Imagine yourself as an orphaned child, the head of your household, responsible for your younger siblings. It is difficult for many adults to envision such a childhood.
According to the Uganda National Household Survey, a vulnerable child is one who lives in a child-headed household or is a child labourer, an orphan, a child not in school, an idle child (that is, one without work or school), a married child, a child living in a household headed by an elderly person, a non-orphaned child not living with his or her parents, or a child living with a disability.
By this definition, 65 per cent of children in Uganda fall under the category of ‘orphans and other vulnerable children’. In real numbers, there are more than 2.2 million orphans and nearly 8 million vulnerable children in Uganda today. And nearly half of the country’s orphans have lost one or both parents to the AIDS pandemic.
James, 16, heads a household of four siblings orphaned as a result of AIDS. The family homestead is in Alela Village, Barr Sub-county, in northern Uganda’s conflict-affected Lira District.
The family has been living on its original homestead since 2005, when they returned from years of displacement in the nearby Barr camp settlement. The children’s mother died in 2003, their father in 2005.
James speaks of being “devastated” by his parents’ passing and the early realization of his responsibility, as the eldest child, to provide care to his siblings (Edward, 14; Stella, 10; Dicken, 12; and George, 6).
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Dear Sir/Madam,
I here by introduce to you HIV AIDS info Africa a local community based
organization/NGO which was registered at the Jinja District (Uganda) in
2004 and send to request for your assistance and fund raising efforts.
Our main objective is to eradicate HIV/AIDS through providing information
about the AIDS epidemic in Uganda and globally, we endeavor to work and
uplift the welfare of the socially disadvantaged people of society to
alleviate poverty most especially the reintegrate AIDS orphaned children
in formal education and empower all those infected and affected of AIDS
and their guardians. Assistance required is financial. Below is a
description of what we do.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to bring together, coordinate efforts and value the
importance of uplifting the welfare of needy population and disadvantaged
children by giving them what they rightly require. Generally To recreate a
generation of responsible children in a harmonious family unit.
Goals
To promote, further and give others the opportunity to share ideas about
looking after children and also generate issues which help improving the
spiritual and material life of children through protecting their rights.
To empower needy and disadvantaged children to be self reliant and useful
future decision makers and members of society. Strengthen the capacity of
HIV/AIDS INFO AFRICA network Africa for advocacy,
Public/private fundraising, design, implementation of program
Interventions, and support on going advice efforts at the national and
Community levels.
Generate, disseminate, and program practices for behavior change on the
national, community levels, increase knowledge of HIV/AIDS INFO AFRICA
presentation methods among African men and women, as a step to changing
sexual behavior. Capacity building to engage youth, adults, and local
HIV/AIDS INFO Africa as counterparts in making HIV/AIDS INFO AFRICA
activities relevant, successful and sustainable.
To expand existing union programs and work in individual communities to
build a great awareness of through voluntary HIV
testing, information and counseling, increase access training for health
care and social service professionals.
To promote, further and give others the opportunity to share ideas about
looking after children and also generate issues which help improving the
spiritual and material life of children through protecting their rights.
To empower needy and disadvantaged children to be self reliant and useful
future decision makers and members of society.
– To keep the children off the street.
– To re-integrate the child into the family system and if possible, the
school system
– To re-educate and provide families counseling for children and families.
– To provide programmes that will refine social and emotional skills.
– To develop trust, self esteem. Self awareness, self discipline and
respect for authority.
– To help the child to identify his or her immediate long term goals.
– To create attitudes that can be nurturing and strengthening in adulthood.
– To provide a daily bath, meals and a change of clothing
Our Values:
Love for Children
Honesty
Openness and ethical responsibility
International co-operation and mutual understanding
Respect for the law
Integrity
Programs Provided
HIV/AIDS info Africa strives to meet the needs of communities in Jinja and
Kamuli districts by providing the following services:
•Workshops and Information Sessions on HIV/AIDS Awareness and Prevention.
•HIV/AIDS Education and Counseling
•TV programs, Notice Board, and Information Desk.
•Training New Members as Peer-Educators.
•Annual Participation in the World AIDS Campaign Rally.
•Distribution of HIV/AIDS/STI Literature.
The beneficiaries are:
1. Aids Orphans (War and Aids victims)
2. Disabled Children
3. Destitute and Street Children
We look forward to hear from you and request that you visit our website thus
http://www.hiv.ug
ISABIRYE ALEX
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
HIV/AIDS info AFRICA
Mailing and Street Address:
HIV AIDS info Africa
PO Box 250
Jinja-Uganda (East Africa)
Phone Number: 256774311453
Website: http://www.hiv.ug
Email: isalexresco@hiv.ug
Physical Address:
GOKHALE PLACE
PLOT NO.13 HSE 319 A
JINJA TOWN – Uganda
Dear sir/Madam
RE: Enquiry
Greetings from Youth and Child Advocacy Network (YOCAN). Thanks a lot for your endeavors and hard work.
Youth and child Advocacy Network (YOCAN)-Apac is a registered Community Based Organization (CBO), started in 2003 by the group of youth social workers after carrying out many research on the diverse effect of 22 years civil war between Uganda Government and the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony.
YOCAN was formed with the sole aim of designing an intervention that protects the rights of the vulnerable CHILDREN and YOUTH in Apac district, Northern Uganda.
I got so inspired with the work of your foundation in striving to help orphans around the world.
in the same way YOCAN is a small organization which is working day and night to see that the tears for orphans whose parents were killed by war and HIV/AIDS are changed to smiles and joy through mental and physical development, education love and care for them.
Iam therefore writing this letter to request if YOCAN can work in partnership with your foundation and also if there is a way you can direct any assistance to us to assist our orphans. You can also advise us where necessary and the procedure that you may require.
We shall be ready to provide you with any information that you may require to know from our organization
Thanks a lot.
Warmest regard,
Acala Jacob
Coordinator YOCAN
+256 (0) 782 679 325