Canon Trevor Williams
Trevor Williams has recently resigned as Chairman of the Friends of AICM after more than sixteen years. His links with Uganda go back a long way. His parents were CMS missionaries and he was born there, attending his first school in Kabale! After graduating in Theology at Jesus College, Oxford, he returned to Uganda in 1963 for a two year MA course in African Studies. It was a wonderful time to be there, just after Independence, when the country was brimming with hope and confidence. We know now how tragically soon that was to be destroyed by Obote and Amin.
It wasn’t until 1984 that Trevor was able to visit Uganda again. Meanwhile he had been ordained in Bristol and after a curacy there, was appointed Chaplain and Tutor in Theology at Trinity College, Oxford. While there, he met an African priest studying at Wycliffe Hall called Enoch Kayeeye. Enoch returned to Uganda determined to put into effect his vision of a charitable organisation to meet the spiritual and material needs of the people, AICM.
In 1998 Trevor led a team of six undergraduates to help fund and build a large, rural health centre under AICM’s auspices at Kyobugombe, near Kabale. In a rather desperate move to raise money, he resorted to a sponsored tandem sky dive from 12500 feet! In 2001 he went with another team of ten students to help fund and build a children’s home. Trevor has recently retired from Trinity College.
