TOPIC 4: SERVING OTHERS IN THE SPIRIT

What is service?
Service is the act of helping other people who are in need.
A servant is a person who provides help to people in need.

EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE WHO ACCEPTED GOD’S CALL TO SERVE

Mother Teresa

- Mother Teresa was the founder of the

Order of the Missionaries of Charity.
- This was a Roman Catholic congregation
of women dedicated to help the poor.
- She created rehabilitation homes for lepers.

Dr. Matthew Lukwiya

- He treated Ebola patients at Lacor Hospital in
Gulu.
- He built isolation wards at Lacor Hospital for
Ebola patients.
- He contacted ebola and died on 5th
December, 2000.
 Dr. Lucille Teasdale.
- She built St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in

Gulu.

- She cared for the needy people.

Janet Kataha Museveni

 She founded the Uganda
Women’s Effort to Save Orphans
(UWESO).
 UWESO takes care of orphans in
Uganda.

Noureen Kaleba
 She is the founder of
TASO.
 TASO takes care of
HIV/AIDS victims.

Examples of people who need help (Needy groups of people)

 The sick  Widows
 The poor  Street children
 Orphans  Refugees
Examples of relief organizations that serve people
a) The Uganda women’s Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO)
- Cares for orphans by proving shelter.
- Providing education facilities for orphans.

b) The Aids Support Organization (TASO)

It cares for AIDS victims by;
- Counseling them
- Providing treatment
- Providing food.

c) International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

It cares for people hit by disasters through;
- providing them with food.
- providing them with medicine.
- providing them with shelter.

d) The World Vision International

Support orphans and peasants by:-
- Building schools
- Building health facilities.
- Providing safe water.

e) The Adventist development relief agency (ADRA)

It cares for people hit by disaster through:
 - Building schools.
- Building medical centers.
- Providing safe water
f) Carry American Relief Everywhere (CARE)
 Cares for people hit by disaster by: -
 Providing shelter
 Providing foods
 Providing medical care.

g) Plan International
- Cares for children by:-
- Providing homes
- Providing school fees

LESSON ACTIVITY
1. Name any two groups of needy people in your community.
2. State any two ways you can help your friends who need help at
school.
3. Name any three examples of people who accepted to serve other.
4. Give any three benefits of helping needy people.
5. Write UWESO in full.
6. State any two problems faced by relief organizations.
7. Which organization was formed to take care of the AIDS victims
in Uganda?