Sponsorship that Provides Another Hope to Children

Introduction

At Another Hope Children's Home, our commitment to providing a secure and nurturing environment for the children in our care extends beyond the basics. Our efforts encompass projects that not only meet immediate needs but also lay the foundation for a sustainable future. One such project is our poultry farming initiative, made possible by the generous support of our donors. In this report, we are delighted to share the impact of our poultry farming endeavor, which focuses on rearing turkeys and chickens, and how it has transformed the lives of our children and our organization.

Project Overview

Our poultry farming project was initiated to serve multiple purposes:

Sustainability: By rearing poultry, we aimed to reduce dependency on external funding sources and generate additional income to support the home's operational costs.

Skill Development: We sought to provide our children with practical experience in animal husbandry, equipping them with valuable skills for the future.

Food Security: Poultry farming contributes to our food security, ensuring that our children have access to fresh, nutritious poultry products.

Impact on Sustainability

Since the inception of our poultry farming project, we have witnessed a significant positive impact on the sustainability of Another Hope Children's Home. The revenue generated from poultry sales has played a vital role in funding various activities and operational expenses. This financial autonomy has allowed us to diversify our programs and better meet the evolving needs of our children.

Empowering Our Children

The involvement of our children in poultry farming has been transformative. Under the guidance of local farming experts, they have not only learned about poultry management but have also developed a strong work ethic, responsibility, and teamwork. These experiences are helping to shape their futures, instilling skills and values that will serve them well in adulthood.

Ensuring Food Security

Our poultry farming venture has not only been financially rewarding but has also contributed to our food security. We are proud to provide our children with fresh poultry products, reducing the costs associated with purchasing these items externally. This has translated into better nutrition and health for our children.

Conclusion

In conclusion, our poultry farming project, made possible by the unwavering support of our donors, has had a profound and positive impact on Another Hope Children's Home. It has brought us closer to self-sustainability, empowered our children with essential life skills, and ensured food security for our growing family.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our generous donors who have made this project a reality. Your support has made a lasting difference in the lives of our children and the future of Another Hope Children's Home. Together, we are creating a brighter tomorrow.

With gratitude,

Nambowa Ruth Bulyaba

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FEEDING AT ANOTHER HOPE CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES.

The need for food is a demand that we have to cater for everyday as hunger is around us each and every day. The need for food is crucial to look at when you are caring for the children. Research has it that hunger affects the children more than adults as it attacks their holistic development. Malnutrition affects the health of children as they will be exposed to a lot of diseases mostly as a result of low immunity.

Eating healthy meals is a claim to everybody and in relation to other needs, a person can only enjoy them if the need of feeding is met. As much as a strong foundation is needed while the person is building a house, it is the same way the children need food for development.

For someone to be healthy and strong when they grow up, the foundation starts from childhood so it is very important for the children to have enough food as research has it that many counties especially in the developing countries the issue of malnutrition leads to long life harmful effects in the course of people’s life for example stunted growth.

Poor education performance at school can be a result of food insecurity at home. At Another Hope Children’s Ministries we make sure that feeding needs of the children at the organization premises are met. The children who stay at the organization premises, we make sure that they have three proper meals each every day that is breakfast, lunch and supper.

The work of making sure that children have meals helps in the efficient delivery of other aspects of development. We always feel good when the feeding needs of the children are met as a parent will feel when they see the feeding needs of their children are met.

Beneficiary A says “when I get food I am able to get strength and energy, to concentrate on the chores that I have to do when I am at the residence, it gives me happiness and I can’t think of my life without food. I am just happy that I can have food when I am at Another Hope Children’s Ministries.”

Besides food we also make sure that the children have safe drinking water to avoid cases of water born diseases. All these (food and water) help in the development of strong and healthy children which help us to prevent the predators which arise out of unhealthy.

We are so grateful for the support that you give to make sure that the feeding needs of the children are met. Donors like you help the children and other people to develop in a positive way.

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Christmas is a global occasion when the world comes together to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It is also a time of giving and sharing with our loved ones. Christmas is for joy, for giving and sharing, for laughter, for coming together with family and friends. We were so fortunate  for our children to experience the joy at their Christmas celebration last year.

We had arranged to just give gifts to children whose sponsors had sent gifts or funds to purchase gifts for them. However, we realized that our children were rather low in spirits. Christmas was their one precious time to celebrate with eats and drinks, and they were missing it. Then we decided to do something to cheer them up.

It was surely a Christmas to remember at Another Hope Children’s ministries. On the 21^st of December we held a Christmas party for all our children on sponsorship. There were several activities such as decorating, gift hunting, giving out gifts, playing and dancing as well as singing Christmas songs. Children were told about the birth of the Lord Jesus. The boundless joy of celebrating the festival was very visible on the faces of children, especially when Santa moved around distributing sweets and snacks to them.

The delightful celebration included children coming in well dressed, serving their favorite food and sharing the merriment together.

Beneficiary A’s story

Beneficiary A is a child studying in Primary or grade two. We have never seen him as happy as he was on this day. He was so happy that he could hardly control his joy,. He requested to sing for his friends at the event. Despite living a long way away with his grandmother, they still managed to come to celebrate together with his friends. He said he was grateful for the gifts given to him and the meal on that day.

All the children were so happy with their performances, especially the  dancing and singing. They danced and sang melodiously, and it sounded as if angels truly descended on earth. The message of love was further described in the stories and spirit of Christmas with the emphasis of Christ in all the celebrations. As usual in every celebration, there was cake cutting which was done with all the children and the directors.

All in all, it was a fascinating, incredible and awesome Christmas party.

                                                 “With a loving Heart”

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REPORT ON SELF SUSTAINABILITY OF ANOTHER HOPE CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES THROUGH ANIMAL FARMING

Self-sustainability is maintaining or the ability to maintain oneself or by independent effort. It is a state in which an organization needs little or no help from, or interaction with, others. For so many years now, we have been carrying out this project of animal farming dealing in animals like cows, goats, pigs and others. Farm animals have contributed not only a source of high-quality food that improves the nutritional status of  organization’s inhabitants but also additional resources such as manure for fertilizer and have supported the us in many ways .

We first dealt with cows but in 2020 we decided to venture into goat rearing and in 2021 piggery. It has not only saved us money, but has also protected the Organization from the vicissitudes of life and it helps to protect the environment.

We began with two cows, where one was lost, had one sold and we currently we have two cows of which one is expecting to give birth to a calf in March, 2023.

And from the 4 pigs we started with in 2021, they have now accumulated to 6 pigs, and 16 piglets of which 2 died and 3 of them were sold and we are planning to sell off some in the nearby future and this income will be very helpful to run other activities around the home.

We therefore state that this was also designed to allow us secure an income that would be helpful to run the Organization’s work.

Photo of some of the animals we do rear at Another Hope children’s ministries

Our crops in the gardens are looking good from the manure we get from these animals and our vegetables around the home. This project has also been an impact on our young adults because they have gained a lot of skills concerning animal rearing; we have been able to achieve this by engaging them more in the work related to rearing the animals. For example in feeding them, cleaning where they stay, getting trainers to train them more and we believe this has been helpful to them as a young generation.

Photo of some of our children engaging in taking care of pigs

We therefore take this opportunity to thank our donors for the continued support towards our sustainable projects and we believe to do better than that, may God Bless you. Thank you very much.

                               ‘With a loving Heart’

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1 in 7 children in Uganda are living with a disability. Many of them have never received the therapy service that they desperately need to live full, meaningful and happy lives. With your sponsorship, Another Hope Children’s Ministries (AHCM) is able to support three children with disabilities.  They are able to get food, caretaker to take care of them, a place to call home. Two are able to go for therapy sessions every Wednesday. This has seen a great improvement in their lives where by One can now seat on his own,the second is now able to raise her head and the third can now play with other children. This seen the hope of these children restored, the lovely caretaker who showers love, care and smiles to those children. Thank you for your support because these 3 children can now live full, meaningful and happy lives at Another Hope Children’s Ministries’’ children’s home.

Timothy on the left and Margret on the right during a physio therapy session.

With a loving heart

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