 Welcome Hope Home Orphanage &Volunteering Uganda Site.
There
are two million children in
Uganda who have lost their parents due to AIDS or civil war.
Many
of
these kids have known starvation and abuse in the streets of the
villages in the still-volatile regions of Uganda. Message of Hope Home and
Academy shelters thirty-five children and
reaches out to 500 more in the surrounding villages. I've seen how much these
children want to learn!
They just soak up
the education given to them here, and will eventually take their exams and go
on to
higher education. Many want to return to help their communities. These children are a vital part of Uganda's
future. EDUCATION IS NOT FREE IN UGANDA! (These orphans
have no way to go to school unless they have school fees, or can find a
place in a home and school such as ours.)
What amazed me about these children is how joyful and resilient they are.
Most
of these kids have watched both their parents die. They have known hunger...
and so much sorrow. But given
a little food, clothing, friends and a chance to go to school, they bloom like
thirsty flowers. Hope Home rings with their laughter and play. When we come here to volunteer, they give us so much joy and affection that we
come home with full hearts... and the feeling that we've gotten back so much
more than we gave.
Have an Armchair Travel Adventure and Make a Difference!
The joy of being a savior in these kid's lives also
extends to those who only come here in spirit. For
these, they find it exhilarating to participate in an African armchair travel adventure! and donations will come to those kids 100% directly to the children. The kids will write letters back to you.
Join us... and soak up a little joy!
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