Helping the Children of Africa

8/10/16  9:15am Since my trip in June we have been able to gather some new sponsors for several kids in our org. 10 very lucky kids who got gifts and supplies for school and will be able to continue being educated. A few babies will also be receiving food . We have more kids waiting for help. We want to reach out to those in the most desperate circumstances. Invite friends. This is the BEST WAY that we encounter new people who wish to help the needy! Thanks to all who have shared our posts and invited others to join us. Their lives are turning around. When this family below moved further away they thought they'd never see any of us again and never get help again . But we have done our best to keep them in our org and have made monthly visits to see their progress. Being a single  with mom 8 kids  and no job can't be easy. They receive food, clothing and small loan help to survive the harsh life in Africa. Nothing is simple in Africa and we are striving to show these...

5:06pm  7/10/16 Some of you might wonder how our program works and how kids are chosen to be part of a sponsorship program. Typically every child will have a home visit and we meet and ask their guardian , (a mom, grandma or aunt ) what work do they do to provide for their kids. Then they show us a report card. We don't have a lot of requirements for a child to join. We expect them to follow rules and go to class daily. We take any needy child regardless or race or religious background. We have Christian and Muslim students studying together in harmony with no issues. Some kids are Africa with Indian descent as is common in Uganda and many East African Countries. There is also no issue in the classroom between students.  We also make sure based on their home life if they truly qualify to join. If a parent tells us their child has been going to costly school and that the parent has paid the high fee then this will be a red flag since if a parent can afford this fe...

7/3/16 11:53 am Imagine what its like to be a 12 year old boy living with HIV. Having your mom take your father to the police and demand that the dad helps with school fees. Luckily in grade 3 you had a friend of your mom who paid your fees but now the child of this friend got cancer so they can't afford to help you any longer. Your mom got tired of raising you and your 14 year old brother and she dumped you at your dads house where many distant relatives live .  Up to 25 people in just a few rooms. You own just 3 pants and 2 shirts and your older bro also shares clothing with you and with several other cousins. If kids are lucky they get 1 new outfit per year . You wore the same uniform or 3 years in a row though the uniform was from a former school so you don't match the other kids. You eat beans and cornmeal at school daily. Rice is served once a day for supper at night.  You family has so many people that most of you kids eat from large plate with your hands....

9:13am 6/29/16 Exactly 2 years ago we started to think and plan about our future as a charity, We knew that with the amount of money it takes to sponsor 100 kids each month why not put that into running our own small school and hire the best teachers. Teachers who are kind, reliable, honest and having a child's best interest are incredibly hard to find in a land filled with corruption and everyone is trying to survive daily they don't often put the needs of others (especially kids ) above their own needs. But I know somewhere out there are some teachers with kids interests in mind. Sadly a really great teacher left one school last year . Our staff and our students really liked her and she seemed to genuinely care about kids and helped them learn and tutored them a bit extra.   Many schools cram students 50-100 per classroom and   care very little about those they teach. Beating kids with sticks is also very common and we really   want better ...

6:27 pm 3/3/16 Another year has brought us several changes. We have now 2 staff members helping us out. One returned for his 1 1/2 year stay in Canada and now Kamuli and Mbiko are well looked after. BUT we still have no staff member who lives full time in the slum of Mbiko. So there will still be issues and situations beyond our control. I also know that I hear a few rumors from teens there and many aren't so credible so until I verify the info in GREAT DEPTH with a staff member I WON'T be passing the info to the child's sponsor. We've seen several times where conflicting stories lead sponsors to go beyond their means to help a child and then have to drop the child if the burden becomes too big to handle. Also as our kids get older we know now that its MANDATORY that They Must board in grades 7 and then Senior 4 (in High School) yes in Uganda there are 6 years of highschool not 4 like our own countries. Boarding fees of Senior students is typically $150-$2...

10-8-15      1:36pm  HELP US REACH OUR GOAL! Christmas is fast approaching and Last Dec we helped 90 kids plus their parents & siblings with food.... We need at least $700 to help another 90 families. M ost are in our sponsorship program  & they get their kids educated and a few aren't in the program but are very needy and without any help. We want to give our families enough rice to last for a special Christmas Meal and a few other meals along with cooking  oil, salt, and possibly  potatoes or eggplants.  DONATE HERE with Paypal!   http://www.auntiesangels.com/ $5, $10, $20.. Any amount is greatly needed and appreciated! Lets come as close to our total as possible. 

7/23/15      2:23 pm Mbiko is a very frustrating Village to work in due to the mentality of parents there. Also many teens are now showing low interest in studying. I'm not sure what the future holds for such an area where handouts are expected but adults want to do so little to receive the help. Like parents who ask for a small business loan and end up wasting the money just to pay rent or do whatever they want. Or they get an animal to raise and it ends up dying due to lack of proper care. A few families successfully raise livestock but its a 50/50 type thing. It either may or may not work. Such as sad way of life to be dependant on others and we don't want to continue to create such dependancy.. A hand up is better than a handout. If livestock is working for 1 family we'll keep that family. This is why   W e Will continue only to give and education and food to our kids in our program.   We Won't try Small busniess loans or other forms of he...