Currently our organisation supports an orphanage in Namasuba/Kampala in Uganda. The orphanage, which was founded 5 years ago by Lydia Mirembe, a young woman from Uganda, houses children between 1 and 15 years of age. Being an orphan herself, Lydia Mirembe began to take care of orphans from the neighbourhood who otherwise would have ended up in prostitution, turned to crime, or died on the streets. She has now started a charity which, as a partner of our German charity “Child Care Initiative e.V.”, takes care of the children.
ChildCare.Initiative e.V.
IBAN : DE54763510400020651261
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In Uganda alone about 2 million people have been infected with HIV since 1980 and more than 800.000 of them have died as a result of it. It is assumed that around 20 % of all children in Uganda are either orphans or half-orphans. In a way each family, either directly or indirectly, is affected by this illness.
Until 2004 the Ugandan AIDS policies were considered among the most progressive on the entire continent. The number of HIV infected was stable at 6% of the population for a long time. However, recently the number of HIV infected has begun to increase again, because the availability of medicine suppressing the symptoms of the illness has made the illness less prominent in the minds of the people.
Life expectancy in Uganda is 58 years and over half of the Ugandan population is living below the poverty line having less than a dollar to live each day. Infant mortality is high and the access to medical care is limited. Children who have lost their parents are traditionally taken care of by their relatives. These relatives, however, have usually many children of their own and too little money to spare for food, clothing and school fees and are therefore forced to leave the children on their own. Often children land directly on the streets.
At the moment 30 children have found a new home in our orphanage and a new, intelligent and caring mother in Lydia Mirembe, who’s important goal it is to give these children a good education and by extension, a bright future.
During our visit in the old and run-down facilities in Kampala, we could witness the joy all these children showed despite the poor conditions in which they lived. We could see how caring and social they were with each other and how they played and laughed together. They really are grateful for the support the initiative gives them.
Das Zertifikat zur Genehmigung des Waisenhauses kostet viel Geld und bedeutet trotzdem keine staatliche Unterstützung!
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