We cannot thank you enough for being part of our cause – Rebuilding the lives of children on the streets; for the year 2017 and just as John Holmes says, “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up”
Testimony from the Trainer. It’s really amazing having this program manifest here in Mbale, indeed as a trainer of May
I am Agnes Apoo aged 17 years and I live in Namatala with a friend.
My father separated with my mother when I was still young along with my brother who was much younger than me. By that time my mother was terminally ill and she could not provide for both of us, her only children.
It’s been said that all mothers have one true wish — to see their children grow and thrive.
It is this wish that forced Carol, 8 year old girl from Karamoja and her family of 8 siblings to migrate from their homeland to what would be a better settlement, Namatala – a slum area in Mbale Municipality.
Older street children who cannot attend formal school are encouraged to train in different skills of their choice.Currently different children
September 8 was proclaimed International Literacy Day by UNESCO on November 17, 1965. Its aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies.
‘We called our group Bakusekamaja,’ she said, ‘which means: people may laugh at you… but in time they will admire you.’
I imagine people did laugh to begin with: women gathering together to save their small change, with big hopes and plans as to what they may do through this group; the poorest in their community, saving pennies at a time… what did they hope to achieve? But I have only admiration for these women; five months down the line, and they are already seeign results.
We recently took school pictures of CRO former street children. These were some of the outtakes – and my favourites – the whole process caused a lot of hilarity!
For these children this is their first school photo; not least because for many of them this is their first year in school. Most of the children in these pictures were part-timers on the streets last year; begging and scavenging during the day and returning to the slum communities around Jinja at night.
