Crisis Centre for abandoned/orphaned babies Uganda

Alex was 14 months old when he was admitted to Nafasi Welfare Home in July 2015. He was abandoned by his mother whose whereabouts are still unknown. He was referred by local community leaders who had found him. He was very neglected and critically sick. Alex received emergency medical care and gradually recovered and started to grow.  Regaining his strength he quickly learned to walk and started to play and thrive.

The community volunteers were eventually able to find Alex’s father after making protracted and painstaking investigations. His father is a petty trader working almost 18 hours a day and does not have enough time to take care of his child.

Alex will stay with his paternal grandfather nearby his father.The Nafasi Community Support Programme will liaise with the probation officers and local community support staff to monitor his progress and provide any appropriate support.

The family will be supplied with a mattress, sheets, blankets, clothing and a small food package.

Alex was resettled with his father on 11^th January 2017.

PATIENCE             

Patience was only 6 days old when she was admitted to Nafasi Welfare Home on 4/11/2014. 

Patience’s mother was just 14 years old when she accidently  got pregnant . Her mother on hearing that her daughter was pregnant disowned her and stopped her school fees and she consequently had to leave school. 

She has one sister who was 24 years old and working at a hair salon. She secretly took Marion in but it was an unsafe environment for baby Patience so Nafasi took her in.

In the proceeding years Patience has grown into a lovely little girl with a strong will and determination.

 Efforts to re-unite her with her Grandmother failed as she often left the country without warning, to find work in as a housekeeper.

Nafasi encouraged Marion to visit Patience weekly. She walked for one and a half hours in the scorching sun to visit her daughter. They have built up a strong bond. Marion took part in Nafasi’s Community Support Programme (NCSP) and was a faithful attender and diligent student. She has been supported, counselled and trained to be a hairdresser. We have carefully taken our time but now believe take both mother and daughter are ready and strong enough to be re-united. With the help of a strong support system we are confident that this reunification will be successful. The NCSP team continues to follow up and support these young girls as they start out together on the next step in their lives.

At the end of October last year the big day finally arrived for Patience and her mother Marion could take her home!

Nafasi means chance.

Thanks to your help and support Nafasi Welfare Home can provide loving care and protection to vulnerable children like Alex and Patience and support their young parents or guardians. Giving them a new chance in life.

Regrettably not every child’s new chance turns out so well. In our last report, Abandoned at just 4 days old - Mercy's New Chance, we shared the story of one of the babies in our care. Tragically little Mercy caught an infection and was too weak to survive. She  died in hospital, just before Christmas,  in the arms of one of the Nafasi staff.  Nafasi cares for  “vulnerable” young children.  Mercy’s short life has really brought home to us just how vulnerable these children really are. 

Thanks to your contributions and the efforts of the Nafasi staff we are very proud to say that we have once again attained superstar rating and been awarded this Top-Ranked rosette! This means that Nafasi will get more publicity on the GlobalGiving website.

GlobalGiving believes that every girl deserves a chance to realize her full potential. For this reason GlobalGiving have set up The Girl Fund to provide ongoing support to projects, like Nafasi, who are dedicated to helping women and girls around the world thrive.

This Girl Fund is hosting a special  Campaign running from March 1 - March 15 to coincide with International Women’s Dayon Wednesday, March 8th 2017. On this day, 8/3,  there is  bonus day during which donations will be matched at 30% until funds run out.

Please look on www.facebook.com/nafasiwelfarehome  for more information.

Your support will mean that  Nafasi  can continue to provide ongoing support for girls like Marion and Patience. 

Thank you for taking time read this report and thanks you again for your support. 

 Thank you very much on behalf of these In the words of Nelson Mandela: “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”