By Ssenyonga Vincent | Founder and Financial Controller
It's time to share some good news and updates from Kassanda Children's Aid (KCA)!
We hope the title makes you want to read our brief update to the end. We continue to march on step by step, sometimes we take big strides forward and other times it's baby steps. Either way it is progress, and we could not be more thankful for all the ways you trust and support us.
First, our good news:
KCA loves to work at helping with income generating projects for mothers who stay on our farm and widows raising children in our community. We are happy to share that after a mother finished her training in tailoring, we received financial support to get her a new sewing machine. This will assist her to earn money for necessities and helps our community too.
We are also glad our orphanage school will be opening on the 5th of Feb to begin our first term of 2023. We are happy to report some much needed renovations have been done to our latrines and got our classroom floors cemented. We also were able to get some more desks made for the children.
Second, sharing a community update prayer need:
Last month, Brenda's mom (grandmother to the triplets) had to step in to look after the kids. Due to the trauma Brenda had from her former husband, she attacked one of our support staff. We wanted to handle the matter quietly, but the community put pressure on us for their safety, so we had to report this matter to the authorities. Please be in prayer for this family during this difficult season.
Lastly, sharing a new family background:
We had another referral by the district Probation and Welfare Officer to support another family with shelter after their home was destroyed by strong rains. Aminah, 32 years became a widow when her husband died from HIV, leaving her with four children. The family had a small piece of land but after his death, they were chased from their land by those called land grabbers. The family had been staying at Kabaale Village, a suburb of Kassanda, where they were given the house which collapsed. Aminah has no job, so she was not able to rent another house, so she went to District officials. We completed an assessment, and we moved her to Stephen Baker Farm.
Aminah has been struggling to educate her children, all of them were in school even though she has no standing income. She's been getting food and other essentials from casual labor in gardens, but such jobs are seasonal. She has gone through much suffering and has been surviving by God’s mercy. The family currently has no bedding or other essential items. Aminah is very thankful to elder Mukankuyo who has been accommodating her until now. If you would like to help this family, please reach out to our organization. May God bless you abundantly!
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