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A gift of water gives life
Clean water is beautiful. Recently 20 families were blessed with a special gift of a rainwater catchment system. Many families in the villages have to walk long distances to fetch water, which consumes so much time that the children could have spent doing school homework or other chores. These families are very grateful for the […]
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A blessing of a meal to families in need
During the Covid19 lockdown in Uganda both in 2020 and 2021, many families became vulnerable and at risk for hunger. With no work, families have no income to support their children in providing basics such as food, soap, and clothing. With the closure of schools, teachers for private schools have suffered the most. Schools couldn’t […]
Ready for a new school year
The beginning of a new school year can be stressful for families. At Hope Junior, some children report to school with no school supplies because their parents are unable to buy these requirements. With the generosity our friends, we are able to provide the school supplies the children need. We are grateful to friends who […]
A mother’s love in life’s toughest moments
Lilian’s babies, Catherine and Caroline, visited their mom at the hospital to have a moment with her. It was an emotional visit as Lilian was unable to talk to them but could only hold hands. For the past several years, Lilian has been battling skin cancer which became aggressive through a huge tumor on her […]
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Baby Farouk recovering from malnutrition
Baby Farouk’s shiny face! He was admitted at the hospital due to malnutrition. Just after one week in the hospital under the intensive nutrition program, Farouk is is already making steady progress and is looking great as you can see in the photo on the left. The condition at home was not good. Farouk’s mom […]
Tina’s big smile despite medical complications
Little Tina is 9 years and had surgery on her back before she was one month old. However, she walks with crutches and her medical complications are not over yet. Tina’s operation resulted in some complications and she can’t walk; she uses crutches and her back is so bent. Tina needs to be in diapers […]
Divine healing after surgery
Divine had surgery on his leg on August 07th at CORSU hospital and is now in recovery. Please keep him in your prayers. He was having so much pain in his legs as they would keep closing tight and stiff. So they operated him on the pelvic area. We hope this will help. Divine is […]
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Baby Samuel bouncing back from severe malnutrition
Baby Samuel is making steady progress. As you can see his cute face is shining. He is putting on some little weight slowly. There has been a huge improvement since we meet him a few weeks ago. He is suffering from severe malnutrition. Samuel was discharged on Thursday 06/18/2020 after spending a week at the […]
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Baby Medrine battling with spina bifida
Baby Medrine is only 6 weeks old and already a fighter — but needs our prayers 🙏. She has meningocele (spina bifida), a condition of a spinal cord not forming properly during the child’s early development. There is a risk of not being able to walk or stand properly, and also of the hydrocephalus condition. She […]
Aaron is fighting kidney cancer: lack of $15 for transport prevented him from receiving early treatment
Aaron was diagnosed with cancer at a regional hospital in September but the mother couldn’t find $15 for transport to get to the Cancer Institute in Kampala and now both kidneys are affected. It’s a tragedy! We got Aaron to Kampala last week and he has started treatment. His life is in God’s hands; cancer […]
