Safe Habitat for Grand mum and her grand children

Grandmothers are primarily responsible for taking care of their grandchildren in most Ugandan settings, this has happened as a result of loss of paternal or maternal parents or the fact that the actual parents cannot afford to care for them either as a result of negligence or even teen parenting which is the most common in this case. For Ugandan grandparents, the best gift you can give to them and the grandchildren is a roof over their heads. The Ugandan government has a program under social security that provides for the elderly (the social assistance grant for empowerment) but this help comes in when the beneficiary is 65 years and above leaving the rest without the help. It also happens that the help is in some regions others haven’t been given the grants. Another Hope Children’s Ministries embarked on the journey to give a gift of a safe habitat through refurbishing the house of a grand mum who lives with seven grandchildren. This project commenced in January 2019 and the inside part of the house was refurbished only missing the inside door and the front part was partly worked on. From the time the house was refurbished in the inside part, the family now have better sleep since they got more sleeping space, the holes in the walls were all filled, all windows and glasses were fixed and the doors. They no longer have a problem of mosquitoes since the holes in the walls were filled and the house had very many bed bugs making it hard for them to have a good sleep.

We are happy that what has been done has positively impacted the house and we are planning to have the last phase of the refurbishing processes done by the end of August. The house will be plastered, fix the inside doors separating rooms and painting it. This is going to cost USD 544 and we are glad to say that we have got these funds already from a couple in the USA

Links:

• Another Hope Children's ministries website