Every single day, children at Ba Nga Afayo Initiative Uganda and where we work are hoping for a new beginning. These kids are at risk of getting intestinal worms — painful parasites that leave them incredibly sick and at risk of death. But for just $40 every month, you can help provide a new beginning […]
Abraham (as we named him) is a new addition to the children under our care and he was abandoned at our ministry, BaNgaAfayo (Show You Care) Initiative Uganda over the holidays. He is suffering from severe acute malnutrition! This is a major cause of death in children his age, and its treatment is critical to […]
For 11 months of the year Beatrice, 43, can barely make ends meet. But as Christmas approaches, it is much harder for the widow and single mother of five children from Nakaziba a remote village in Kayunga District of Uganda, who lost her husband early this year and currently unemployed. “It’s really difficult,” says Beatrice. […]
Over the past three years we have been providing shelter and basic care to 50 homeless children and orphans as well as providing children from our surrounding community with free care, counseling, school supplies and education scholarships. Many of these Children come from broken or poverty stricken families and our center is a haven for […]
There are times when the stress of life’s circumstances becomes overwhelming. Our Adopt A Family program provides assistance throughout the year to families in the community where we work who are in need of extra support with food, clothing or other ancillary expenses. Through support from corporate and individual sponsors we are able to provide […]
We have such an amazing donor family, here at Ba Nga Afayo Initiative Uganda – remarkable, generous people who love the poor. Many of them found us, after hearing about one (or more) of our projects and then give to it tenaciously… as if the people they serve were a part of their own family. […]
For the little children on the streets, how do they get on and on whose prayers are they living? I was in Kampala city the capital of Uganda, late at about 9pm, just on the street waiting for a pick up by a friend. The street is one of the city’s busiest roads, crowded with […]
You are close in our work and you remain in our prayers every day. As we reflect on the new hope and Joy of Easter, I’m reminded of the blessing and grace of having friends like you supporting our work… compassionate, caring people who know that families and individuals in our community are hurting and […]
A teacher calls out Imelda and tells her she has visitors. She walks out of class and when her eyes meet ours, the joy on her face is a sight to behold. Now in Senior 2, Imelda Nassanga looks forward to changing the world. She dreams of becoming a nurse or midwife. Would that have […]
Hunger, poverty, disease, child labour and most of life’s hurdles are strangers in my home area. I realized that without you seeing the problems people go through you can never really relate with how much help is needed. For as long as I can remember, I have been passionate about helping people. Any opportunity to […]