Meeting Omega

While Skip1.org went live online in Fall of 2009, our beginnings go back a little further to 2003 when founder Shelene Bryan took a trip to Uganda to meet the children her family sponsored. Like many generous families in the U.S., Shelene's family sponsored two children in an effort to give back by helping others in need. While most child sponsors will never meet the children they help, Shelene is the exception. Challenged by a friend about the validity of the program serving her sponsored children, she got on a plane and went looking for Child GBB8348 and ChildGBA8453. Thinking of herself as suburban Diane Sawyer on an investigative mission, she was delighted to find out that GBB8348 was a lovely young girl named Omega. African Renewal Ministries embraced Shelene and welcomed her making sure that she visited a variety of the programs they run in Uganda. We'll share the rest of the story here on the blog over the next few weeks. Today, we introduce you to Omega.