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. She loves white, she likes to read and learn about things, she likes Harry porter movie a lot. "I admire my mother so much because she cares for me even when she is sick. I have learnt about God through Aunt and I love how she united us and outside kids on Sunday and we pray together and learn of God. I love to dig with my cousins because we get to play in the garden very much."

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 . I like to sing and shout with other kids. I admire aunt Hajara because she doesn’t run away from me like my father did and I want to stay with her. 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 inappriopate for his age and in worse places for him too. He is happy to be at the shelter. .

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 me 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 and the grandparents also felt burdened due to the responsibility. They choose to put the kids on a taxi to Kampala. The problem worsened after they failed to track their father who keeps changing places. Ever since then Bridget and her siblings moved in with us and we have failed on numerous attempts to have the father sit down with us to see how best to involve him in the lives of Bridget and her siblings. We continue to face this challenge every single day with so many children. "I have learnt the Bible since coming to the shelter and it has been wonderful and good for me to start learning to forgive people. I love the shelter because we have everything we need and we are loved by Aunt. I am happy am not beaten while at the shelter."

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." .

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. Alcoholism and prostitution is the main reason as to why streets were the only home for me because home was bad and we had to stay outside long hours until the bad things were finished inside and then we can sleep properly. .

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 because they allow me to be a child and a good person in future. I admire my teachers very much because they teach me until I understand mathematics all the time. " We found Desire traumatized ,she was already exposed to bad things as a young one. It required us so much time to teach and assure her that she was safe, we had to hide her in many different places until we were sure that we had the placement letters needed for her. She is safe now and doesn’t need to be hidden anymore and the family cannot harm her since we reported everything to authorities. .

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."

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 was 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 loves black color, he likes to rear animals, he enjoys monitoring and leading other people.
"I love learning about God because God is helping me to forgive my mother who left when I was 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. My favorite verse is we love because God loved us first; I love it with all my heart because I know I am loved now in my life." .

Date of Birth: 29th/10/2014.
Re-settled.
Vicent is eight years old and came to us through our feeding program during the COVID-19. His unending smile drew everyone to him and through this we learned of Vicent and his background. He left home because His mother was struggling to feed him and his siblings. This was such an emergency and needed immediate approach before Vicent would get addicted to drugs and after that day's program we went on a journey to find his family and resettle him.
His mother explained to us about the conditions and her struggle and with this we were able to support her to get her garden back on track and thus feed her family. Vicent has been home since his resettlement and we are more than proud of what God has done in his life. We continue to visit and monitor him.

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 wit 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 sen when he is playing with otherchildren. His favourite colour is Red and orange.Ivan wants to be an football player.

Date of Birth: 10th/10/2003.
Cissy was one of the girls that used to frequent our food relief outreaches in the city slums during the COVID 19 lockdown. Mostly silent and always by herself, there was something striking about her. Something that required utmost attention. Our team interacted with her and found out she didn't have a place to stay and had been long without a home. Having assesed her need, we took her into the shelter only to later learn from the shelter cook that Cissy was pregnant. It was a very demanding and diffcult challenge to manage especially it being from a street uncle from a different program. It took her time to speak of her tribulations and only did so after she felt like she could trust us. We are happy that Cissy and her baby are safe and have a place to call home. We are hoping that she would join a skills training program that would equip her with something. We aim to trace her family this year and know what to do and how to go about everything regarding her life.

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 without 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 on him while 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, they are many children just like Abdul suffering in the hands of the wrong uncles physically and emotionally and the worse truth in this it is they have the biggest and huge funding from various places and it is hard to win a case against them and this basically increases on persecutions and physical tortures that Hajara has had to undergo until Abdul improved. Many children to be taken off the streets, one has to be strong and ready to face the consequences that come with everything.
After his surgery we connected him to a family that would foster him and have him as it was far from the city and the aim for this was to help with his recovery from his drug addiction, however much of the role we thought would be played by the foster family wasn't actualized as we thought for we learned how they were mistreating him and making him work while his leg was still fragile and this in the near time demanded us to have another simple procedure repeated so that he could be able to walk and stop the constant pain he was having.
Finding his family isn’t easy and the location he comes from is dangerous at the moment to resettle a child as it is under constant attacks and the state leaders are trying to take guns away from the Karamojong’s which is causing internal and tribal conflicts among them and with this we are careful on who we will have to live him with.
Abdul's recovery and being at the shelter still continues to raise problems and constant attacks that have had to put other children lives in danger. Abdul wants to join Vocational training and take a course in vocational training and we would love to get him started come this semester.
However many street children whose addiction takes a long time / years while on the streets often suffer with relapsing and redoing it again, and with that we often have to be set to repeat the process of rehabilitation over and over again.