sponsorship Success Stories
DALTON
Dalton was the first boy to be sponsored through Care for Uganda. He was 12 years old.
Dalton has two older sisters and a younger brother. His father died when he was quite young.
Dalton has taken seriously his role as man of the house. He has always worked hard throughout primary and secondary school. He achieved good A-level results and it was this that prompted his sponsors to help him to go to university.
Dalton studied hard and gained an engineering degree at Makerere university in Kampala. He is now working as an engineer.
Dalton wrote to thank Care for Uganda for their love and support. He wants to give something back to Care for Uganda and, when time permits, assists with various projects.
“"Thanks for enabling me to acquire a decent education."”
— Dalton
NICHOLAS
Nicholas was the second boy to be sponsored. He was taken on at the same time as Dalton. He was also 12 years old.
Nicholas was a very intelligent boy who was extremely helpful. Unfortunately he never quite applied himself to his studies but just about managed to achieve A-levels. We could see potential in Nicholas so Care for Uganda offered him the position of assistant welfare officer.
Nicholas badly wanted to go to university and his relatives managed to scrape enough money together to make this possible. After completing his studies Nicholas secured a position with a development Non Government Organisation working in water filtration.
HASSAN
Hassan was 5 years old when we first met him. His mother was an alcoholic and she was addicted to the cheap local brew made from bananas.
This really affected how Hassan was looked after. They lived in a very poor house made from mud. He looked very neglected.
Sponsorship enabled Hassan and his mother to turn around their lives. The interest we showed in mum helped her to stop drinking. She got a job as a school cook. She was able to afford to rent a better house and look after Hassan.
Hassan started at primary school and when he was 14 he moved into vocational training to become a car mechanic. He completed his training in December 2013.
BRIAN
I first met Brian when he was about 10 years old. He attended Cornerstone Christian Fellowship with his single mother.
Brian suffered from fits and, sadly, the people in the church were convinced that he was demon possessed and asked me to pray for him.
Now, I don’t doubt the reality of demon possession, but I was convinced that Brian’s problem was epilepsy. I arranged to take Brian to a doctor who confirmed that Brian had epilepsy and prescribed medication.
Unfortunately the medication was too expensive for Brian’s mother to pay for. Care for Uganda were able to help with the medical bills and Brian’s health immediately improved. He was able to attend school and make a little more progress. He completed his sponsorship with a one year vocational course.
ISAAC
Isaac has always had a good singing voice. When he was eight years old he sang a solo at an anniversary celebration at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship. Isaac’s parents are both alive but are poor and sponsorship has enabled Isaac to have a good education. It’s no real surprise that Isaac is now a gospel singer and pastor.
ESTHER
Esther was one of a number of children who lived in Katongole, a slum area made up of many small one roomed houses built very close together. These rooms have no electricity, water or drainage. Open sewers run down the middle of the small alleyways between the rooms.
There were many children hanging around although it was during term time. These families simply didn’t have the money to send their children to school.
Although Uganda has Universal Primary Education which is meant to provide free education for the first 5 children in every family, the reality is that schools will not accept children unless they have school uniforms and can pay for scholastic materials. This means that education is still unattainable for thousands of children. Without sponsorship these children would remain illiterate.
Esther has worked hard at school and has now been able to go to Sudan to work.
JOSEPH
Joseph also lives in Katongole, a slum area of Kampala. When we met him he was the leader of a gang of children. He was first spotted sitting outside a school, listening through the classroom window and learning English! We very much admired this positive approach and were very pleased to be able to find a sponsor for him.
Joseph has worked hard and progressed through primary and secondary school. He sat his A-levels in 2014.
Samuel, Dorothy, Angella and Fatima
Samuel and his sisters were living with their grandmother in a small room in Katongole. There was just a single bed which they all shared and a small table in this room. Their grandmother was ill and very weak. We were able to take these children to live in our small orphanage which we then had in Bukasa.
After primary and secondary school Samuel, Angella and Fatima have done vocational courses which will hopefully give them a chance of a reasonable future. Dorothy has just completed her A-levels. Samuel is now employed as an electrician in Dubai.
ANDREW
Sadly Andrew had epilepsy as a small boy and his Mum simply didn’t have money to purchase medication. This has left Andrew severely brain damaged. Although Andrew was never going to be able to achieve anything academically it was felt that it would help him socially to attend primary school. Sponsorship made this possible.
Andrew was happy to attend school and the other pupils were very good to him. Eventually though, the time arrived when Andrew was too old to be in with the very young children.
We were told that without continual medication Andrew would die, so Care for Uganda pays for all his monthly medications.
MOLLY
Molly’s father is dead and her mother has AIDS and is too poorly to look after her. Molly is looked after by her grandmother who is disabled.
Life is very hard for this family and sponsorship has eased the burden. We were able to give Molly’s grandmother a pregnant goat. When this goat produced offspring one was returned to Care for Uganda so we were able to give it to another needy family.
When Molly completed primary education, we struggled to find a secondary school locally in Bbowa. Molly went to Kalule to a boarding school.
Molly’s grandmother was able to sell one of her goats in order to buy a suitcase and mattress to enable Molly to go to this school.
Molly and her grandmother are delighted with the help they have received from Care for Uganda.
JOHN
John has cerebral palsy. In Uganda, children with additional needs are often abandoned by their parents. Sadly this happened to John when he was twelve.
When we first met John he was being cared for by members of a church, moving from house to house. Most of these people were poor themselves and couldn’t look after John for more than a couple of weeks.
Sponsorship meant that John was able to attend school. We took him to live in our small orphanage.
Although John had obvious difficulties he worked hard and was able to achieve O-levels.
John then came to work for Care for Uganda as site supervisor at Bbowa. After a year or so John asked if we would mind if he returned to Kampala to try to find work.
So John returned to Kampala. He has a friend who is a hairdresser who allows John to sleep in his shop once it is closed.
John has had a couple of cleaning jobs and currently has a job in a factory.
ABRAHAM
I was visiting Mildmay AIDS hospital when I first met Abraham. He was twelve years old and was dying from AIDS. His parents had already died from AIDS. He was still able to live with his sister and attend clinics at the hospital.
What was truly amazing was that, although Abraham knew he was dying, he was incredibly cheerful and kept many people amused with his antics. He saw himself as a Christian evangelist and we often saw him praying with people of all ages.
Sponsorship meant that we were able to make sure that Abraham had good food and that the last few years of his short life were as comfortable as they could possibly be under the circumstances.
Sadly Abraham died when he was 14.
