Alimon is a double orphan whose mother died delivering him and his father died of diabetes. Alimon has been living with his grandmother who has been caring for him. His grandmother has no job and she has grown too old to work. They have a small piece of land on which they grow plants for … Read more

Stanley is a paternal orphan who stays with his mother, two sisters and his brother. They rent a room in Kassanda village, but the family has no piece of land and the mother has no job or income generating activity. His mother walks from house to house, looking for people’s dirty clothes to wash in … Read more

Fabiano is a paternal orphan who stays with his mother, two sisters and one brother in one rented room in the suburb of Kassanda town. His father died five years ago in an accident when he was hit by a speeding car, which left his family destitute because he was the bread-winner of the family. … Read more

Jane is a very outgoing girl with a very caring heart towards her fellow young ones. She cares for them by washing their clothes and doing other chores to serve the family.  Jane is starting Primary 7 and she has a big dream to become a doctor. She has seen and been touched by other … Read more

Joyce is taken care of by Kassanda Children’s Aid and Semujju Nelson. Her mother went to work in an Arab country and they have not heard from her. Joyce loves to go to school with Nelson and wants to be in class with her friends so that she can sing, play and learn.

Asaph is a paternal orphan who stays with his mother in severe poverty where they rarely have enough to eat. Asaph’s father died of HIV/AIDS and his mother is HIV positive as well. His father left his family in a rented house and without land for crop-growing so they are forced to get food from … Read more

Gillian lost her father to HIV/AIDS so she lives with her mother, two sisters and two brothers in a single rented room in the suburb of Kassanda town. Her mother has no formal job except doing a little farming on a very small scale because they do not have a large area of land for … Read more

Abdul is a paternal orphan whose father died and he lives with his mother at Jemba village with his two brothers and a sister. Abdul’s mother has no formal job but she used to work as a cook at a school in a nearby village, but the money she makes as a cook is not … Read more

Stephen lost his dad to HIV/AIDS, so he now stays with his mother in a very risky situation in the village of Kabugeza. His mother has no kind of steady work through which she can generate an income. She sometimes does casual labour, but only on a seasonal basis. Stephen lives with his one brother … Read more

David’s father died of HIV/AIDS and after his passing, he left his family in a single rented room. David lives with his mother, brother (Patrick) and one sister. His mother has no way to get money to look after her family so they  live in poverty and sometimes find it difficult to get one meal … Read more

HAawari is a paternal orphan who stay with his grandmother. His father died of HIV/AIDS and his mother left him to go to a nearby big town to look for a job. His  grandmother tries hard to see that Hawari attends school, but she ends up failing simply because she has grown very old and … Read more

Rosette stays with her aging grandmother with many other children at Kitongo Village. Her father became a drug addict and struggles with mental illness. Her mother went away to look for work, thereby leaving all the responsibility of caring for her children with the grandmother who has no job. She works on her small garden … Read more

Christine lives with her grandmother, because her mother abandoned her and her four other children to go and look for work. Her father has also neglected his responsibilities of caring for the family. The elder grandmother has a small piece of land where she grows crops for food and for selling, but on a small … Read more

Stephan is a paternal orphan whose father died in war torn Southern Sudan where he had gone to look for job. He left his family in a rented house with no land for cultivation. The mother has no formal job, but she bakes pancakes which she can sometimes sell to get food and other basic … Read more

Henry is a paternal orphan who stays with his mother, two sisters and his younger brother. His mother has no income generating activity or any kind of job. There was a certain lady who had a adopted Henry and his brother before, but she got tired of them and brought them back to the mother. … Read more

Angel lives with her mother, but she doesn’t know the whereabouts of her father because he left for Rwanda and there has been no communication from him since Angel was born. Her mom is a low-income earner and she is physically handicapped. Angel is a very bright girl and she likes to study very much. … Read more

Jovan is a paternal orphan who lives with his mother. They rent a small room at Jemba village, but his mother has no job. She tries to do some casual labour in other people’s gardens, sometimes only working for food because she does not have a piece of land of her own. Jovan’s mother finds … Read more

John’s mother died and his father abandoned him and his location is unknown. John now lives with his aunt in a rented room in the suburbs of Kassanda town. Both John and his aunt are HIV positive and on expensive ART (antiretroviral therapy) drugs. They live in abject poverty and cannot meet their basic needs.  … Read more

Patrick is a paternal orphan whose father died of HIV/AIDS. He currently lives with his mother and two brothers (his twin is David) in a single, rented room in the Kassanda town suburbs. His mother has no permanent job, but does casual labor when she can find it. Because casual labour is seasonal, they live … Read more

Jovia is a paternal orphan who stays with her mother in a rented room at Kassanda. Her father died in a motor accident and left his family without land or a house. The mother has no income-generating activity except that she works in other people’s gardens as a casual laborer but it is only seasonal. … Read more

Viola is a paternal orphan whose father died of HIV/AIDs. Her mother neglected her children and left them with their grandmother who has grown very old and is disturbed with severe sicknesses which make her very weak and totally disabled. The mother has never come back or sent word of her whereabouts. The grandmother  approached … Read more

Sarah is now in vocational training after passing her exams. Her mother is deaf and mute and can use only signs to communicate. Sarah’s mother was raped by an unknown man and they are now staying at Kassanda Children’s Aid to stay safe. She has never met her father. She loves to sing in the … Read more

Agnes is a double orphan who lives with her grandmother at Jemba village. The grandmother has a small piece of land on which she grows food crops for home consumption, but she has no income-generating activity which makes it difficult for her to meet the basic needs of the family for things like clothes, medical … Read more

Angel lives with her mother in a rented one-room house at Jemba Village. She is a paternal orphan whose father died of HIV AIDS. Her mother is also HIV positive but fortunately Angel is HIV negative. The family has no piece of land on which they can grow crops, and the mother has no permanent … Read more

Angel is a paternal orphan who stays with her grandmother and five other children. Her father died of HIV/AIDS and the mother is also HIV positive. Her mother left her with the grandmother and went somewhere to look for a better life and has never come back or sent any assistance to her child. The … Read more

Resty is a paternal orphan who stays with her grandmother at Jemba village. The family has a small piece of land on which they grow food crops for home consumption, but the grandmother has no income-generating projects which makes it difficult to meet daily basic needs including an education for Resty.  She needs someone who … Read more

Pretty lives at the KCA orphanage centre. She doesn’t know her father because her mother was raped coming back home from the market. Her young mother was then forced to quit school herself and because she was unable to support her, left Pretty with her very elderly parents who also did not have the resources … Read more

Evelyn is a double orphan – both her mother and father died of HIV AIDS. She lives with her grandmother and 5 other children, all of them orphans. The grandmother has a small piece of land on which she grows food crop and coffee for cash. Because the grandmother is a peasant farmer, she gets … Read more

Linet is a paternal orphan who stays with her mother and three other sisters in a small rented house in Mijjubwe village. The family has no piece of land on which they can grow food crops, so the mother has to struggle each and every day so that she gets food and other basic needs … Read more

Prossy lost her father to HIV/AIDs and her mother is also HIV positive. Thankfully, Prossy is HIV negative. She, her mom, two sisters and one brother live in a very poor situation, stricken by poverty and suffering from frequent bouts of illnesses and constant hunger. Because she is so often sick and weak and therefore … Read more

Jemimah is a paternal orphan who stays with her mother and two sisters in a single rented room at Mwasabikopo, a suburb of Kassanda. Her father died of HIV/AIDs and her mother is also HIV positive which makes her too weak to work for her family. She struggles to ensure that her children get something … Read more

Fausta is a maternal orphan, who lives with her grandmother. Her mother died of HIV/AIDS and her father is also HIV positive. Fortunately, Fausta is HIV negative. Her father is very weak, does not work and struggles with alcoholism so, all the responsibilities of caring for Fausta falls on her grandmother who is a peasant. … Read more

Joan is a paternal orphan whose father died of HIV/AIDS. She stays with her mother, two other sisters and one brother at her grandfather’s home because her father did not leave them with a house and she failed to pay rent. The mother has no job except as a casual labour on other people’s gardens … Read more

Anna Maria is a paternal orphan who lives with her mother with two brothers and two sisters at Jemba village. Her father was killed by boda boda (motorcycle) thieves who killed him with a hammer and took his boda boda. They live in a rented room with no land on which they can grow food … Read more

Emaculate is a double orphan who stays with her grandmother who is very old. The family has a small piece of land on which they can grow some food, but it’s not enough for them because the land is too exhausted to produce much food. The grandmother wants to see her grandchildren go to school … Read more

Blessing is a double orphan who lives with her grandmother. The grandmother has no job and no other income-generating activity so this causes the family to live in abject poverty. They lack all necessary needs including education.  K.C.A has been helping this household, but there is a need to continue helping because without help the … Read more

Gift was abandoned by her mother when she was only one-year-old. She lives at the church premises with the pastor and knows him as her daddy because he is the one who looked after her and now she has reached schooling stage. Gift likes playing with dolls and her favourite food is rice and chicken. … Read more

Gasper is a paternal orphan who stays with his mother, four sisters and two brothers. His father died in a motor accident and left his family in a very small, temporary shelter which is very risky for them. They have a very small piece of land on which they grow very little food. His mother … Read more

Elifazi is a paternal  orphan who lives with his mother, 2 sisters, and his older brother at Jemba Village. His mother has no job but they have a small piece of land on which they grow food for home consumption. His mother finds it difficult to meet the basic needs of the family because she … Read more

Jonathan lives with his mother, grandparents and 10 other children in the same household together. His mother works as peasant farmer on her small piece of land. Jonathan’s father died of HIV/ AIDS and his mother is also HIV positive. His mother has no job but she helps the grandmother in the garden where they … Read more

Edrine is a maternal orphan whose mother died of HIV and he now lives with his grandmother who is totally weak and aged. Edrine’s father is also HIV positive and he is not working. The only money he gets is used for his own survival on things like transport to go to health facility to … Read more

Ronald is a paternal orphan who stays with his grandmother. His father died of HIV/AIDS and his mother neglects him. The grandmother has grown very old and she has no income-generating activity which makes it difficult for the family. The food grown on her small plot of land is only enough for home consumption and … Read more

Clivert is a paternal orphan who stays with his mother and 4 other children. His father died of HIV AIDs and his mother is also HIV positive. Fortunately, Clivert is HIV negative. His mother has no job and they live in a life full of struggle. The family has a small piece of land on … Read more

Christopher stays with his grandmother, because his mother and father have both abandoned him. The family has a small piece of land on which they grow food crops but the grandmother has grown old and sometimes she is affected with age-related diseases. So, sometimes the family finds it difficult to meet their basic needs like … Read more

Eric is a 10-year-old boy whose mother left him at an early age. He lives with his father, three biological siblings and six adopted siblings. He is very helpful around the house and takes great care of his little sisters. He cares for pigs and helps with the planting and fish pond. His father is … Read more

Yowane is a paternal orphan whose father died of HIV/AIDs. He lives with his mother who is also HIV/AIDs positive and on ART, but fortunately Yowane is HIV negative. He lives with his two sisters and a brother in a rented room at Jemba village. His mother who is the family caregiver has no job, … Read more

Julius is a maternal orphan, whose mother died of HIV/AIDS. He lives with his father who is also HIV positive, but his father has been weakened by the disease, grief of mourning his wife and he spends much of his time drinking alcohol. KCA has spent time with him to counsel him, but their efforts … Read more

Ronald is a paternal orphan whose father died of HIV/AIDs. His mother abandoned him and left him with his grandmother who cannot care for him. The grandmother approached Kassanda Children’s Aid for help and decided to bring her granddaughter (Najjuuko Viola) and her grandson to Semujju Nelson (a teacher at Kassanda Seed School) who followed … Read more

Joyce is a paternal orphan who lives with her mother who is HIV positive. They live in a rented house, but because she is bedridden, her mother is unable to provide even the most basic needs for Joyce. At times they cannot even get food to eat due to the high rent costs.  Joyce dreams … Read more

Joshua is from Kyedikyo village in Kassanda sub-county. He lives with his mother in very poor economic conditions. His mother migrated to Uganda from Rwanda and his father disappeared into the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (D.R.) to join the militia to fight against the Rwandan regime at the time. They never heard … Read more

Shaban is a paternal orphan and stays with her mother at Jemba village in a rented room. Her father died in an accident and her mother has no land to cultivate. Therefore food for domestic consumption is bought from the market and purchased from neighbours. Her mother has no permanent job, but she only looks … Read more

Wickliffe is a paternal orphan whose father died in an accident. Wickliffe was left in the care of his disabled grandmother who has no formal job. Wickliffe lives a very hard life as you can imagine and cannot afford even some of the basic things in life. He wants to go to school, but this … Read more