After both of her parents died, Polly and her two younger brothers and three younger sisters went to live in the Kakira slum outside of Kampala, Uganda. No family or friends stepped forward to care for the children. The children started a hair salon to generate income for school fees, house rent, and food. They didn’t have enough resources and training, however, to compete with other salons, so their business went under and they ended up homeless and hungry… Read More
15-21 Year Olds Needing Sponsors
When children reach secondary school or university, monthly sponsorship costs more than Hope Ofiriha's usual rates of 15 EURO/$20 per month for day school or 26 EURO/$35 per month for boarding school. As a sponsor of a child who reaches secondary school or university, you can choose to be the child’s only sponsor and pay more or share sponsorship with someone else and not pay a higher monthly fee. Please view our frequently asked questions at the bottom of our Sponsor a Child page for more on information on sponsoring a child from South Sudan living in Uganda.
Saterina Lakang Has Found a Sponsor!
After Saterina was orphaned, she moved to Kampala, Uganda, to live with her grandmother. When her grandmother died a few years later, she moved in with a Sudanese family headed by a single mother, mama Martha Ayaa. Mama Martha is barely able to support Saterina and her own seven children selling local breweries. Her hand-to-mouth enterprise doesn’t cover her household’s basic needs, and her own seven children do not go to school… Read More
