An average population age of just 16 years means that Uganda is disproportionately young. 30.1% of people live below the poverty line.
Civil war decimated one generation and AIDS decimated the next. Life expectancy has now risen to 63 years. However, poverty and limited access to health services mean that malaria, HIV/AIDS, TB and vaccine-preventable diseases are still key causes of illness and death in Uganda.
Civil conflict and the AIDS pandemic left many children growing up without parental care. Violence and corruption increase the level of the existing poverty, and the fragile economy struggles with high inflation. The effects of malaria and HIV/AIDS have a huge impact on many families in Kisoro Uganda. There has been woefully inadequate government investment in schools, medical care and social welfare, besides the government can not do every thing for the orphans and other people which explains the reason why we do what we do as a supplement to what the government does.
How is CEAPU & PCS helping children in poverty in Kisoro Uganda?
Ceapu has been helping children in poverty in Kisoro Uganda through its child sponsorship programme since the early its inception in 2012. We support almost 50 sponsored children in and around Kisoro. Outside of our child sponsorship programme, we provide education through providence Christian school and also Christian leadership training through Africa discipleship network.
Many of our children are orphans, or from AIDS-affected families, or are living in families barely able to provide a meal each day.
Education is such a key factor in helping vulnerable children, but education, especially in rural parts of Uganda, is hopelessly underfunded yet its only through quality education that we can surely break the continuous cycle of poverty.
Through child sponsorship we are:
- Helping individual children access education, social support and welfare care.
- We envision a future where we can enable vocational skills training, where an academic schooling is unsuitable to help children reach their full potential.
- We hope to be able to help children with disabilities make progress and access learning and healthcare.
- We plan on improving life opportunities for people ‘living positively’ with HIV/AIDS giving the needed counselling, testing and education, and, where appropriate, extra nutrition can be provided if we have the needed resources.
How can I help?
Why not sponsor our pcs join a pool of sponsors helping us run the daily activities or you could sponsor a child through in Uganda? through http://www.ceapu.com
When you sponsor a child / pcs, your child/ school receives education, clothing and essential school materials. Our local children’s worker provides committed welfare and medical support, both at school and in the home. As a sponsor, you will receive a yearly report on your child’s progress/ our school progress report and an updated photograph. You’ll also get news of progress and challenges from the project your child is part of. You can also to us concerning our school report or your child.
Change the life of a child by becoming a sponsor today. It really works.
