JINJA, UGANDA IN AFRICA
You may have heard the Eternal Connection broadcast on June 14th, 2020 which included a question from young listeners in Jinja, Uganda. Through Facebook, the Lord has opened a dialog over the past many months with three young men studying to be Pastors in the LCMS Seminary in that country.
Two of the men, Bagalana Isaac and Tamale Grace Selah (shown from left to right in the photo below – right), started an orphanage for abandoned and abused children in Jinja. St. Mark is looking at ways to provide food, clothing, Bibles and Catechisms and other support to these precious little ones. These basics are a constant struggle and we are asking the Lord to help us provide in this harvest on the other side of the world.
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About The Orphanage
Save Ugandan Children is home away from home.
The orphanage was established to settle the street children, abandoned and neglected children who are without care. Jinja district has far too many cases of these vulnerable young ones who have ended up on the streets, neglected and abandoned by their parents.
The orphanage takes full responsibility of these children by providing medical care, food, education, clothing, bedding and shelter. We also help these children’s psychological and social needs, helping to reduce the stigma associated with living on the streets.
Why are Children on the Streets?
Here in Africa (largely in Uganda), people have children, then dump them along roadsides, around pits/holes, latrines, marketplaces and along the banks of rivers. You will daily find children suffering and begging on the streets with no one to help them or care for them.
They are abandoned due to:
- Horrors of wars and insurgence in conflict areas
- Families who have become separated
- Loss of parents or guardians
- Lack of positive parenting or community
- Increased pressures on parents to earn a living
- Inadequate systems for child protection, welfare or family guidance
These children face:
- Share what scraps they can find with dogs
- Exposure to bad weather without shelter
- Physical beating from authorities
- Their wounds attract no sympathy
- They are rejected and lonely
- Sexual abuse and defilement
- Lack of medical care
- Living in constant fear
- Lack of friends or family
- No love, no care
Uganda has not done much for such children, we are the only organization trying to protect them and provide for their basic needs in an institutionalized setting. Children need not only care and provision, but an environment where they can play and enjoy socialization with other children.
WHERE IS UGANDA?
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