By Onyango Joseph | Executive Director
A short story of our meeting with The River Fund in 2002 to date
The River Fund is a unique organisation that is passionate about helping the needy people and basically passionate about Africa, Uganda in particular.
A lot we have achieved from The River Fund that is beyond expression but just a brief story.
My story begins in late 1997 when I was depressed seeing the suffering of my people, young and old engulfed in poverty, tortured by diseases and being filled with the passion and search for a friend who would help me stand and reach the needy population I found The River Fund, this was in the year 2002 after I established a CBO with name Rayland Rural Development Organisation (RARUDO) in 2000 which is now a registered NGO.
At that time whenever I go home I meet young children most of them orphans, school dropouts asking me to come back with to Kampala look for jobs, study in good school and have better living, some time I could meet old women, AIDS widows and generally poor young women asking for help but I could not do much since I was also handicapped.
In 2002, 25th of August I first met the Director of The River fund and through her organisation many young children’s lives have greatly changed through educational support, health and social Economic support.
Many young women have acquired skills in agriculture, tailoring, cottage industry that has greatly transformed their lives.
The River Fund contributed towards our establishing office structure and a training center this was between 2006 and 2007, provided access to clean safe water to poor families.
The River Fund also introduced to us The Long Term HIV/AIDS Survivor Skills which we participate in three year training, training over 35 AIDS counselors on this note we have seen many lives of Person Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWA) changing drastically. I remember in 2008 during a training there came a lady with her baby in our meeting in dying state, the River Fund ushered her to love and kindness, this woman and the baby’s lives were restored and are alive to date “this is so amazing” .
The River Fund has continually supported our Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children, AIDS widows, young women, and persons with disability (PWDs).
I personally fell so ill early 2014, suffering from Diabetes, also developed kidney problem but with the river fund kindest support early this year I had early intervention and now this condition is in control.
There are a lot of many more stories but I conclude by saying Long live The River Fund Long live Global Giving!
May God bless you,
Onyango Joseph
Executive Director RARUDO
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