Stories and profiles for poor children that Community Child and Youth Care Network looks after...
Tomusange Steven is an orphan born 2004/10/26 by Tomusange John and Nagitta Ruth. His father died due to HIV/AIDS. Tomusange Steven now stays with his mother. Her mother is a poor woman with 6 children who cannot afford their upkeep thus requesting for support from Comunity Child and Youth Care. He is in now in primary 2. He wants to become a doctor.
Nakibuye Firista is 30 years old. She is a mother of four children of whom
Nasaazi Crusum is the third born. They live at Miwuula village, Bwessa Parish, Lwabenge Sub-county in Kalungu District. Crusum was born on 2006/06/28. Her father Bumbakali Wokulira died in 2006 when she was 11 month and her mother took up the responsibility of looking after her. She is studying in middle class at God’s Care Nursery School. Firista faces difficulties in paying her school dues because she is jobless.
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Ronald is ten years old, a son to Mubiru James and Namusisi Olivia who
were living in Miwuula Village in Kalungu District. However James is not
known where he is staying for a period of 10 years and Olivia died when
Ronald was seven month old. Kizito Denis the grand parent of 65 years
took up the responsibility of looking after Ronald. He is a farmer who
pays school fees after selling products yet he has nine grand children
to look after. Ronald is studying in P.3 at Christ the King Primary
school Ssala and wants to be a doctor
Nakayemba Justine is 9 years born on 2002/12/13. She is a daughter to Ddungu and Nakanwagi Berna of Miwuula village in kalungu District. Dungu died in 2000 and Kiyimba Emmanuel the grand father took up the responsibility of looking after Justine. Emmanuel is 66 years old and he is a farmer who only depends on the little he grows. He faces a challenge in providing school dues to Justine because he has other 6 grand children to look after whose parents died of AIDS. Justine is studying in primary two at Christ the King Primary School Ssala. She wants to be a nurse.
Kitya Muweesi Ronald was born on 1999/05/30. He is a son to Katongole John and Nabaluga Josephine of Miwuula Village in Lwabengew Sub-County in Kalungu District. Both parents alive but the father abandoned them leaving Josephine with all the responsibility of looking after him. She is a poor woman sells pancakes in order to met basic needs of Ronald. Ronald is studying in Primary four at Good Hope Ssala and wants to be a teacher
Seruyange Alex is an orphan born in 2002 staying with his grand father Ssalongo Kasumba Emmanuel of 53 years old.he goes to school at Sala Primary School studying in primary 2. He wishes to become a farmer. His grand father has many grand children of his 4 late children . He needs support
Nakanwagi Immaculate is the fourth born in the family of 8 to Bunje Robert and Nabakooza Annet. She is 7 years old. The parents are alive but irresponsible people who both like drinking alcohol like nothing else. They don’t bother taking children to school. All the 8 children they have, don’t go to school, when we reached their home we selected Immaculate to give support to. She likes singing and dancing and is now in primary 2.
Nasaazi Kate is 6 years old. She is the third born among the four children. She is studying at Christ the King Ssala in primary 2. Kate is a daughter to Katongole Jerevazio and Namable Jane of Miwuula. Jerevazio abandoned his home in 2000 and married another wife. It is only Jane taking care of Kate and other children. She gave birth to Kate while at home because she didn’t have money to go for antenatal. Jane is a farmer who pays Kate’s school fees after selling farming products. Kate wants to be a doctor.
Abbe Sebaru aged 13years is the 9th born in the family of 12 children. He is studying at Good Hope Primary school. His father says the family is too big for him that he cannot support them. Abbe would be in p.6 by now but he had stopped school due to lack of school fees. He is now in p.4 he wants to be a doctor when he grows up.
Kizza Ronald was born on 2004/08/13. A son to Nabbosa Harriet and Richard Kizza Nsubuga of Miwuula Village, Lwabenbge sub-county Kalungu District they are married and have twelve children including twins. Both parents are poor and depend only on back cloth making. Kizza is in pre-primary at God’s Care Nursery and Primary School Ssala.
Nakiranda Resty is 6 years old. She was born on 2006/10/03 at Kasambya in Lwabenge subcounty in Kalungu district. She is a daughter to Senabulya Ali and Nabukenya Angelina. Both parents died living with her grandmother of 56 years a poor woman who earns an income from making local brew called malwa. They live at Nabwato village in Lwabenge sub-county. Resty is studying in primary one at Christ the King Ssala. She wants to be a Teacher.
