTS:

Presently, Sports Outreach is conducting programs in 5 slums in Kampala, 3 slums in Nairobi, and a
huge program that reaches into the seven displaced peoples camps that are located near Gulu. The needs are
overwhelming but the initial results are encouraging:
• Several hundred people have made decisions for Christ during the past year
• Scores of young people are being discipled and mentored daily.
• Over 1,000 children are being fed one meal a day, 5 times a week.
• 100 children have received school tuition grants.
• 70% of the children attending slum churches where we minister are from SOI programs.
• Many young people who first entered our program 3 years ago are now leaders in their respective
churches and assist in SOI programs.

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 • Whole slum communities are changing including predominately Muslim communities where many
are turning to Christ.
• SOI’s annual Christmas outreach to the “poorest of the poor” provided food, clothing, blankets and
other much needed items to 950 people.

2:5 RESOURCES NEEDED:

• Funding for each Good News F. C. (Football Club)
16 full time staff members plus 16 Timothys = 32 in all
¾ Includes salaries and expenses for one year $50,000
• Good News Community Center – Gulu
¾ Includes land, building, athletic fields, some furnishings $148,620
• Feeding program for slum children
¾ Add one meal a day for 1,000 children $13,000
• Vehicles urgently needed for Gulu, Nairobi and Kampala
¾ Reconditioned (used) vans, each $16,000

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PART III: GOOD NEWS COMMUNITY CENTER
GULU, ACHOLI DISTRICT, NORTHERN UGANDA

PREFACE: Sports Outreach Institute is a 501C(3) non-profit, non-denominational organization

incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

SOI has been working in Uganda since 1987 and currently employs 48 full and part
time national staff in this East African country. SOI’s Aloysius Kyazze and his
wife, Esther, have been serving the North of Uganda for the past seven years and
now reside in Gulu with their 4 children.

HISTORY: For the past twenty years, the people of Northern Uganda have endured a conflict
involving the rebel Lord’s resistance Army (LRA) and the government of Uganda.
More than 1.9 million people – over eighty percent of the population – are
displaced and forced to live in squalid internally displaced persons (IDP) camps.
These camps remain largely unprotected and vulnerable to LRA attacks and
abductions. The LRA has kidnapped more than 30,000 children from their homes –
holding them as hostages, sex slaves, and bondservants. An estimated 35,000
children commute nightly to sleep in town centers in order to avoid violence and
abduction. These children known as “night commuters,” remain vulnerable to
exploitation and sexual and physical abuse.

In addition to causing this deplorable humanitarian and human rights crisis, the
ongoing conflict is increasingly a cause of instablility throughout the region. The
LRA has expanded its area of operations deeper into southern Sudan and, for the
first time, into the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

KEY FACTS: ¾ Excess death rates in northern Uganda are three times higher than those
recorded in Darfur in 2005.
¾ There are 918 excess deaths each week. This means 131 people die each day in
northern Uganda as a result of violence and conditions in the IDP camps.
¾ Each month almost 25,000 people in Uganda die from preventable diseases.
¾ The murder rate for northern Uganda is currently 146 murders per week, (0.17
murders per 10,000 people per day). This is three times higher than in Iraq.

Children and Education

¾ Each day, 58 children under the age of 5 die as a result of violence and
preventable disease.
¾ Over 30,000 children have been abducted into the LRA.
¾ One quarter of the children in northern Uganda over ten years of age have lost
both parents.
¾ 250,000 children in northern Uganda receive no education at all.
¾ Over 60% of the internally displaced persons in northern Uganda are children
under 15 years.
¾ Nearly 65% of the children in northern Uganda are stunted from chronic
malnutrition.

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 Poverty and Displacement
¾ Almost two million people are forced to live in the IDP’s.
¾ There are seven IDP’s where SOI has ongoing ministry. Populations in these
camps range from 14,000-70,000.
¾ Population density in the camps exceeds 1,700 people per hectare. Densities
higher than the slums of Nairobi or Calcutta.
¾ Most of these camps cannot be accessed without military escort.
¾ Over 85% of the displaced people have no access to land to farm.
¾ Average income for a household of five in northern Uganda is $11.00 (US) per
year.
¾ 95% of the displaced persons live in absolute poverty.

PURPOSE: To minister to the traumatized children and adults of warn torn Northern Uganda.
To evangelize and disciple.

OBJECTIVES: 1. To provide a series of buildings that would allow SOI staff to feed needy
children; counsel traumatized victims and mentor believers. The buildings
would also include classrooms for educational use, a medical clinic, a general
meeting hall for worship and other activities, 2 dormitories to house formerly
abducted children seeking shelter and protection, a residence for the director,
vocational training facilities and playing fields for sports activities. An
administrative office and a basic structure for staff members overseeing the
center would also be included.
2. To develop a model that could be used in other slum areas of the world.

PROJECTED The Good News Community Center would serve as a facility to provide the
MINISTRY: following services:
1. Feeding homeless/orphaned children
2. Providing counseling for traumatized people
3. Offering shelter for children seeking protection from abduction and abuse
4. Vocational training allowing youth to gain appropriate skills for
employment
5. Training in personal hygiene, HIV/AID education, parenting and family
skills. Includes assistance to children serving as head of households
6. School tuition scholarships and individual mentoring to enable qualified
young people to attend school and further their education
7. Spiritual nurturing. The Good News staff will share the love and hope of
Christ and provide Biblical instruction on becoming a true follower of the
Lord.

ANTICIPATED 1. To be an active and productive agent in the re-building of the infra-

RESULTS: structures of northern Uganda.
2. A large number of individuals turning to Christ as Lord and Saviour and
becoming leaders in their church and society.
3. Traumatized young people and adults being “set free” from the horrid
emotional chains that bind them thus allowing them to enter society once
again.
4. Educated young people who can read, write, compute basic numbers and
when possible, use a computer.
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 5. Youth who have been trained/empowered to use certain vocational skills
such as baking, tailoring, sewing and other skills that will in turn open up
employment for them.

COST ESTIMATES

1. Purchase, site preparation and enclosure of 12 acre plot – mostly rectangular in shape
a. $8,000.00

2. Soccer field
a. $750.00

3. Basketball/volleyball courts
a. $1,500.00

4. Children play area

a. $1,600.00

5. Treatment Center/Clinic, Multi-Purpose & Administrative Offices

a. Building - $18,000.00
b. Furnishings - $20,000.00

6. Residence for Director

a. $12,000.00

7. Storage Building
a. $2,000.00

8. Male dorm
a. Building - $15,000.00
b. Furnishings - $5,000.00

9. Female dorm
a. Building - $15,000.00
b. Furnishings - $5,000.00

10. Meeting shelter – open sided

a. Two structures at $2,500.00 each equal $5,000.00

11. Vocational Training

a. Five structures at $3,000.00 each equal $15,000.00

12. Contingency
a. (20% of $123,850.00) - $24,770.00

Projected Total – $148,620.00

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PROJECTED TIME TABLE

September - October, 2006:
October 2006 - January 2007:
February, 2007:
March, 2007 - August 2007:
September 2007 - February 2008:
February 2008:
Finalize purchase of property and complete legal work
Prepare site and construct fence
Ground-Breaking Ceremony
Phase One Construction
Phase Two Construction
Site Dedication and Acquisition

DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION LEADERSHIP TEAM

EXECUTIVE Rodney L. Suddith, Executive Director, Sports Outreach Institute
COMMITTEE: 2700 Langhorne Road, Lynchburg, Virginia
Fred Barungi, Bank Officer
P.O. Box 30034, Kampala, Uganda
Barnabas Mwesiga, Coordinator, Sports Outreach Ministry, Uganda
P.O. Box 30034, Kampala, Uganda
Joy Mwesigwa, Accountant
P.O. Box 30034, Kampala, Uganda
Aloysius Kyazze, Director of Gulu Ministries, Sports Outreach
P.O. Box 30034, Kampala, Uganda
Mitchell Lutaaya, Secretary
P.O. Box 30034, Kampala, Uganda

BUILDING SITE Jerry Bingham, Coordinator

SUPERVISION Action International, Gulu Uganda
COMMITTEE:
Melody Lanek, Construction Supervisor
Gulu, Uganda
Aloysius Kyazze, Director of Gulu Ministries, Sports Outreach
Gulu Uganda
Sarah Kinunga, and Julian Obingawa, Volunteer Team Coordinators
Gulu, Uganda

MINISTRY PARTNERS: Action International

World Vision
SOS Childrens Village
Noah’s Ark (Salvation Army)
UPDF (Ugandan Army)
Government of Uganda
Care Corp International

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PART IV: SUPPORTING DATA

1. Map of Uganda

2. SOI 2006 – 2007 Fiscal Year Strategic Plan

3. SOI 2006 – 2007 Fiscal Year Operating Budget

4. Proposal: Good News Football Club, Gulu, Northern Uganda

5. Proposal: Maintain and Ensure Continuance of Good News Football Club, Kampala, Uganda

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MAP OF UGANDA
 2006 – 2007 FISCAL YEAR
STRATEGIC PLAN

1. USA
1.1. Develop model plans for inner city outreach, Hispanic programs, youth ministry.
1.2. Further develop partnerships with churches and para-church organizations (FCA, Young Life,
etc.).
1.3. Develop Kids Games, Family Games, Teen Games concept into more pragmatic outreach.
1.4. Organize evangelistic sports camps partnering with local churches.
1.5. Organize special evangelistic outreaches utilizing high profile sports events (Super Bowl,
World Cup, final four basketball, etc.).

2. Africa
2.1. Expand Slum Programs (GNFC)
a) Increase feeding program from 5 days to seven times per week.
b) Expand Kampala slum programs from 5 to 6 slums.
c) Increase sports league participation to include girls and additional age levels.
d) Expand tuition grant programs from 100 to 150.
e) Develop preliminary plans for a Good News Community Center – Kampala
f) Review Good News F.C. soccer evangelism outreach programs to villages and towns.
Refine plans for systematic outreach to every town and village in Uganda over a 5–10
year period.
g) Add players to existing Good News F.C. to bring the roster to a minimum of 16
players and 16 Timothies. Expand to 18 players if possible using veterans Timothies.
2.2. Expand Northern Uganda Outreach
a) Purchase property and build phase one of the Good News Community Center.
b) Train additional lay counselors to work with vast numbers of traumatized children.
Include all SOM staff.
c) Expand feeding program, vocational training and tuition grants in the North.
d) Cultivate existing partnerships with World Vision, Action International, Noah’s Ark,
SOS and local churches.
e) Train additional leadership to work in displaced peoples camps (refugee camps).
f) Train Sudanese pastors and develop a preliminary model of Sports Outreach for
Southern Sudan.
g) Purchase vehicle for Gulu director.
2.3. Refine “feeder programs” – (developing future leaders)
a) Doves F.C.
b) Ambassadors F.C.
c) Hearts United F.C.
d) Timothies
2.4. Review and refine baseball/softball ministry in Uganda
a) Age groups
b) Tournaments
c) Playing fields
d) Status with government
2.5. Reaffirm and nurture existing partnerships with local churches, government agencies, para-
churches (Campus Crusade, Compassion International, World Vision, Unlimited Potential
International).
 2.6. Expansion of Kenya Outreach
a) Increase staff
b) Provide vehicle(s) for ministry
c) Develop a systematic plan of outreach targeting the major slums.
d) Provide training for pastors and youth leaders who have indicated interest in initiating
sports ministry programs in their churches.
e) Refine and implement a viable program to assist people with AIDS.
f) Integrate AIDS education into sports ministry programs.

3. Latin America
3.1. Initiate planning to add staff for Latin American projects.
3.2. Develop long term plan for existing campsite in Southern Mexico. Clarify legal status of
ownership.
3.3. Refine existing sports ministry programs in Southern Mexico.
3.4. Explore potential of street children ministry expanding to Brazil. Meet with Brazilian leaders,
discuss the need and evaluate potential staff and organization structure.

4. Home Office
4.1. Review staffing and office needs.
4.2. Evaluate Sports Outreach programs and staff in general, make necessary adjustments and
prepare a new 5 year plan weighing strengths and weaknesses of the past. Involve key staff in
the planning.

Sports Outreach Institute, Inc Strategic Plan

 SPORTS OUTREACH INSTITUE, INC.
2006 – 2007 FISCAL YEAR OPERATING BUDGET

Staff Salaries: General Field

Staff* Staff**

Home Office Russ Carr, Sue Carr, Don Cudworth 132,760

Lorraine Lee, Morgan Allen, Mary Ellen
Longo, Ken Phillips, Administrative Assistant

Rodney Suddith 113,140

Inner-City Joel & Alyssa Upole (24,000 from First Goal) 55,385

Sptbdg East Michael Carr 7,540

Northwest Don & April Brenneman 103,026

California Steve Clark 54,366

Kim Clark 11,384

Texas Steve & Eva Long 60,000

Mexico Tim & Barb Wood 56,550

Luis & Milsen Monje 10,200

Africa Barnabas Mwesiga, Joy Mwesigwa, Sam Kibedi, Ritah

Kibedi, Aloysius Kyazze, Esther Kyazze, Mitchell Lutaaya,
Franklin Shemlimbe, Fred Barungi, Olivia Sekintu, Good
New FC (Samson Agaba, Jimmy Kalyango, Robert Katende,
Paul Kimbowa, David Lusuku, Samuel Lutalo, Patrick Mugenyi,
Ronald Mukasa, Willis Muwanguzi, Moses Muze Mawa, Samuel
Mutumba, Francis Ssenyonjo, Thomas Tamale, Herbert Ziwa),
Drivers, Watchmen, Timothies. 95,274

Sub-Total Salaries 132,760 566,865

Grand Total Salaries 699,625

Includes Housing Allowances of $36,971 for Donald Brenneman, $27,900 for Stephen Long, and
$2,400 for Donald Cudworth

* Home Office supported

** Raise own support
Administrative Expense - General Field
Staff Staff
Auto Expense 3,900 22,000
Administration 28,050
Advertising 932
Bank Fees 4,000 350
Dues/Memberships 300
Education/Literature 1,450 4,100
Equipment 7,075
Freight Expense 200
Grants 2,000 7,200
License Permits 100
Insurance 7,000
Miscellaneous 300
Office Expenses 21,500 9,175
Payroll Taxes – Employer Portion 8,877 *
Photography 200 1,525
Professional Fees 10,000
Printing/Publishing
Fund-raising/Newsletter 20,000 7,820
All Others 6,000
Rental Expense 9,000
Sports Equipment 1,000 770
Subscriptions 200
Taxes 750
Telephone 7,500 9,820
Travel Expenses
Air Travel 8,800 17,800
Auto Leasing 5,000 3,100
Other Transportation 600 150
Lodging 4,500 7,000
Meals/Entertainment 2,100 5,300
Miscellaneous 3,000 2,150
Utilities 5,550
Video & Tape Supplies 500 350
* Included in salary figure except for clergy
Sub-Total 129,709 139,285

Contingency Allowance 12,000 7,000

Totals 141,709 146,285

Grand Total Expenses 279,117

Grand Total Salaries & Expenses 848,334

 Program Expenses

Africa

Uganda Office 6,000

Scholarships 4,550
Orphanages 2,000
Motorcycles/Bikes 2,000
Scriptures 3,000
Street Children of East Africa
Feeding Program 20,000
Vocational Training 3,000
Scholarships 25,000
Other Outreaches 15,750
Care Kits 20,000

Kenya - Feeding Program 6,000

Special Projects 2,000

Rwanda 5,000

Africa Total 114,300

Latin America

Projects 3,500
Soccer Programs 2,500
Camp Programs 2,000
Mission Station Upkeep 1,500

Latin America Total 9,500

United States

Inner-City Programs 2,500

Kids Games 1,000
Cinco de Mayo 1,000
Superbowl 500
Sportsbridge 31,500
Pastor=s Training 3,000
Video Equipment 6,000
Textbook Research 3,000

United States Total 48,500

Program Expense Total 172,300

 Mission Trips

Westmont Women’s Soccer Team Outreach-Africa(21)(Russ & Sue Carr) 75,600

Puppet Team Outreach-Africa (thru SOI-4)(Rolling Hills,Don Brenneman) 14,400

Mexico Outreach (10)(Steve & Kim Clark) 17,000

Mission Awareness Trip to Africa (12)(Russ & Sue Carr) 45,600

Africa Outreach June 2007 (25)(Leaders Unknown) 90,000

Mission Trips Total 242,600

Grand Total All Categories 1,263,234

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Growth and Development Projects

Home Office:

Assistant Executive Director* 26,000-30,000

Development Officer* TBA
Internship & Staff Development* 15,000

Africa:

Good News Community Center* 85,000

Feeding Program: Expansion – Kampala, Gulu and Nairobi* 30,000
Sudan 3,000
Sports Ministry Development – Kenya* 80,000

Mexico:

Mexico Camp: Construction* 13,500

Mexico Camp: Expansion 6,500
Radio Station 17,000

Brazil:

Program Development 8,000

* Top seven…
 PROPOSAL:
GOOD NEWS FOOTBALL CLUB, GULU, NORTHERN UGANDA

PROPOSAL: To establish a Good News F.C. in Gulu, Northern Uganda.

PURPOSE: The overriding purpose of this program is to provide a platform to share the love and
grace of Jesus Christ and His redeeming power to a region of Uganda that has greatly
suffered from 20 years of Civil War.

GOALS: It is our goal to build up and encourage believers, disciple new Christians and to provide
for the basic needs of children and adults unable to care for themselves. This would
include trauma counseling, a feeding program, vocational training, general education
including the teaching of AIDS prevention, basic hygiene, and instruction in reading,
writing and math.

PROCEDURE: A team of 16 young men would be carefully selected, trained for one year and placed
under the direction of Aloysius Kyazze, SOI’s director of SOI’s work in Northern
Uganda. Some of these men would be recruited from the ranks of the Timothys currently
serving in Kampala and would be joined by Timothys under Kyazze in Gulu.

During the training period, the GNFC – Gulu would be involved in numerous
practicum’s which will allow this group to apply the principles and strategies being
taught in their workshops and seminars.

Each of the team of 16 would then select a Timothy to work alongside them giving us a
total of 32 individuals in the workforce.

MINISTRY This team would work throughout Northern Uganda and would be based in Gulu. The
ASSIGNMENTS: Good News Community Center will soon be up and running which will provide sports
fields, offices, a meeting hall and other buildings to be used for different forms of
ministry.

The team’s general assignments would include:

1. Work in the refugee camps (displaced person camps) in the immediate area (15,000–
75,000 people in each of the 7 camps).
2. Work with traumatized youth and adults using sports, music, art, drama and
counseling as therapeutic tools. Presenting the Gospel which offers salvation, hope
and reconciliation.
3. Training local churches in sports ministry.
4. Performing community service to demonstrate in a practical way a love and concern
for the people.
5. Providing a feeding program for the most needy children.
6. Developing vocational training programs to assist young people to acquire the skills
necessary to obtain a job.
7. Provide micro-business opportunities to help young people sustain themselves.
Currently SOI has a baking oven that Aloysius has built allowing several young
 people to now bake bread, cakes and other items that are sold in the local
community. In addition, goat projects and brick making are also being used. This
whole concept needs to be developed further. SOI is investigating partnership
opportunities concerning micro-businesses.
8. To disciple young people in small groups or on a one to one basis.
9. To assist and mentor young students selected to be recipients of our tuition
scholarship grants (Andrew Popp Memorial Fund).

PROJECTIONS / Based on our highly successful programs in Kampala, we are confident that our
ANTICIPATED expansion into Gulu will result in making a significant impact upon the people of
RESULTS: Northern Uganda. However, the needs are huge, the trauma severe, and widespread
poverty suggest that a slower than normal response is to be expected.

Much prayer must precede and accompany this whole operation. Therefore prayer
teams must be established and regular prayer sessions held since this ingredient is
critical to the success of the entire outreach.

In addition to Northern Uganda, it is anticipated that having a base in Gulu will allow us
to establish work in Southern Sudan whose border is only 30 miles from Gulu. SOI has
already begun sports ministry training for pastors from Sudan and some programs are
now being established in this country. However, the churches are in need of much help.

COST OF THE $50,000 – Includes salaries and expenses for 32 people (16 full time players/workers and
PROGRAM: 16 full time Timothys).

NOTE: The cost of sending a missionary from the west to Africa runs from $50,000 to
over $100,000 per year. We are proposing 32 missionaries for the same price. These
individuals know the language, the culture, the customs and how to effectively reach
their people. There is little in the way of a learning curve. Thus the cost effectiveness of
this project is obvious, especially in light of the results we are getting from our initial
project.

ALTERNATE If SOI is unable to secure funding to establish a full complement of team members for
PROPOSAL: the Gulu project, a secondary option is to begin with a partial team of 5 to 8 team
members. This, however, would limit the amount of ministry that could be
accomplished but would help Aloysius who is in great need of assistance.

The cost for a partial team (8 people) would run about one half of the cost of the full
program or $25,000.

My recommendation is to go with the full program. If we are to make a significant

impact upon the region it is imperative that we have the staff to accomplish the task.
This will help establish our credibility and open up more of the necessary avenues to
properly minister to those in need.
 MAINTAIN AND ENSURE CONTINUANCE OF
GOOD NEWS FOOTBALL CLUB, KAMPALA, UGANDA

Proposal : To maintain and ensure the continuance of the Good News F.C. program for slum
children in Kampala, Uganda. This program has been extremely effective and must
continue.
Purpose: The key objective in all SOI programs is to share the gospel, teach Biblical
principles, disciple new believers and to meet the basic needs of those with whom we
work.
Goals: The goal of this project is to obtain the necessary funds to maintain and expand our
work in 5 major slums in and around Kampala, capital of Uganda.
Description of Sports Outreach Institute is currently working in 5 major slums in Kampala. The
Project: program is built around 5 components administered by the Good News F.C. (Football
Club). The team is comprised of 16 players and coaches along with 16 Timothys
(individuals in training).

The program has been in existence 3 years starting with 3 slums and in 2005
enlarging to 5 slums. There are approximately 1000 children participating in our
program (numbers will vary below and above one thousand participants).

The 5 components that make up the program consist of the following:

1. Sports and activities complete with leagues and tournaments
2. Community Service (cleaning the slums, repairing homes of the elderly, etc.)
3. Feeding program – feeding those children who do not have families or who, for
different reasons, do not have access to food.
4. Vocational training
5. School tuition grants for qualified and deserving students.
In each of these segments, mentoring takes place, the gospel is proclaimed and
Biblical principles are taught.
Program The Good News F.C. concept is working extremely well. Government officials,
Effectiveness: church leaders and families within the community will testify to this fact.

Whole communities, even Muslim communities, are changing dramatically.

Literally hundreds of people have come to Christ through this program and are now
attending many of the evangelical slum churches with whom we partner.
Grant Request SOI is in need of $30,000 to go with a $20,000 grant provided by another foundation
$30,000: in order to fully fund the program for another year (July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007).

We would respectfully request a grant of $30,000 that will enable us to continue the
program and hopefully expand this outreach to a 6th slum located near the capital.
It is well to note that from an economic standpoint, it takes between $50,000 to over
$100,000 a year to put one western missionary in Africa. For $50,000 we can run an
entire program with 32 well trained workers who know the language, the culture and
how to maneuver in the society. 32 = 16 full time individuals plus 16 full time
Timothys (people in training).