Another Hope is a orphanage with 63 kids in Uganda.
Founded by Ruth Nambowa in 2005 by her salary only we helped it to become a stable and well functioning organization.
The focus of our colaboration is on education and medical services.
Story:
Ruth Nambowa, born 1979 in Uganda, grew up under very tough circumstances. Without a father, her mother was not able to support all of her 12 children so Ruth had to fight for her survival from her earliest youth. She was very lucky as a change in the political regime of Uganda allowed her to attend school. She swore to herself to use this chance. As one of the best in her year she was offered to study statistics after her secondary school and Ruth happily accepted. After her studies she began working as a epidemiologist. Gaining her first loans she couldn’t stop thinking about all the children still living under the worst circumstances like she and her sibling did. The HIV pandemic hit Uganda from the very beginning and thousands of kids were lost their parents and were forced to live on the streets. Ruth started with giving her mother a part of her loan so that she would be able to take care of 5 orphans from her neighborhood but soon she realized that this wouldn’t be a long-term solution. In 2006 Another Hope was registered as an official community based organization taking care of orphans in Uganda. Since then Ruth spent all her loans for her organization.
Facts:
63 children age 1-18. All of the children are orphans or have been cast out by their families, because they do not have the possibility to support them.
Involvement Aid That Helps:
We think that Ruth deserves the chance to being able to dedicate herself fully to her orphanage and the children she is taking care of. Aid That Helps will collect donations to constantly support Another Hope. In order to gain independence and sustainability for Ruth`s organization we bought a free piece of land together with Another Hope. We did build a small chicken farm as a sustainable source of food and income. In a second step we will build a new orphanage for Another Hope, which will offer better shelter and circumstances for the children to grow up.
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