Project Report
| Jul 27, 2023
Ewafe Project: Summer Update 2023
By Andy Brown | Individual Giving and Supporter Care Manager
Ewafe Project - Record Reintegrations,
A New Calf & *Sophia's Story
The team have worked incredibly hard over the last quarter and have reintegrated a record number of children in any given three month period at Ewafe. The cow had a new calf, and the children have had the opportunity to learn how to milk the cow, and of course, drink the fresh milk every day!
- Admitted 11 more children to the Ewafe home
- 90 children have received care, support and rehabilitation
- Reintegrated 12 children with family members - a wonderful achievement!
- Placed a further 2 children into foster families
*Sophia, aged 13 years had spent 2 years and 3 months living at the Ewafe home. She had been living with an aunt in Kampala but had gone missing during covid lockdown and was referred to the local police station. Eventually, our social workers managed to find her grandparents in Mbale district (far Eastern Uganda). Her grandparents thought she must have died 'We put announcements on NTV television, Bukedde Newspapers and Bukedde television in search of our child but after a long time, we gave up because we thought our child must have been sacrificed but God is so kind to us that He protected our child.' Community members of the village Mbale district witnessed how happy Sophia’s relatives were and they thanked Ewafe for the great work of rescuing vulnerable children." * Name Changed
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Apr 26, 2023
Ewafe Project: Spring Update 2023
By Andy Brown | Individual Giving and Supporter Care Manager
More Children Return to Loving Families & *Ronnie's Story
This is the first time since pre COVID-19 in which the total number of children staying at the Ewafe home has decreased! This is due to more children being reunited with their relatives or placed with foster families, thanks to our new Ewafe vehicle making tracing for families much easier.
- Admitted 2 more children to the Ewafe home
- 84 children have received care, support and rehabilitation
- Reintegrated 5 children with family members
- Placed 4 children into foster families, a huge achievement for the project!
*Ronnie was referred to the Ewafe Home in May 2020. He had been found on his own in a small room with no food by *Aidah, the women's counsellor of the local village. It transpired that following the passing of Ronnie's parents he was sadly abandoned by his other relatives. During his stay at Ewafe, Ronnie was cared for, provided counselling and sponsored to go to school, all whilst our social workers attempted to trace for other safe family members.
However, after much searching it became apparent that reintegration with family was not going to be possible for Ronnie and so we then began the process of foster care. Amazingly, after hearing that Ronnie required a foster home Aidah got back in touch and explained that she was a trained foster carer and would love to take on Ronnie. Following conversations between Ronnie, Aidah, our social workers and the probation officer, Ronnie was successfully placed with Aidah and is now living happily with the family." * Names Changed
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Feb 15, 2023
Ewafe Project: 2022 Highlights
By Andy Brown | Individual Giving & Supporter Care Manager
Ewafe Project - 31 children reunited with family
Demand for the Ewafe Project has continued to be high with record numbers of children being referred and cared for during 2022. We have been using the dining area as an additional sleeping space and were caring for 94 children at the end of the year. This has increased from 65 at the beginning of the year. Despite these huge numbers, the team at Ewafe have continued to offer a quality service, providing a safe, nurturing and encouraging environment for the children there to rest, recuperate and begin the journey of rehabilitation. These services include counselling, medical support, the teaching of life-skills and crafts and the opportunity to play and be children.
Our overall aim is to reintegrate children with family. In 2022, we were able to reintegrate 31 children with loving family members and continue to provide follow-up services for them. We have identified 19 children in need of foster families, and we have successfully identified and trained 8 foster families. 4 of these families have been assessed by the local authorities and we will hopefully be able to officially place some of these Ewafe children into these safe foster families very soon.
The words of a mother reunited with her child thanks to the Ewafe project: “I had lost hope because I thought that I will never see my daughter again. I travelled to so many different areas across Uganda searching for my child. But am grateful to the Lord that my daughter has finally come back home. Thank you Kids Club Kampala, may God bless you abundantly.”
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