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Suffering of Ugandan Child

Since visiting Uganda I've learned so much more about how the kids are treated there. If you are a step child you'll never be treated well. Step kids have to work and do almost all the chores at home. They are sometimes denied education and even food. Some have to sleep on the group outside their home. Aunts and Uncle and even grandparents sometimes neglect and abuse the orphans they are caring for since no one wants to raise someone else's child. The poverty is so awful there. Not just a lack of money but a lack of love and care for children in general. Kids as young as 3 are free to roam their villages. Usually No one comes looking for them they just wander from house to house playing with other kids. Food prices soared to record highs in Uganda within the past year so its even harder for a family to feed their children. Some kids live at school because their relatives have turned them away and said don't come back home. They are whipped with sticks and even cut wi...

More Kids Got Gifts from Sponsors

Mercy Achom ( girl age 7) Tracy Nansuna (girl age 5) Sonia Kirabo (girl age 9) Brenda Nabaluke (girl age 9) Ivan (boy age 13) Umar (boy age 14) George (boy age 12) Ostin (boy age 5) These kids in the photos above really need sponsors in order to stay in school! $35 pays for their school fees for one term. They also get a hot meal each day. Can't you spare a little to help these kids? Any amount is great! Click the yellow DONATE button to give with pay pal!!! You can write letters to your sponsored child and you will get new photos of them several times a year! Thanks Choir kids with new Clothes! 5:11pm 9-22-2011 Sept, 15, 2011 1:04pm These kids all got gifts from pen pals and sponsors this month! Thanks to everyone who bought gifts for the kids!!! You can be a pen pal or sponsor and buy gifts for these very needy kids by j oining our group here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ugandaorphans/

Uganda! Kids with letters, March 2011

March 16,2011 7:36pm I will be leaving for Uganda in 5 Days!!! The school needs a new kerosene lamp. They cost $110. Would anyone like to donate towards that? The school has no electricity so they are great need of this lamp! This is how they light the dorm rooms at night Below are more photos of the kids getting letters from their pen pals and playing games!