April 2014
April 2014 One Boy’s Story Imagine! by Joe Griswald News Briefs RPU’s Fiscal Year 2013 Overview
April 2013
April 2013 2012: Best Year Yet at TOLM 2013: Promises to be even better Volunteers & Visitors Enrich the MSA Experience The Door to Rapha’s House RPU’s Fiscal Year 2012 Overview
September 2013
Sept 2013 ‘A Place to Sing’ Lessons from Uganda Social Work Professors Teach “Service Learning” We Are Moving! Sponsor A Day-a new way to help Not Only Money White House Points of Light Ceremony Spread the Word-New Brochures Lives Changed for Ugandans and Americans
November 2012
November 2012 A Day in the Life of a Mustard Seed Academy Student
A Place to Sing
A narrative portrait of a 14-year-old girl living in Lukaya, Uganda by Nate Atwater. Nate’s intention with this film was to give viewers the most realistic look possible as to what life in Lukaya is like, without physically being there. Dorica’s story is quite typical and far from the most extreme compared to some of…
First Trip; First Impressions
Talking to the children was my favorite thing to do. Eria told me he knew what I looked like from Facebook. I had no idea. They have some access to computers (until the school was recently robbed). I was asked about skyscrapers, earthquakes, food, and clothing. I learned that so little means so much in…
Chess at Mustard Seed
Three years ago, four chess sets were brought to Rapha House, the orphans home at Mustard Seed School. The children and house mother took to the game, enjoying it very much. We made an unannounced visit and found them on the veranda playing. Two years ago, the Disney movie “Queen of Katwe” was broughtto the…
In Memoriam
JOSEPH G. GRISWOLD, Ph.D. Founder and Guiding Light 1943 – 2017 Joseph G. Griswold, Ph.D., Founder and Guiding Light of Real Partners Uganda and the Mustard Seed Academy, died on December 30, 2017. Joe was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on June 15, 1943. He graduated from East Grand Rapids High School in 1961. In…