NAKAIJA HARRIET
This is the story of Nakaija Harriet, who is one of our children at Children of Kagadi Village Charity Organization who is in need of a sponsor. The sponsorships ($30USD/month) help to provide food, education, and gives the child a sense that there is someone that believes in them and their future. Sponsors will receive pictures and updates on their child regularly. It is more than just a sponsorship, it is investing in the life of a child who might otherwise not have an opportunity at education and the means to provide themselves with a brighter future not only for themselves, but for their family as well.
This is Nakaija Harriet’s story…
“I was born in the Kagadi Government Hospital and I have a younger brother
called Mugisa Swilzen. I am 8 years old and in primary three school. My dad had
HIV/AIDS; his disease got really serious and six months ago he passed. My mom
and I could be affected by this disease but we are not sure- we simply know it is
horrible and there is not much in the way of a cure. My mother applied and was
granted a teaching job at Light Primary School, but her salary was barely enough
to allow her to take care of us and our aunts. She worked there for over two years
and all things were going as good as they could. I was also enjoying my education
at Kagadi Parents Primary School. Then, in the beginning of 2014, my mother
started showing signs of the HIV/AIDS disease- dangerous signs like skin
rashes, continuous malaria, and when the situation got worse she was admitted
to Kagadi Government Hospital because our family couldn’t afford any of the
medical treatments that were needed.
I had to drop out of school and join my aunt to help take care of my mum.
By mid-March, mum started to feel better and she was very ashamed to see
her young daughter taking care of her doing things like making juice, washing
clothes, and cleaning utensils, when I should have been in school. The local
government was visiting parents with HIV/AIDS in our community and teaching
them how to take care of children when you have HIV/AIDS. When they came to
our house, my mom wouldn’t hear anything but rather talked to them and asked
them to take me to the local church where I could get help for my education, housing,
and fed while learning about the word of God.
I lived with Pastor John at the Oasis of Hope Church for 5 months when he learned
of an organization in Kagadi that helps children with school payments, feeding,
clothing and even shelters a few. He saw this as an opportunity for me to join with
other children who are having the same difficulties in their lives and great hope
for a bright change in my life! That next Saturday, we went and met with the
Director and CEO at Children of Kagadi Village Charity Organization to see if there
was a way for me to be accepted into their programs. The meeting went on for about
3 hours, sharing all the organization has to offer and the support I can get from it.
I had already learned that the Bible says God will answer your prayers if you continue
praying and to never give up praying and keeping hope. My prayers have now been
answered by a man of God, Bacwa Dan– I am able to enjoy life knowing I have
education and care.
One month later, the Director of Children of Kagadi Village Charity Organization
went and talked with my mom. I am not sure what he said, but this man
moved mountains and more of my prayers have been answered as my mom
welcomed me back again as her child.
When I grow up, I would like to be a teacher and educate all children
by sharing my knowledge and offering them support, like the kind
I have been given.”
If you would like to sponsor Nakaija, or more children like Nakaija, please click on the link below or visit our Facebook page for more information:
https://www.gofundme.com/m5x9uv3g
https://www.facebook.com/kagadichildren/?pnref=lhc
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13
AMARA SWILZEN
This is the first of many of the stories we have of the kids at Children of Kagadi Village Charity Organization. These kids need love, support, stability, and a big factor in their success is education in order to further them in life and create sustainability for themselves and the future generations to come. Many of the children are still in need of a sponsor- The sponsorships ($30USD/month) help to provide food, education, and gives the child a sense that there is someone that believes in them and their future. Every penny… every prayer, makes a difference.
This is Amara’s Swilzen’s story…
Birth date: August 8, 2003
“I was the first born among 4 brothers and 3 sisters in my family.
My father was a local engineer who used to repair radios in Kagadi
Village and my education was fairly okay. In 2012 God called my father
home to Him, and life became harder for both my education and
life in general. My mum got a job as vendor in the local market to earn
our living and I worked with my mother to get my school fees so that
I would not miss classes but still, things didn’t work out and she
decided to send us to the village and left us with our grandmother in
Kabuga Village. My grandmother’s main activity was to do subsistence
farming to get something to eat and drink. I lived with my grandmother
for over nine months and I could see the children of my age going to
school and this really hurt me with a lot of people feeling so sorry for
me. I started fetching water for the village to get something with the
help of my young brother Baguma Richard who also worked daily by
cleaning compounds and washing cups and plates to earn meals for
our family. We could not have education or even a daily feeding. In
2015, my mum became sick and since I was the oldest child, I became
the father and mother in the house. After a few months when my
mother’s condition worsened, I was called to take care and bed her in
the hospital and after some weeks, the doctors asked me about my
family. They called my uncle to come and take care of her at the
hospital and I was told to go back in the village and take care of my
young brothers and sisters as my mother gets medication. It was all
left for this old woman to decide what to do next, and since she was
unemployed and with no care givers, I had no hope for an education.
In the beginning of 2016, we got a call that my mum recovered from
the long time malaria sickness and this was great news for us although
she was still sick and I couldn’t return back to her. Due to my lack of
education, the people of the village reported our situation to the village
council because I was not in school. The chairman contacted brother
Bacwa Dan and brought us to Children of Kagadi Village Charity Orga-
nization where we have a new life, a new family, and brother Bacwa
Dan promised to get me a sponsor who will give me a gift of education.
God bless Children of Kagadi Village Charity Organization. After being
admitted to the orphanage I have been able to have daily breakfast,
lunch and supper. I have been able to have clothes and shelter and
I am learning the Word of God. I want to be a doctor when I grow up.”
If you would like to sponsor Amara, or more children like Amara, please click on the link below or visit our Facebook page for more information:
https://www.gofundme.com/m5x9uv3g
https://www.facebook.com/kagadichildren/?pnref=lhc
“There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, and there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want. The generous man will be prosperous, and he who waters will himself be watered.” -Proverbs 11:24-25
Children of Kagadi Village Charity Organization
Greetings & welcome to the first ever blog post for Children of Kagadi Village Charity Organization! Since this is our very first post, we only saw fit to tell you guys the testimony of the man behind all the action, the one who saw a great need in his community, decided to act on it, and is devoting his time and love into these children and their future. These blogs will contain projects that we are carrying out & future visions, accomplishments, testimonies of the children, and whatever else may occur. It is incredible what God has done, and what He is continuing to do in Kagadi. So, in the words of Bacwa Dan, here is his testimony!
“I am Bacwa Dan, living in a single Christian family who has 4 brothers
and 3 sisters. I lost my dad when I was three years old, and this greatly affected
me, my mum and my siblings at large because it pushed us into difficulties where
we lacked the basics of life and education was made difficult because it was too
expensive for us to afford. In 2001 I joined St. Luke’s Church of Uganda in the Young
Children’s Scripture Union and this is where I met Rev. Agaba Richard who tried hel-
ping me in prayer and learning God’s teachings. He tried his level best to get me back
to school but he couldn’t afford the costs and expenses and therefore he gave up on me.
I did not lose hope however, and continued praying to the Almighty Father because I
believe that He never lets His people down and I always prayed, asking Him to grant my
mother the ability to support us and pay my school fees so that I can continue my edu-
cation. I started fetching water for the people around the village so that I could raise
more money and supplement the loans which my mother had gotten from the micro-
finances and banks around the village so that I could continue with my education. In
2006, the bank took our house where we had been living for all the previous years due
to the increasing loans my mother had borrowed from the micro-finances and the banks.
Life became a mess and meaningless to me. Mum decided to send my younger brother to
my Auntie’s whom she thought would help in taking care of him, and after that mum, my
elder brother and I started working in the market selling pancakes and banana juice where
we earned a living. Afterwards, in 2009, my mother was able to send us back to school be-
cause she had raised some funds and that’s when I was able to sit my Primary Leaving Ex-
aminations and was able to join Secondary level at Sure Public Secondary School, though
my performance was not all the best. Since my mother did not have enough money to pay
my school fees, I decided to talk with the principal of the school about my circumstance
and he gave me an offer of paying half the money of the school fees on a condition that I
would slash, sweep, mop and clean the school’s compound every evening before I went
home. My elder brother decided to drop out of school after finishing his Ordinary level
in 2011 because mum did not have enough money to support furthering his education.
In 2013 I was able to finish my Ordinary level through a lot of struggle, and by then my
elder brother was working as a bar attendant in a certain bar at the trading center and
he helped me with the up-keeps I used at school and helped me and mum raise more
funds for school because I was looking forward to join my Advanced level of education
and after the Ordinary level results were released, mum was so happy and decided to
get more loans so that she could get me back to school. In April 2015, my elder broth-
er passed away and it really made me so sad and sorrowful because not only was he a
brother to me, but also a best friend and dad to me because he was the only person whom
we starved and went through with the ups and downs of this world, suffering and som-
etimes we lacked food to eat together. Due to poverty, some of my brothers and sisters
dropped out of school and sadly, my two sisters were forced into marriage at an age of
15 years old. Some of my cousins went off to the streets trying to exhaust all the possible
ways of sustaining life, yet most of the relatives, both maternal and paternal, remained
uneducated and suffer the inevitable inferiority with illiteracy.
In this world where an elite recognizes the fellow elite, the uneducated find themselves
competitively excluded, hope deserts them and they have no platform for expression;
their already acute survivorship diminishes day after day and they remain with no
one to look up to.
With my trust inclined to GOD, yes, I have the feeling restlessly inside my heart that
made me look forward to forming a charity organization which is of a hope to offer pra-
ctical help to the needy, reclaiming their minds & prove to them that to their scale, there
still exists hope and a reason for living, and that there are a lot of people out there that are kind
and ready to help them. The main objectives for Children of Kagadi Village Charity
Organization are mainly as follows:
-To provide the most basic needs such as food, clothing, shelter and medication
-To provide counseling and guidance to those children in form of restoring their hope for life
-To raise a GOD-fearing generation, knowing His teachings
-To provide parental care and love to these innocent orphans around the world & to avoid a
sense of rejection among them from their relatives and the community at large
-To impart basic skills & values accompanied with proper human morals, through provi-
ding education
-To promote a sense of brotherhood among the entire community members
I pray to God that there will be people that have the desire to help in the supporting, promoting, and helping of these children.”
“‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'” – Jeremiah 29:11
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