Date of Birth: 24th/10/2012.
I am Brasiyo, and am 8 years old. I love Red very much because it is a very nice color to me. I want to be a taxi driver. I love playing Football and my favorite movie is Home alone. Brasiyo is reserved and is always playing by himself with trees and wire made cars. Brasiyo cares less about what happened to him, he only gets upset when he hears of getting resettled back to his family, we believe he was hurt so much to the point of not wanting to open up at all yet. We found Brasiyo walking and very hungry, he seemed very lost but followed us immediately with other children and we learned that after he was abandoned at his grandparents by his family it is when he chose to go to the streets. I love being at the shelter because I have everything I want and I sleep well. Aunt reads books to us. My role model is people who have saved my life. I am learning about God with others. I want to go back to school and learn English. He loves music and dance and hopes to have a career in music someday. He continues to grow and change.

Date of Birth: 9th/09/2014.
She is 9 years old; I love Blue color because it is the color I have always played on the board games at home. I love cows because of the milk and I love to play with the dolls they gave me for Christmas. Her step mother is the reason why she came to the streets because she was mistreating her. Whenever she would ask for food, she would hurt her so much. She was prompted to go to the streets due to the over deprivation of food and her father being an absent parent worsened the condition as the step mother wasn’t held accountable by anyone at all. I came to the streets because I was over beaten and the police would always just bring me home and not take me away. We tried resettling Medilina into her family a couple of times since 2019 but to our dismay the violence only continued to the extent that we had to involve a different police station. We have since then brought her back to the shelter and she’s living with us. She loves food, playing with her dolls and counting every person at the dining area for breakfast bananas.

Date of Birth: 4th/03/2014. Christine is 8 years, since street life is hard for young ones who can’t collect enough scrap metals and empty bottles to sell to earn a meal. Christine came to join us through the probation officer who requested us to pick her from the remand home as it was dangerous for girls in general. We picked Christine and have had her since then. Christine is doing amazing enjoying herself with the rest of the children and hopes to be a nurse in future. She loves to play with dolls. Christine loves green because of the crops we grow at the shelter, "I love cows". I have been with Aunt Hajara for a year now and I love the shelter so much I play with my friends every day. She loves Gulu goes to school and playing with her dolls. We continue to watch her grow and light up every single day. Seeing Christine walk again is huge and a big blessing from God because we were unsure if it was to happen again. Your generosity goes a long way in ensuring that Christine is provided for at all times. She is safe and happy at the shelter. She is well resettled back with her family as of July 2023.

Date of Birth: 5th/11/2011.
"My name is Brenda and I am 11 years old. I want to be a teacher when I grow up because I love to teach and it is a good thing to be a teacher because you know so many things. I love red, I like cats at the shelter we see one every day in the compound. Baby’s day out is my favorite movie of all time and I like it a lot. In my free time I love to dance and learn how to move my legs with the drums that we play at the house. I have been at the shelter for a year now and I love to stay at the shelter, there is no pain at the shelter and I like to be happy and play with others. I want to go back to school and learn everything that I can learn. I want to be like Aunt because she brings us happiness. I also enjoy washing clothes and digging, Brenda cares for our shelter container gardening She loves the shelter and her new life. Brenda is always at the top of her class. My favorite book is Gulu goes to school, Aunt and uncle read it to us a lot. Baby’s day out is my favorite movie and I love it very much. I love to sing Jesus loves me this I know.

Date of Birth: 27th/03/2009.
Darious is ten years old, he loves to make toy cars out of old irons wires [scrap metals] to make cars and he is always teaching his friends to make cars. His dream is to be a police officer because he wants to protect street children. We met Darious during our night outreach with his sister and they joined the street after their mother lost her restaurant job. The restaurant was what they considered to be their home. Loss of the restaurant job led to the increased hunger that they had to endure. His father left them with their mother since he was 3 years. Darious joined us at the beginning of March last year and since then he has been with us. His health is much better than when way we found him and on the second line of medication. We met Darious in a very bad shape and rushing him to hospital, we discovered he has an illness that requires monthly visits to hospital and his life demands on certain medications. "I love Red because most of my t-shirts are red; I love Aunt Hajara’s stories as they make me love mainly those about elephants. My favorite movie is Charlie Chaplin and the cure because a kid suffers from the same disease like me.

Date of Birth: 27th/8/2009.
Brian Joseph is 14 years old; he loves Red because it is the color of our flag. He wants to be a doctor in future and treat children. "I love to play Football in my free time and Baby’s day out is his favorite movie. I have been at the shelter for the five months now and I enjoy being at the shelter. My role model is Aunt Hajara and Aunt Diane; they are always working for us to eat better and well. I love the shelter because my father cannot hurt me anymore and am safe. I came to the shelter in a very bad condition with all my eyes covered in red and very sick and I was treated well I have medicine for the eyes and I am happy to be alive. My father made us suffer and was hurting my mother all time when he married a young woman he forgot of us and took all the things from my mother and my mother had to run away too because she didn’t know what to do for us, but aunt Hajara is looking for her in all ghetto areas. I admire my mother because she gave birth to me and saved herself at home. I am learning about God because at the shelter we pray which wasn’t the case at home as my father never wanted us to leave the house.

Date of Birth: 09th/03/2007. Jovan is 15 years and wants to be an athlete in future. He loves football than anything else. Jovan was a part of the street children that had been raided on the street by the government for violating the curfew time during initial lockdown. Because Jovan was young he was left to go but was badly beaten by the police, the raiders don’t beat the kids with money, and they only beat those who don’t give them money on the streets. "I love to rear goats something I learnt from our neighbors when my mother was still home with me. I love purple color and my sports jersey is purple too. I love movies that have children and magic in them it makes me happy to see new things made out of magic. I want to go back to school and learn English; it is so hard for me to speak. My mother is my role model and I want to be a good man to Aunt because she puts in time to see that I learn many things in future. God has saved me and everyone at the shelter and I have learnt to put God first and I like it very much that. He is improving our lives. Sports have given Jovan the hope that he needs and has won a medal something that he is proud of. I want to be a better sportsman.

Date of Birth: 8th/05/2014. Catherine is 8 years; we met Catherine through the night outreaches after the probation officer asked if we had space to accommodate. We are so glad to have her at the house. Catherine came to us with bad skin rash and coughed so much and couldn’t sleep so easily due to fear street life often affects children very differently and after a week with us, knowing that she is in safe hands she began to sleep, smile and play with other children at the shelter. Catherine hopes to be a doctor in future, "my favorite color is yellow, and I love watching wonder woman movie. My favorite book is Toto the hair in my free time. I want to go back to school because I want to wear a uniform and study to be a doctor. I want to be a doctor because I want to save my mother one day. At the shelter I love to study and my favorite animal is a lion. I love being at the shelter because life is not so hard and I get to be a child. Everything is provided to me. I love having my own bed the most. Catherine is back with her family as her sister picked her and ensured us that the family is stronger finanically enough to cater for her.

Date of Birth: 21/12/2020. My name is Didas; I met Aunt Hajara in 2016 when I was sick and she took me in and started caring for me. In my free time I like to read books, draw pictures and study the proverbs, they make me laugh because they are about children behaviors. I love color black, when my father and mother hated each other it is when things went bad and I had to go to the streets of Kampala and stay in the trenches with other children. My mother was demanding many things and my father couldn’t afford it all and it is where things started to go bad. My mother decided to leave us and my father would go with me to work and when he started to get so sick I was left alone a lot and everything became very tough. My favorite movie is Alvin and the chipmunks, Boss Baby. I love lions because they are strong and don’t fear the forest. I don’t read books on my own but read what Aunt Hajara writes because it is short and with simple Words. I am happy that am in grade six and I love being at school because it is the best thing for me and I study and learn many things. I admire my father for doing small works to help me when I was sick because my hand was broken. He loves music and his sound is had right at the shelter door. Music has healed and gave him a chance to life.

Date of Birth: 27th/07/2009. Resty is 13 years and wants to be a teacher. Resty joined the street together with her siblings and it was hard for her since she had to be the adult for all her siblings however they had to split since the police raids made every kid run in a different route. We found Resty in a sorry state battling guilt of losing her other siblings and could hardly explain things to us, we learned of her story and how she came to the streets. They got free means of transport on the fish car that always passed in their village to deliver and pick fish to sell in the city, they jumped on that car together with her siblings and came to the city. "I love pink color because it shines on women. I love to design and knit clothes at the shelter. My favorite animal is a dragon. I want to study catering and hotel management because I love to cook and organize things. Staying at the shelter is the best thing for me, I love the shelter because I am given love and cherished just like other children. It makes me very happy and pleased to see other children too. I want to go back to school and learn how to write and read everything by myself. I want to be like Aunt and her friends who help children all the time. I admire my grandfather very much he was a good man who lived his life.

Date of Birth: 21st/07/2006. Phonia is one of the most hardworking and humble girls at the shelter who has gone from recovering to better. She is 14 years old, she loves to make and form designs out of old clothes and threads and she has made about six clothes that other girls love to wear. Her favorite movies are Baby’s day out, Harry porter and Black Panther. I love sports so much mainly jumping very high and net ball because it gives me so much joy to play. My dream is to be a great sports woman in my country and clothes designer because it is what I like to do in my free time Phonia is always sewing and cutting old clothes to make small bags and tshirts.Phonia joined us a year ago after her mother who had come to the city from the village [countryside] with hope to give her children a better life couldn’t since the life in the city was harder than she anticipated. "I love the shelter because it is better than sleeping under restaurant tables. I now have God in my life and I know he protects me all time. Aunt teaches us and we pray since I came to the shelter and am not scared like when I first came to the shelter. I love rabbits so much. She continues to lead by example by teaching other shelter children to sew and improve on their skills.She loves to sew with her hands.

Date of Birth: 19th/9/2005. James is 16 years old and he came to us three years ago. He was very sick when we found him; it took a month to get him in a better shape. He left home at 13 years because of his step mother who continued mistreating him and joined the streets. We found James during the day time outreaches at the feeding program and his ill and it is why we had to take him immediately. James wants to be a mechanical engineer and fix things. We are happy that James is doing well and stabilizing mentally from the trauma he has been dealing with. James love black color, he likes to rear animals, he enjoys monitoring and leading other people. "I love learning about God because God is helping me forgive my mother who left me a young child and doesn’t want to visit me at all, she sees my father in me and I know she is not happy with everything he did to her at all but I forgive her. God helps me forgive because before I had a very tough heart. I am learning drums at the shelter and staying at the shelter fills my heart every day, it allows me to study and be a child. I have been in a sports camp and I enjoy it very much. My idol is Aunt Hajara she never leaves me alone, she is always saving our lives and forgiving us all the time. Mark is a gifted leader for other kids.

Date of Birth: Unknown. Meet Aine, a girl of multiple gifts! Aine's mother was unable to provide her family's needs because of limited finances. Many times, she was led to engage in income generating activities to help financially at home. She washed clothes in the community with his mother, collected used plastic bottles from dumps for recycling and sold vegetables at his mother's stall. She wanted to go to school, but there wasn't enough money for that. Her aunt is the one who picked her from the village with the hope of helping to put her in school and once that failed, things got so worse for her and it is how the police got a hold of her and recommended her to us. She loves to play with dolls. His happiness is seen when she is playing with other children. She is receiving continued mentorship and spiritual guidance. She is healing from a lot of trauma. Her dream is to become a doctor in future so that she can help the sick. Her favorite color is yellow, and best dish is rice. Aine loves dolls, Lodo.

Date of Birth: 6th/02/2008.
Jackie is one of the sweetest girls at the shelter with a very bright smile; she is 14 years old and dreams of becoming a head mistress. "I don’t know how to read properly yet but I love reading everything I learn from Aunt. She reads stories to us and changes them and makes us laugh a lot. I have learnt about God at the shelter because at home no one believes in God. I love Home Alone movie, it is so nice and we all laugh at the shelter. I have been in the shelter for a long time now. I am happy here, I am learning, playing and eating everything I need. We have resettled her couple of times back home with her family however the resettlement with her family posed increased risk to her. Jackie’s family is so dysfunctional that not any of her parents is responsible to cater for her which makes it worse for her especially since they live in ghetto areas which are prone to vices such as alcoholism, stealing, rape among others. She loves music and one of the dancers.

Date of Birth: 3rd/06/2006.
Re-settled. Elizabeth is 12 years and wants to be a doctor; "I know going back to school will save me from so much and allow me to be a good woman in future." Elizabeth's aunt brought her to the city promising to put her through school which didn’t go as the aunt promised but instead made her a maid. Elizabeth came to us through the police officer that deals with the children affairs, after he noticed her on the streets and was heading into a bad route, he reached out to us through the programs and asked us to interview her and learn of how she came to the city. She has been with us since that time and often we ensure she gets to visit her sick mother, at the moment the mother’s condition is stable and we continue to pray and hope that she will be fine. Elizabeth is with her. Elizabeth wants to be a doctor, she loves white, she likes to read and learn about things, she likes Harry porter movie a lot. She is a happy girl.

Date of Birth: 12/08/2014.
My name is Suzan and I am eight years old this year. I love blue, I love cows because they make so much noise in the morning and we get up. I want to be a nurse and treat small children and cover them with clothes. I want to be like Aunt Hajara and uncle Lucky because they love us and make us their children, I am happy to be staying at the shelter there is no darkness and everything is for everyone to use. I don’t worry about my step mother hurting my fingers any more. I love to play with big dolls that they make for us and mop with other girls at the shelter it makes me so happy. I love God because he sent Jesus for me and be his Child, I learn the Bible from Aunt. I came to the shelter when sick and Aunt picked me. I was so happy when I saw a car and got clothes and she signed and took me, I was so happy and I love the shelter and I fear if it will go away. I want to go back to school, learn and also wear school uniform and play with others. she loves dolls.

Date of Birth: 2nd/02/2010. His name is Fred."I want to be a doctor in future because I want to save people and give them medicine. I have been at the shelter for one year and many months. When I first came to the shelter I was so sad and feared to be kicked out because in many homes when you start to grow people stop to love you but Aunt encouraged me to learn and be a good child. I don’t like to grow and get a beard because I will have to leave the shelter and I don’t want to go anyway. I love Yellow and inside the shelter the walls are yellow too and it is so nice . Iikes to sing and shout with other kids. I admire aunt Hajara because she doesn’t run away from me like others do. I want to be better. I want to go back to school because I want to be a good person and wear a uniform too. My favorite movies are Gold rush,Charlie Chaplin, Boss Baby. I am still learning about God with Aunt Hajara every day at night and I love that so much." Numerous resettlements failed and the shelter was the only place for Fred to stay and be. His family is so large and extended that he was always abandoned and left by himself. He then resorted to selling very bad and mature materials that are inappropriate for his age in worse places for him too. He is resettled after the danger he paused to young shelter boys.

Date of Birth: 12/02/2013.
Ssanyu means happiness, she is 10 years, "I love yellow because it is bright because of the flowers. I want to be a doctor in future and give first Aid to kids like Aunt gave to us when we came to her programs. I enjoy it more when Aunt is the one reading the books to us and she translates everything in our language it makes me smile. My favorite movie is Harry Porter. I love staying at the shelter because am able to play and learn to dance with everyone and I have a good bed." Ssanyu came to us through the feeding program and cried for hours about her aching stomach and when provided her with a plate of food and water and she ate beyond what we usually give children and from here we learned of how she was sleeping on an empty stomach. She is making a year and three months since she started staying at the shelter. Her family’s inability to provide her with meals was because of the lockdown that costed many people their jobs and absence of her father who left them in a house together with their grandmother and a large sum of debt in rent made the situation worse as the grandmother couldn’t be able to provide for all on her own. She was returning into negligent hands and with that the shelter was the best solution. She continues to heal as a child.

Date of Birth: 14th/11/2007. Bridget is 15 years, will be graduating from grade 7 this year. "I love music and cleaning the kitchen all time at the shelter. I am inspired by my mother and how she tried to help and save us from our father all time when he was beating her. I love pink; my favorite movie is A walk to remember. I want to be a teacher when I grow up and do great things. I love Net ball and card games but we are always busy at home with books because the National examinations require a lot of hard work." We resettled her and her siblings a number of multiple times and due to the failure of resettlement, we welcomed her to the shelter. Alcoholism was the biggest challenge in the family that made her mother leave them behind with their father to find a better place and then pick her and her siblings however things didn’t go as she had planned. We met Bridget two years ago, we were able to resettle her and her siblings, however to our surprise we found them on the streets again during the night feeding programs, they were in bad shape and sick and looked very malnourished. We questioned as to why they were back on the streets, only to find out that their father had taken them to their grandparents in a remote village where life was bad than before.

Date of Birth: 24th/05/2009. Cynthia is 13 years now, joined school this year is the best in her class grade six. She loves social studies and sciences. She loves pink, playing Net ball, her favorite movie is Homeless to Harvard. "Going to school was the best day of my life; I want to be a lawyer when I grow up because I see how happy people are when in courts and talking. I admire and want to be as Aunt Hajara in future, to me Cynthia the person who saves your life has to be my role model and I love her so much. I enjoy reading the Bible verse that are set for us for everyday and reading stories created by Aunt." Cynthia came through the probation officer who was called after police picked her during night and had her at the station until morning. After we got and spoke to her, we suspected that there was sexual harassment and forceful selling of her body by the people who first got to her while on the street though most of the stories were un-coordinated. Cynthia was left on her own by her aunt and this situation forced her to join the streets of Kampala. Cynthia is doing well now and enjoys cooking and spending time with family and everyone at the shelter. Cynthia came to us with a bad smell and barely wanted to participate in anything and feared to be left alone for weeks. She was the best student 2023.

Date of Bith:20th/06/2007.
Desire is 14 years old; she loves pink and redesigning the kitchen at the shelter all time. "I enjoy singing very loud every morning to wake others up and we do the chores. I love Sunday because after Bible study we get to play with Aunt and other children outside. My hero is Aunt Hajara and the probation officer because she is everything to me and she fought for me when they wanted to attack me and often had to hide me in different houses. My family is not a good place for me to stay because they wanted to hurt me and do sacrifices as grandfather had demanded since my mother left with the elder brother. I don’t want to remember anything about my family because they do bad things to the girls and I want to stay at the shelter until I am fully grown and finished with school.
My dream is to be a lawyer and then find my mother who I haven’t seen in five years now. I love cats because they are easy to play with. I am learning about God at the shelter now because at home no one was allowed to believe in God it is against the family beliefs. I enjoy sciences so much because allow me to be a child and a good person in future. My dream is to help people when I became a Lawyer infuture. I love to watch family and funny movies because I laugh with other kids.

Date of Birth: 22nd/10/2012. Robert is 10 years old.He joined the shelter nine months ago. Robert joined the street at the start of COVID pandemic because his father left them on his own at all time and, he says, their father was never home and most of times he was at the bar and once called to provide them food he would lie to them that he is coming and he would never return unless if he needed to come in the mornings to change clothes and leave. Robert was forwarded to us through the probation officer who asked us to welcome him if there was space and we went on a night outreach to find him and his sister. We found Robert dirty, with holed clothes and wounded legs. We are happy to report he is doing well since he joined us. He loves football and playing cards. He likes playing football in his free time; Home alone is his favorite movie, brown is his favorite color. "I want to go back to school because I want to be a better man and help my family". I enjoy when Aunt reads the books to us and the stories she tells us. Staying at the shelter allows me to be a child and learn from others. I am happy to have a new life at the shelter with others. Robert's music talent is growing daily.We re-settled 2023 him immediately as his behaviours were a great danger to many young girls in the school and community at large.

Date of Birth: 5th/5/2010. Re-settled My name is Rebecca and am 10 years old, I love to play with whole my heart and Aunt likes to run after me and we play, Staying at the shelter is the best thing to ever happen to me because I live in a good house and no floods come to disturb us at all like the old shelter. I love dogs when they are far not near me, I love to dance and make people happy at the house, I annoy other kids when I do play cards well at the shelter but I have learnt to say sorry. I love light blue, I love my teeth too, my favorite movie is Benten, in my free time I play with dolls and I love it so much. I want to be a teacher and make kids happy and read numbers to them. I love to play Net ball with other kids as well. When I came to the shelter I was in a bad state and I refused to leave when programs ended and we demanded to stay together with other kids, I was a dirty kid and barely showered. After some weeks Aunt found space for the girls and we stayed to sleep and stay with her. I love God because He made my life better and now I have a family of many people who like me and want to be around me every day. I am learning many things at the shelter and reading with Luckay and Aunt is always a great thing. We even eat cakes at the shelter so great things happen to me at the shelter and I love that very much.

Date of Birth: 7th/05/2009. My name is Patience, I am 12 years old, I love yellow color and I have two yellow skirts. I love cows because we get milk from them. I want to go back to school because I want to be a nurse in future and treat young babies. I like young babies even if they cry a lot. I love to sew things with threads that Aunt brings to us, I love doing that at shelter, I don’t play so much because my bones are sick and need me not to carry heavy things they hurt my body. I have had about God from Aunt at the house she teaches us everything about God and how to pray, I love Christmas because we celebrate Jesus who died for our sins. My best movie is Baby’s day out, I have watched television only at the shelter and on the street roads where we would stand and watch some of it at night." She loves to maintain and keep the house very clean, make designs from old clothes. We met patience in March during our feeding programs and she kept attending them for a month. We were able learn about her through attending our programs. Patience’s health caught our attention and we couldn’t let her return to the street so we took her in and got her the medication attention she needed. Patience is learning so much at the shelter and one of the well behaved children at the shelter who treats people with respect.

Date of Birth: 16th/08/2015. Her name is Rebecca alias Natasha a name she loved because a kid of her age had it in the previous community we were living in. She is 7 years old now and she came to us two years ago when her mother’s mental state became a challenge was harming her whenever she was not on her medication. This necessitated me picking her from the home we had previous resettled her and took her mother to a mental health facility.
Rebecca came to us when she was malnourished and never wanted to go outside or even play at all. She loves to play with dolls and cards together with other young children. Her dream is to be a teacher in future and we are so happy to be a part of her journey. We are happy to see Rebecca is much better and improving well. She loves any color as long as it is very bright. "I love to comb the dolls’ hair, I enjoy sleeping in Aunt’s bed at the shelter." She likes to play with small balls made out of banana fibers. "Aunt Hajara tells us about Jesus all time. I love coloring and when I go back to school I want to color things. She continues to grow and develop as a kid. She is joy and great. she loves to write and her health is improving on a daily basis. Her mother isn't improved yet thus reason why we are keeping her.

Date of Birth: 3rd/05/2007.
My name is Enock, I am 14 years of age, I love being at the shelter because it is good for me to learn and be in a stable house where I receive the best care because of my health condition. I am learning the Bible and I want the Bible to help me become a good person and stop hurting others with anything that I choose to do. My role model is Aunt Hajara who continues to give me chances in life, taking me to hospital and teaching everything that I do. I like to draw cartoons in my free time because it is always good and fun for me. I love elephants and they are very unique animals to me. My favorite movie is Baby boss, Charlie Chaplin. "I love being at the shelter very much it is the only place that I have left like home and I have a parent who loves me and never leaves me alone at all and I love that." We met Enock a few times before him joining the shelter and tried to resettle him several times back with his grandmother; however, the family was challenged with what to eat on a daily basis since they were many at home. Enock is one of the boys with serious condition and often requires regular checkup and monitoring (sickle cells). He continues to improve day to day. He is in boardng school now, growing and his health is fairly stable.

Date of Birth: 2/12/2011.
My name is Proscovia. I want to be a Nurse when I grow up because I will treat people and wear a white dress. In my free time I love to dance because it makes me so happy and filled with Joy. My favorite movie is Hannah, I love to see women be strong and fight for themselves. It makes me so happy to watch. I want to go back to school because I want to be a good leader in the world. I love lions and I watch them on television a lot. I love color Red very much and my file at home is Red.
Proscovia is one of the girls who were found in poor state as she was assaulted sexually and was ill. It took her time to fully open up as she was in fear of the person who hurt her. However, after bringing her to the shelter she fully started to be herself and opened up to us in every single way possible. Proscovia is reserved and enjoys playing with her dolls; she is in a proper state now and still opening up piece by piece of her life story. "I want my mother to change and be my role model someday. I admire women who speak on television very much and people listen to them, Aunt watches them with us. I want to be good in everything I do and a better girl. She continues to get extra lessons for her reading and writing.

Date of Birth: 10th/05/2001.
Resettled.
Innocent came to us back in 2014 during the feeding programs in Katwe as a young boy. Much of his reasons to leave home circle around the death of his mother and he was abandoned in the Village to live with his grandmother and the conditions of living were beyond hard and unimaginable and much of his grooming and responsibility was let to him and this turned him into a different person who saw nothing in the future and thus joined the streets and got into the drugs. When Innocent joined the transitional shelter back in 2014, nothing was easy with re-grooming him and taking him through the rehabilitation process. It took three years for Innocent to fully change and be a part of the community. His love for education has driven him to do better and currently he is in senior four and will be sitting for his national examinations. We are moving grateful to be a part of his journey since day one. Innocent's love for Art is taking him far. He is in baording school doing sciences and improving on a daily basis. His dream is to see his Art and leadership skills be an example to children in enginering field. We work with his relatives to keep him in shape and home to better his transformation.

Date of Birth: 21st/6/1998. self-Indepedent Living. He is Francis, 20 years. He loves black color, and loves dogs; "I love to hear people read because I cannot read like others, Aunt does most of the reading and teaching us. I love and trust God with whole my heart because he has lifted me from the worse conditions to a better place. I was hopeless and didn’t know if I will get a chance to learn the things I like the most. I love photography, videography and traveling those things make me so happy and it gives me life. We met Francis back in 2012 and he was wounded around his neck and had to rush him to hospital and it was through that hospital time that I was able to learn of his story. He stayed on the streets for a very long time as tall boys tend to suffer the consequences of being tall and growing up fast.

Abdul came to us last year after his car accident and we were able to trace him on the streets of Kampala in a common slum where many of the street children reside. He was in a bad state as his bones were broken and the look of his face spoke it all. He couldn’t walk with a stick and the first thing we did was to have an X-ray taken of him and see the state of the leg. It was in a bad state as it had taken weeks without him getting medical treatment a surgery was suggested. Taking Abdul off the streets was very problematic as many other working street children groups were him on the streets so that they would continue to take pictures and not help him. This didn't stop us from doing want was right and worthy so as to save his life and Hajara suffered quite a number of injustices choosing to take the boy for the operation.

Date of Birth: 1st/04/2004. Re-settled. Samuel came to us a few years ago with a very poor state and needed critical medical attention that had affected his stomach back in 2015. Samuel was being raised by his grandmother who took on the full responsibility of raising him after his mother passed away and his father showed no interest in raising him at all and Samuel joined the streets after he started selling yellow bananas at the road side. It was easier for Samuel to join the streets as he was ready on the road that many street children were spending much of their time on. Samuel loves blue and wants to be a scientist in future and to support his burning dream we have kept him in school and his re-settlement was a huge success. Samuel sat for his exams last year and we are excited to see him go further in his education.

Date of Birth: 28th/May/2017. Ivan is four and he is the youngest child at the shelter. His early years have been characterised by trauma. Ivan's mother left his father and problems arose from this occurance. The major challenge has been alcoholism and it is this sort of behaviour that distabilised Ivan both physically and emotionally. His father was not the nicest to deal with as he constantly made threats to make us hand over the child but He was in no capacity to take care of this sweet little boy. When we met Ivan he was in a very bad state and needed medical attention and proper feeding and with all these being available at the shelter it made it easy for Ivan to improve and get back on his feet quickly.
Ivan loves to play football and dolls. His happiness is seen when he is playing with other children.