No child should grow up alone

In the villages of Uganda, many children lose their parents far too young. We exist so that they do not have to face what comes next on their own.

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After

Imagine being eight years old when your mother and father are gone.

There is no one to wake you for school, and no money for school fees anyway. No one makes sure you have eaten. If you are lucky, a grandmother takes you in, but she is already caring for other grandchildren on almost nothing. So you work. You fetch water from a muddy hole in the ground, carry it home in heavy jerrycans, and do it again the next day. Slowly, school becomes something other children do.

This is the reality for many of the children we meet in the villages. They are not without hope because they lack ability or dreams. They are without hope because no one has been able to stand with them.

That is where we come in

We go to the villages, we meet these children and the people caring for them, and we ask a simple question: what does this child need to have a future?

• A meal every day, so they can grow and learn
• School fees, a uniform, books and shoes
• Medical care when they are sick
• Help for the grandparents and relatives who care for them
• Adults who know their name, pray for them and believe in them

Today we care for 45 children: 20 who have lost their parents, 5 living with sickle cell and 20 from families who cannot provide for them on their own.

None of this is complicated. But for a child who has lost everything, it changes everything.

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After

Look at the difference

The boy in the first picture was collecting water from a muddy hole in the ground. Today he is in school, smiling in his school T-shirt.

The boy in the second picture was sitting barefoot against a wall in a torn shirt, holding a plastic cup. Today he stands tall in his own school uniform, with socks and polished shoes.

Nothing about these boys changed. They were always bright, always capable, always worth it. What changed is that someone stepped in.

“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.”
Psalm 68:5 (NIV)

Their story is not finished

For every child whose life has turned around, there are many more in the villages still waiting: still fetching water, still out of school, still wondering if anyone will come.

You can be the one who comes. When you sponsor a child, you give them food, schooling, care and someone who will walk with them as they grow, and you will hear how they are doing. If you cannot sponsor, a gift of any size helps us reach the next child, and your prayers carry us every day.

A child's future is not decided by where they were born or what they have lost. It is shaped by the people who choose to stand with them.

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