CHILDRENS DAY OUT

It was fun and play when we got a chance to take our children to an animal fair that was brought here in Kisoro. They rode on camels, saw for the first time animals and birds like Leopard, lion, ostrich, Uganda crane etc. They also rode on swings and.....let the pics speak for themselves!
We greatly appreciate our sponsors for giving these children and their families a new story of transformation. They are so proud of the programme and the fun they had that day is a story they will live to tell for the rest of their lives. They saw and learnt about the animals and this will help them as they proceed with their education.

MORE FAMILIES EMPOWERED

We continue with the revolving loan scheme for our families that we introduced earlier. One of the families that has benefitted from the programme is that of Adrine Mbabazi. Her mum was facilitated with a simple loan to buy seed and she planted beans. They are growing fast as the rains are falling as expected this season. Harvesting will be in June/July. As we mentioned earlier, this is our focus programme this year because of its high impact on the welfare of the families. However, it still needs to be boosted so that we give families amounts that are favorable to invest for a high return.
Therefore we still call on our friends who are interested in boosting this fund with a contribution to get in touch with us for more details. This money doesnt go into the general sponsorship fund but remains in the loan fund and rotates among members as they take and repay in instalments.

AROUND OUR HOMES

We moved around visiting homes of our families a few weeks ago and caught up with our children in different settings. Its holiday time and the children are home helping out with chores at home like grazing animals, fetching water, cleaning around, and the girls get to learn to cook for the family. Here we bring you two girls in the kitchen: Violet Irankunda and Kadiya Nyirandashimye. Most families use firewood to cook. They sit the sauce pan of food on 3 stones and light fire underneath them. We also visited Agnes Musabyimana and had a chat with her...and a prayer. We also bring you Adrine Mbabazi playing with her friends.

We normally encourage them during our visits and monitor, among other things, their relationship with parents and other family members. Many times the parents will request for our help in counseling and guiding their children at different stages of their development. We do that and engage our volunteer counselor when need arises for professional help.