Restore Hope to Child-Headed Families in Uganda

1 Thank You! ‘With Your Support, we have offered shelter support to deprived, homeless, and hurting people. We don’t always do this! But we reached out in the most compassionate way this time because of your support. The grass-thatched main house of the family supported under the PCAU Road to Hope Program was erased by fire in October 2021. A frail father with his 5 children (4 girls and 1 boy) lost all household items in the fire. It was devastating to them. The remains of the burnt house (photo on the right). This house was situated on rented land. The family lives in the Western District of Kyankwazi in Uganda. Like all other families supported by the program, this is an indigent family. The mother of the home succumbed to cancer after a long period of sickness. At the time of her death, the family had sold off all the land they owned to meet the medical costs. It is a huge challenge to the deprived/indigent families in Uganda and Sub-Saharan Africa. The only property most of 2 these families have is the inherited piece of land. When long-term sickness strikes, they are weighed down by medical bills. In Uganda, there is still no national medical insurance. The medical costs of treatment for specialized treatment are extremely exhausting for average Uganda. It is worse for the poor. When the house was gutted by fire, we supported the family with beddings and scholastic material to see the children go back to school. We also supported the family to get another house. This process was resourced generous donations and community members that we helped mobilize. The family has another house standing now. The process of support has been successfully accomplished. The phots of the new house during construction and upon completion. We are grateful to all our partners, the sponsors, and the community in Kyankwazi for the support. Together, we bought land for the family and offered them this house. The family is even more thankful. The need for improving the household facility will have to be complete with the construction of the pit latrine and the cooking area/kitchen apart from the main house. The process of addressing this need is ongoing and we bank on your support too. The sustainability of this family, for their food, basic needs and other social economic wellbeing, they require a source of income. They stay in an area with fertile soils. They can have some domestic animals too. To plant enough food, and kick start their goat rearing project they are banking on us for seed capital. This family will never be the same again. They have improved. 

• Report_June_2022.pdf (PDF)