Eastlander Childcare Organization Uganda (ECCOU) was founded in 2018 by Mr. Waira Samuel Joel in Kibuku District, Eastern Uganda, after witnessing a growing crisis - children abandoned by families torn apart by poverty, sleeping on streets, going hungry, and growing up with no access to education or healthcare. What began as a small act of local compassion - providing hot meals to street children - has grown into a full support program. Today, ECCOU provides free education, daily feeding, basic
Many children in the community are orphaned, abandoned, or living on the streets without proper care, school support, meals, or protection. ECCOU works to solve this problem by providing safe care, free education, daily feeding, healthcare support, and vocational skills training that help children regain stability, dignity, and hope for a better future.
This project will solve the problem by giving orphaned and vulnerable children access to free education, daily meals, healthcare support, and safe care. It will reduce hunger, school dropout, street homelessness, and neglect among children in Kibuku District. The project will also provide vocational skills training to help children and youths become self-reliant and build a better future.
Potential Long-Term Impact: This project will help orphaned and street-connected children move from homelessness and neglect into safe, educated, and productive lives. Through free education, meals, healthcare, rehabilitation, and EdTech learning, children will gain the support and skills needed to successfully reintegrate into families and society. In the long term, the project will reduce poverty, illiteracy, and child homelessness while raising responsible, self-reliant young people who can
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