Acholi Orphans
I’ve just had the most amazing experience, meeting some of the poorest of the poor, the neediest of the needy and loving on children from the depths of Northern Uganda. I will never forget these little tribal children nor will I ever forsake them in their desperate need. We will immediately begin a sponsorship program with these children and I’ll let all of you know soon how you can help. Their faces will haunt me forever. I bought them 100 kilo sacks of rice, maize beans and posha, soap and salt. They get no meat protein.
I love these children now and I cannot imagine their life without our help. We must do more. They have qualified nurses but absolutely no medicines. My heart has been changed, I’ve seen and I cannot forget.
These children do not go to school, sleep in mud/thatch roof huts, haul water on their heads for miles and yet they are joyful. This by far has been the most humbling trip I’ve ever been on. I want you to know these children and help me pray for them. They are cared for by a community granny and two nurses who love them. This orphanage was founded and solely supported by a 24 year old former child soldier who cannot stand to see the children lost and without someone to care.
They sang and danced and drummed and told song stories to me. Although there was a language barrier the laughter filled the sweltering Ugandan air. They were joyful. Yet they had nothing. They were behaved. They were shy and lovely.
I had a disturbing mail regarding the orphans residing in Pader District. My children are sick.
When I arrived in Northern Uganda what I found there broke my heart. Children tragic victims of dozens of family members adults and children abducted and turned into soldiers, or brutally killed by the LRA (Lords Resistance Army) The AIDS epidemic has also orphaned hundreds of thousands of children there along with the desperate conditions that invite illness. The conditions for the orphans and in the IDP (Displacement Camps) are deplorable. Dirty water, walking for miles for food and water. All are riddled with parasitic infections in their little intestinal systems. No medical care. Everything is filthy. Only means of living is simply to survive to the next day. That is a huge task and almost impossibility each day. Before I arrived the children were maybe getting one meal a day. Yet they were so joyful. When I asked the children if they had questions for me, one raised her hand and jumped up and asked, “mama will you help us?”
Tearfully my resounding answer, yes! I now have 20 children in Northern Uganda.
Little Miracles/Dream of a Child needs your help.
Twenty lovely orphaned children of the Acholi Tribe from 3 and up are in serious need. Total desperation. They have food only for 3 more weeks. (I’ve personally fed them for a month) They have no clothing but what is on their backs, and some of their little bottoms were out of the clothing due to the seams not holding up. Their clothing is ripped apart. They are riddled with various parasites, typhoid, cholera, HIV and filthy situations. Their conditions are worse than you can see on television commercials assisting children in Africa. There are two qualified nurses caring for these children but absolutely no medicine for them to use if the children get sick. They suffer in silence with no one to love them. I’m about to change all of that.
We now have children sick. This is a matter of life and death for them. If they become dehydrated or weak, the nurses must put them on their backs and walk 18 kilometers to help. These children are so very rural.
I will be purchasing first line medical kits to be put together in Kampala, Uganda and then shipped up by bus to the children this week. In these kits will be Typhoid and Cholera medication, Malaria treatment, antibiotics, anti-parasitic medication, anti-febrile medication, fungal cream for infections, first aid supplies antibiotic ointments and bandages and HIV first line medications. I will prepare the children for individual evaluations if I get enough donations.
I also plan on having a mobile ambulance built that they can put on a bicycle so they can get children to medical care quickly. The other alternative we do not want to think about. These children deserve someone’s love and care! Please partner with me!
If you can only donate a couple of dollars this will help so very much. I appreciate anything you can do to help. God bless you all.
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I wanted to let you know about the food here at the House of Angels. I think in all of Romania, you would not be able to find better food or nutrition for the children. They eat fish, and chicken and pork and potatoes and fresh vegetables and with lunch they always have soup and another meal.
At any given time they are feeding up to 35 or so children each day. Our schools in America cannot come close or touch how absolutely delicious and fresh this food is here at the HOA. When the volunteers eat here, they eat typically the same things as the children. There is one cook here and she has a little help in the kitchen, but she’s an amazing cook.
The children eat fresh eggs, fresh meat and fresh vegetables bought from the market. They have fresh bread each day. There are soups and some rice and pasta and wonderful dishes. They snack on fresh fruit.
The great thing about the food here is that it is are minus the chemicals and food colorings and dyes that Americans like to preserve and beautify their foods with. Let’s face it, us Americans love to junk up our kids. I’ve been very careful with mine though, I know as I’m gone they are taking full advantage of the fast food places! Since my children came to me in full nutritional deficiency, I’ve become a post adoption feeding expert of sorts and know how much the feeding in the orphanage is essential to proper body balance.
Since the day we opened House of Angels, these children inside these doors have gained weight, and thrived and grown consistently. This is the only consistent thing in some of their lives and so very important. Their lives depend on it. This is why some of the children who seem to be so sick they should have died, are alive.
This most excellent nutrition has provided the ability for the children to grow properly and develop the brain in the best way. This facility has fed hundreds of children over the year and it always has had excellent nutritional results. The children are always on a customized and balanced feeding program with fortified foods rich in natural vitamins and minerals.
Being the most vulnerable of the population the at-risk of abandonment children and the orphans usually have nutritional deficits in this country. It is usually expected those deficiencies are severely magnified managed care facilities. So depending on where the child started or currently resides, their nutrition is a key factor in their development. I have seen first hand how the nutritional deficiencies in a child’s early life can affect the brain development and cause delays in growth and many other medical conditions caused from malnutrition such as anemia, bone growth, eyesight and rickets.
You will not ever see nutritional deficiencies caused here at the House of Angels. We’ve been combating these problems and winning each and every year the House of Angels has been open! I’m proud to say that we’ve fed some of the neediest children and the most wonderful volunteers and had fabulous results.
The state care facilities are less lucky and do not feed the children well. You can tell immediately the difference in the children the HOA has fed for a year and the new children. But the new children have started to thrive and grow so fast. It is amazing what a good healthy diet can accomplish!
