Latest Newsletter from Uganda - February 2022
The children are back in school – some for the first time since March 2020. Before they returned, a service was held at the Home where the children were prayed for and encouraged to make good use of every good opportunity that comes their way.
Nursery and Lower Primary children are still receiving home schooling from Teacher Mable.
Reunification
The social work team are always working hard to identify family members for the children at the Home, and if a suitable family member is found who can provide a safe environment for the children to grow up in, they work with the family members so that family reunification is possible.
Since December, 5 children have been reunified with family members. Due to family circumstances, we will still pay for the education for four of these children. This ensures that the children have a good education, and that the families do not get into a position where their financial situation results in the children becoming vulnerable.
Foster Care
Early February, the social workers attended a four-day training course on Foster Care and Child Adoption which was provided by Love Without Boundaries. The social workers will be working with Love Without Boundaries with the aim of identifying foster families for some of the children at the Home. The teams will then work with the families identified to prepare them for fostering a child, and will also work with the children to prepare them. This will create a more robust foster care placement for the child and family.
Follow Up Visits
Whenever children are resettled, fostered, or away at boarding school or college, the social work team regularly visit to ensure that all is well. Here is some of the latest news about their recent visits.
Destiny is working on a farm and is thoroughly enjoying his time there. The social workers recently visited and during a conversation with Julius (Farm Manager), he told the social workers that Destiny was selected from all other employees to run the Agribusiness project at Grace’s farm which is due to start later this year. In preparation for this, Destiny will receive practical skills training in Agribusiness for 10 weeks starting in April 2022.
Emma, Daniel, Isma and Betty are all fine and well, and happy to be back in school after so long.
Akram and Lukia have just started in a new school having been recently reunified. They are both studying in Primary 3.
Morris has completed his internship placement training at a garage and has now resumed his training in motor mechanics at Vocational College.
Lisa is now studying in Primary 6.
Health
At the end of January 8 staff received their Covid-19 booster vaccinations.
9 children up to the age of 5 received oral polio vaccinations in January.
Gifts Received
We are always amazed and delighted at the gifts that the Home receives from Ugandans – their support is gratefully received. Here are some of the recent gifts received…
Clothes, baby carriers and shoes – thank you Susan Miiro
Clothes, towels, bedcovers, shoes, sandals, baby carrier and dolls – thank you Joshua S
Matooke, sugar, rice, peppers, onions, soda and pineapple – thank you well wisher from Victory Christian Centre
As well as these gifts, and with the children having returned to school last month, normal life is slowly returning in Uganda. The team have been busy purchasing various supplies, much of which used to be taken by visiting teams to the Children's Home.
Here are some photos of just some of the items which are purchased using your donations - thank you!
