Welcome to the Facedown Records / More Than Sound action group page. Our goal is to create a community of music fans and bands that will work together to meet the needs of people through Know Think Act.
Each month we will be picking a different need(s) and working to raise the money to meet that specific need. We believe that there is strength in numbers and through God's grace we can accomplish more together than on our own.
Would you consider joining us to raise money and awareness? You can donate directly to the needs right here (see featured needs below) and you can also sign up to be an Ally here at Know Think Act which will enable you to spread the word easier.
Because of leprosy, many in this community are in need of orthopedic shoes and walking appliances. The special boots are tailor-made with special leather and other soft materials to enable those with recurrent leprosy wounds to walk comfortably. Most of the time they walk with open sandals or bare feet, exposing their wounds to more infection and injuries.
Location: Blessed Camp, Kenya
Affiliate: Action Ministry
Deadline: 6/19/12
Quantity: 35
Item Cost: $35
Our Pledge: $600
Funds Raised: $345 / $600
Kyongera Agriculture Project - Matooke Land Preparations
As the rainy season is starting Bringing Hope to the Family is trying to get their farm in Kyongera up to speed. Bringing Hope is desiring to expand their matooke (banana) plantation. This need is for the planting of soy beans to prepare the soil for the matooke plants that will be planted in the next season. This farm helps feed the children at Home Again orphanage, Dorcas Vocational School as well as provide staff lunches for bringing Hope to the Family.
Location: Kyongera, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 5/20/12urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $195
Our Pledge: $195
Funds Raised: $100 / $195
Ceiling - Home Again Lower House
Last year Home Again's lower house was expanded to contain 4 additional bedrooms. The rooms and roofing have been completed, but they lack the funds to put in the ceiling. Using mosquito nets helps to cut down on the cases of malaria in the home, but having a ceiling would greatly reduce the amount of mosquitos that enter the home. The ceiling is also needed in order to finish wiring the house for electricity.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 12/01/11urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $1,850
Our Pledge: $1,200
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $1,200 / $1,200
Mosquito Nets, Only $10 ea.
These insecticide treated mosquito nets are the most effective means of preventing Malaria. On average each net protects two people. These nets will be distributed in conjunction with training and a home inspection. Bringing Hope to the Family will train the recipients on how to use them properly along with other ways of fortifying the home against mosquitos.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 3/30/11urgent!
Quantity: 200
Item Cost: $10
Our Pledge: $1,000
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $1,000 / $1,000
URGENT - Hope Again Medical Center - Van Tires
The Hope Again Medical Center's van is in need of a new set of tires. One of the back tires has an unrepairable hole in it. Also, one of the front tires barely has any tread left on it. The other two tires are not much better.
In the past Bringing Hope has purchased poor quality tires for the van. They desperately need to purchase quality tires from Kampala. This price also includes the cost of transporting the tires from Kampala to Kaihura and the cost to have them installed.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 6/01/11urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $1,000
Our Pledge: $1,000
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $1,000 / $1,000
Leprosy Wound Dressing - (Oct, Nov and Dec)
Leprosy is a terrible, devastating and debilitating disease. It causes open wounds and sores that desperately need to be treated and dressed on a regular basis. $80 will dress the wounds of 40 people twice a week. As of now, they are only able to be dressed once a month. This will be a HUGE step forward for those suffering from this disease. Proper dressing and sanitation can severely cut down on infection and pain.
Location: Msambweni, Kenya
Affiliate: Action Ministry
Deadline: 6/30/11urgent!
Quantity: 16
Item Cost: $80
Our Pledge: $1,175
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $1,175 / $1,175
Rain Collection System For Agriculture Training
Anthony Magambo is the head of all agriculture projects for Bringing Hope to the Family. He has been a farmer all his life and uses his property for training purposes.
We would like to put a rain collection system on his house to help assist him with water for his agriculture project. This system would include gutters, pipes and a 2000 liter tank.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 6/01/11urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $570
Our Pledge: $570
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $570 / $570
Medical Treatment For Girl With Cancer
Katie is nine years old and is HIV positive. She has swelling under her right eye that has been confirmed as cancerous. Bringing Hope to the Family is in need of financial assistance to help cover her medical expenses. Katie's family does not have the resources to pay these bills and it is more than Bringing Hope to the Family can cover as well.
*We have increased the need amount from the original post to make sure any extra cost that may arise will be taken care of. Any money that is left over will go into an emergency medical fund for similar situations. We will let all the donors know exactly how things progress. Thank you all for your generosity!
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 8/31/11urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $2,675
Our Pledge: $250
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $250 / $250
Home Again - Blankets
Home Again orphanage is in need of new blankets for all of the children in the house. Most of the blankets that the children use are in bad shape with many rips and holes in them. This will provide a blanket for every bed in the home.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 8/01/11urgent!
Quantity: 80
Item Cost: $6
Our Pledge: $190
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $190 / $190
Bibles and Pastoral Study Materials
There are so many in western Uganda that are spiritually hungry but lack a Bible of their own to read and study, especially a Bible translated into their own language, Rutooro. Additionally, local Pastors have no access to even the simplest of study materials with which to prepare their sermons or to gain knowledge and understanding for ministering to their congregations. Bibles will be handed out free of charge to all who desire one, and the study materials will form the basis of a lending library that local Pastors can utilize to gain further knowledge of the Scriptures
Location: Fort Portal, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 9/30/11urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $2,500
Our Pledge: $650
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $650 / $650
Medical Treatment For Child With Cancer
Ronald is an eight year old boy who is HIV+ and has now been diagnosed with cancer. He is currently at Mulago Hospital in Kampala. The report we have received is that so far he is responding well to treatment. Bringing Hope is in need of financial help to cover his medical bills as they are adding up quickly and neither the organization nor his parents have the money to pay for these bills.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 8/31/11urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $1,025
Our Pledge: $300
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $300 / $300
Bibles For Students
Bringing Hope to the Family desires to place a Bible in the hand of every child at the local primary and secondary school in Kaihura. Many of the students at the secondary school received Bibles earlier in the year, but there are several that are still in need of one. Also, the children at the local primary school have not received one as of yet. Bringing Hope to the Family desires to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with every child that they assist.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 7/01/12
Quantity: 400
Item Cost: $8
Our Pledge: $500
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $500 / $500
New House for Widow
Kadoma Peluce and her 5 children live in a small dilapidated stick and mud house. Her thatched roof is also in bad shape. Over all the home is a very poor living environment for Peluce and her family. Peluce's husband passed away back in 2005. She has been struggling to provide for her family ever since.
She has been enrolled in the Bringing Hope to the Family assistance program since shortly after the death of her husband. Bringing Hope helps to provide for her children's tuition needs.
Bringing hope to the Family would like to provide Peluce and her family with a new brick home with an iron sheet roof. This will provide Peluce a much better environment to raise her children in.
By providing Peluce with a new home Bringing Hope is successfully keeping these children from having to enter the orphanage system. This will allow Bringing Hope to provide full time care to those other children who do not have a safe and solid family environment.
Location: Miranga, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 11/30/11urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $3,800
Our Pledge: $3,650
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $3,650 / $3,650
Graph Books for Secondary Students (4 for $5)
Bringing Hope to the Family provides school supplies to right at 270 secondary students within the Kyenjojo District. One of the items that each student is required to have is a graph book. Graph books can be purchased at 4 books for $5.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 10/01/11urgent!
Quantity: 68
Item Cost: $5
Our Pledge: $340
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $340 / $340
Blessed School - Furnishings
This money will go towards furnishing, painting and resourcing Blessed Camp Primary School with everything they need to start having classes. (The children in the photo are a few of the kids who will be benefiting from this school.)
Location: Blessed Camp, Kenya
Affiliate: Action Ministry
Deadline: 6/01/12urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $3,500
Our Pledge: $500
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $500 / $500
Shallow Well - Kyenjojo District
Help dig a shallow well for the Kyenjojo District. Help bring clean water to a village today!
Location: Kyenjojo, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 1/14/12urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $1,500
Our Pledge: $500
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $500 / $500
Blessed Camp Primary School - Plastic Chairs
Blessed Camp currently does not have any chairs for the children who are attending classes at their primary school. The building only has a dirt floor at this point and it is a difficult learning environment for the children. Blessed Camp is in need of 100 plastic chairs in order to provide every student with a chair.
Location: Mombasa, Kenya
Affiliate: Action Ministry
Deadline: 12/31/11urgent!
Quantity: 100
Item Cost: $8
Our Pledge: $160
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $160 / $160
Home Again - Food Expenses
With school terms ending Home Again has the extra burden of feeding all of the children that were off at boarding school. With food prices having increased dramatically this year in Uganda the expense of feeding 20+ extra children is quite a challenge for Bringing Hope. We would like to raise $2000 to help them feed all of the children at Home Again for the months of December, January and February.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 1/15/12urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $2,000
Our Pledge: $600
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $600 / $600
Home Again - Christmas clothes
With Christmas just around the corner we are trying to raise funds to by every child at Home Again a new outfit. This is a real delight for the children. This is the only time throughout the year that the kids get a new set of clothes.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 12/15/11urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $600
Our Pledge: $400
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $400 / $400
Bringing Hope to the Family Staff Retreat
The staff of Bringing Hope to the Family rarely gets a break. We'd like to help Faith organize a basic staff retreat. To give everyone a chance to not only rest, but be refocused and inspired as a team.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 12/31/11urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $500
Our Pledge: $400
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $400 / $400
Kyongera Agriculture Project - Fertilizer
Bringing Hope to the Family is in need of fertilizer for their agriculture project in Kyongera. Fertilzer was added when the maize, matooke (banana) and pineapples were planted several months ago, but the soil is in need of a fresh supply of fertilizer.
The land is in need of 200 bags of fertilizer. Each bag is $10. This will also include the transport/delivery cost.
Location: Kyongera, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 3/01/12urgent!
Quantity: 200
Item Cost: $10
Our Pledge: $450
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $450 / $450
Home Again - Bathroom/Kitchen Addition
Bringing Hope to the Family desires to add an addition to the upper house of Home Again. The upper house is where all of the babies and toddlers are housed. This addition will include a bathroom and a small kitchen. These rooms will help the house moms better care for the small children.
The bathroom will include indoor showers and toilets for the children. Currently the hallway in the upper house is lined with baby potties and is very unsanitary. The younger kids in the house are also scared of going to the outdoor latrines at night. This will allow them to go freely and will hopefully cut down on bed wetting.
The kitchen will allow the moms to prepare bottles for babies, as well as drinks and snacks for the toddlers inside as opposed to using the make shift kitchen outside the upper house.
This addition will be a great help to Home Again and will greatly increase their level sanitation and care.
An exciting bit of news for this project is that we have a donor that is willing to match up to $4000 towards this project. So, in total we are only needing to raise $9500 to complete this project.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 1/01/12urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $13,500
Our Pledge: $600
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $600 / $600
Hope Again Medical Center - Windows
Windows - Aluminum windows with mosquito screens and burglar proofing grilles (17 windows)
Hope Again Medical Center in Kaihura currently operates through an outpatient clinic offering support to HIV/AIDS-positive people, especially orphans and their caretakers. The centre offers free treatment to all the HIV/AID positive orphans as well as free HIV/AIDS testing and counseling to the entire public. The medical centre has a clientele of 1060 HIV-positive clients, of which 265 are children below the age of 17, 497 are women, and 298 are men. Most of the children are orphans.
The Joint Clinic Research Center (JCRC) and the District Health unit provide the ARV (anti-retroviral) treatment while HAMC offers free HIV/AIDS counseling and testing services, treatment for opportunistic infections, pays for X-rays and scans, and provides transportation to JCRC in Fort Portal. Also, HAMC offers allowances for physicians from the health centre V (hospital in the neighboring town of Kyenjojo) to visit HAMC twice a month to administer treatment. The medical centre also offers medical treatment to other people in the community, but it mainly exists to provide services to the HIV/AIDS patients in the community. The children tested are between the age of 6 months and 17 years. The majority of children is school-aged orphaned and vulnerable children in need of medical and educational support.
HAMC is currently operating in a rented building, where they cannot become a fully registered medical clinic under the government. Having full registration would enable the center to receive the financial support of the government. Also, HAMC cannot expand in their current rented facility, and it hopes that it can do so in order to offer a larger number of services to the surrounding communities.
HAMC facilities are now under construction. The construction of the proposed facility will occur in four phases. The first phase will complete the outpatient clinic, which will allow the center to continue to provide the current services offered. In phases 2 - 4, two patient ward buildings will be added as the services of the outpatient clinic also increase, and a structure that will include an operating theatre and a delivery room will also be added.
The phase I proposed outpatient clinic building is an approximately 3,200 square-foot structure. It will include two exam rooms, a treatment room, a laboratory, a counseling room, a 2-stage delivery room, two patient wards, a nurses room, a storage room, an administrative office, a handicapped-accessible bathroom, an open-air reception/waiting area, and a records/dispensing room.
Location: Kaihura, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 4/01/12urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $4,182
Our Pledge: $250
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $250 / $250
Dorcas Vocational School - Classrooms (Kyongera)
Now that the boy's portion of Bringing Hope's vocational school program has been relocated to Kyongera there is a need for 2 classrooms to be built at the site. The vocational school currently has 20 male students in this years program. The current house/school at the kyongera farm is very small and unable to hold this amount of students.
Location: Kyongera, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 12/31/12
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $8,000
Our Pledge: $600
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $600 / $600
Urgent Leg Surgery for Keah Menza
Keah Menza, who is 67 years old, is in need of an emergency surgery to handle how the leprosy has ravaged his leg. The soles of his feet have deep wounds/holes, and he needs an amputation so that the infection does not spread to the rest of his body.
Location: Blessed Camp, Kenya
Affiliate: Action Ministry
Deadline: 3/15/12urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $710
Our Pledge: $310
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $310 / $310
Basic Water Purifier
This water purifier will allow for more drinking water, as well as contribute to the overall health and safety for all who drink from it!
Location: Blessed Camp, Kenya
Affiliate: Action Ministry
Deadline: 4/15/12urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $300
Our Pledge: $250
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $250 / $250
School for Steven Murunga
Steven is studying at Kyambogo University and we are still struggling to pay his tuition for this semester.
Location: Kyongera, Uganda
Affiliate: Bringing Hope to the Family
Deadline: 3/31/12urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $1,000
Our Pledge: $250
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $250 / $250
Kitchen Floor
The kitchen currently in use has no floor, so there is a lot of dirt, as well as a lot of dust, and is hard to keep up to hygienic standards for preparing food for everyone.
Location: Blessed Camp, Kenya
Affiliate: Action Ministry
Deadline: 5/05/12urgent!
Quantity: 1
Item Cost: $180
Our Pledge: $180
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $180 / $180
Sufuria Cooking Pans
These large and strong cookings pans will allow Blessed Camp and its staff and leaders to be able to provide food and cook in larger quantities so more people are able to have food.
Location: Blessed Camp, Kenya
Affiliate: Action Ministry
Deadline: 4/24/12urgent!
Quantity: 3
Item Cost: $100
Our Pledge: $250
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $250 / $250
Dressing & Medical Treatment for Chigoe Fleas
The children of Blessed Camp are being plagued by Chigoe Fleas, or 'jiggers.' Chigoe Fleas are parasites that burrow into the skin and feet. Even after their removal, this creates literal holes that will not heal in the feet of the children and adults effected.
This is a major issue facing Blessed Camp. This money will provide complete and proper treatment for the jiggers. It provides for the removal of the jiggers (cotton balls, razor blades, and solution), medicine and salve for the wound, while also providing medicine that can treat side effects, and a multivitamin to help the healing process. In addition, this need helps cover laundry and new clothes to get the jiggers out of their clothes. This, along with the need for the shoes will provide for the complete care of this need.
Location: Blessed Camp, Kenya
Affiliate: Action Ministry
Deadline: 4/30/12urgent!
Quantity: 4
Item Cost: $475
Our Pledge: $900
Giving Completed!
Funds Raised: $900 / $900
Facedown Recordscommented 1 month ago
@ Josh Derr - Thanks! We're glad you found us here and look forward to working alongside of you!
Josh Derrcommented 1 month ago
Just found out about this a couple weeks ago. I'm super excited to be apart of your group looking to bless people!
Facedown Recordscommented 4 months ago
@ Shane Jenkins - I believe they are working on setting it up so you can donate through paypal, but for now its only possible through credit card or check
Shane Jenkinscommented 4 months ago
Can we use a Paypal account to donate? Or is only through straight up CC or check?
David Morrisoncommented 5 months ago
I can't love this enough!!!!
Chris Sassercommented 9 months ago
Facedown and friends, I really appreciate all that you guys are doing. You are truly making a difference!
Alex Bossecommented 9 months ago
This is awesome, I really pray that people are blessed through this.
Chris Sassercommented 11 months ago
Bringing Hope to the Family bought the new tires yesterday. I will post photos soon. Thanks again Facedown Records (and friends).
Chris Sassercommented 11 months ago
Hey guys, thank you so much for the support. You guys are killing it. Thanks again.
Christiana Bentoncommented 1 year ago
You guys are really going above and beyond. Thank you so much!
Chris Sassercommented 1 year ago
keep it up, guys! you are doing a great job!
Chris Sassercommented 1 year ago
Jason, you guys are awesome!
Ace Augustinecommented 1 year ago
We all love you Jason, you're doing an amazing job with this and we are excited to do what we can to help this site grow as well! knowthinkact,com/aceaugustine
Facedown Recordscommented 1 year ago
Our pleasure!
Chris Sassercommented 1 year ago
The ceiling is a huge need. Thank you so much for helping accomplish this need.
Chris Sassercommented 1 year ago
Jason, the pineapples and matooke plants have not been planted as of yet, because they are currently in the dry season. The season will be ending in about a month. As soon as they are planted I will send you photos. Thanks again for your help.
Facedown Recordscommented 1 year ago
Hey Chris, Thanks for letting me know about the photos. I look forward to seeing them! I'm excited to be more involved with what you guys are doing! Jason
Chris Sassercommented 1 year ago
Jason, I am in the US until April. Our coworker Moses is running the show in Uganda until I get back. As soon as I receive photos for the pineapple plants and matooke plants from him I will send them to you. I should have them this week. Thanks again for all that you guys are doing.
Chris Sassercommented 1 year ago
Jason, this really is exciting. Thanks for fully jumping on board. I just checked out your website as well. It looks great. I can't wait to see what God does with it.
Facedown Recordscommented 1 year ago
Hey Travis, I am really excited to get this going. We are working on spreading the word about this right now. Thanks for the opportunity!
Jason
Travis Gravettecommented 1 year ago
Hey Jason, this is awesome! I really believe you guys are going to make a huge impact through this Action Group... and hopefully inspire others to do the same! THANKS!
