Amazim Truth In The Luganda

“Amazima,” or “truth” in the Luganda language is the name of the non-profit organization Katie Davis established in 2008. The establishment’s main goal is to meet the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of the people of Uganda (Amazima Ministries). The people that Amazima helps have endured the loss of their children due to malnutrition and starvation as well as living in extreme states of poverty. The program provides nutritious food, medical care, Bible study, and general health training to those in the Masese, Uganda. The thriving organization all began when a young student decided to leave behind all that she knew to follow what she believed to be her path led by God. Katie did not exactly go down the “conventional” road after she graduated from high school. She quotes that instead that she, “answered God’s gentle voice as he spoke saying, ‘Daughter.’” She had once before gone to the village of Uganda with her mother for only a

Back in Brentwood, Tennessee where Katie grew up, she was very dedicated to her relationship with God. The main reason Katie continued to stick with her plan to live with and help the people of Uganda was because she felt the presence of God within those there that surrounded her on a daily basis. Katie believes that her connection with God was at its strongest point when she made the permanent move to Uganda and has been just as strong ever since. Although the Ugandan natives did not have extravagant churches to gather in, they still made it a nightly ritual to get together and pray and sing and dance in the presence of God. Katie was amazed at how optimistic and joyful everyone seemed even though they only lived off of the bare necessities, if that. After becoming accustomed to her new life Katie decided to make a visit to her family back in