Uganda Registration Services Bureau management and staff on Wednesday,23rd December,2020 donated assorted items including food stuffs, drinks, scholastic material and clothes to Child Restoration Outreach (CRO).
The URSB team was led by Acting Registrar General, Ms. Mercy Kainobwisho flanked by Director of CivilRegistration, Mr. Vincent Katutsi, Ms. Provia Nangobi, the Head of Public Relations & Corporate Affairs,the Head Mbale Regional Office Daniel Nasasira, Steven Baryevuga, the Senior Communications & MediaRelations Officer among others.
Ms Mercy Kainobwisho who was received at CRO by the Country Director,Paul Nabitiri said URSB was happy to associate with CRO by providing basic needs for these vulnerableand disadvantaged street children being looked after by this organization. “One of URSB’s main objectives and goals is to share with the communities what we can set aside as a wayof thanking them for being our partners.
Ms. Mercy Kainobwisho said URSB iskeen to ensure that communities in which URSB operates have some of their needs solved through theirCommunity Social Responsibility (CSR) programs. ‘We always set aside a considerable budget in ouroperational fund to donate to Health, Education and Social Welfare programs’ She said.
The much needed food items donated by URSB included sugar, maize flour, beans, rice, cleaningdetergents, sanitizer, scholastic materials, sanitary wear, clothes and cooking oil. ‘We are aware of thedifficulty of providing food to the big number of children we see here today given the circumstancesbrought upon us by the COVID-19 pandemic and the high food prices on the market. We understand thatyou have over 400 children here as well as a number of considerable young adults. We hope our donation will go a long way in improving your operations.Under our CSR program, we shall continue to make donations for the benefit of the communities around us’ Ms. Kainobwisho said.
Mr. Paul Nabitiri, the CRO Country Director who appreciated the URSB gesture, said some of the streetchildren had been rehabilitated and excelled to become responsible citizens and useful to society. ‘We have former street children who are now Doctors, Lawyers, Policemen, Doctors and Businessmen.Contributions from organisations like what URSB is doing here today help us to further mold these children into important people’ he said.
Notable among the high profile guests in attendance at the handover of the donations included Mrs. JanetWesonga, Uganda’s first female Mayor, the Mbale District Resident District Commissioner, LillianNakawesi, Mbale Municipality Mayor, Mutwalibi Mafabi Zandya as well as other Mbale District LocalGovernment employees.