The
Choir
I Am Children's Family, founded by The Rev. Ponsiano
& Susan Rwakatale in 1998, is an independent locally run
and managed charity based in Kampala, Uganda working with
orphaned children in need. We are currently caring for over
200 children. Many of these children have had very traumatic
lives. As a result of the ongoing HIV epidermic, many children
are now orphaned by the AIDS virus. Having seen their parents
die, one after another, from AIDS related illness, they are
either left to fend for themselves or they been taken from
their homes by often unscrupulous relatives, with siblings
often separated.
In the most extreme situations, children are
being locked in houses by step-parents or distant relatives,
and being forced to go without food. Young girls are raped and
children have been left for the dead on the road and garbage
dumps. Sadly there are still reports of children being
kidnapped and sacrificed in witchcraft rituals. The stories
are harrowing but the situation is not hopeless. The outcry
has made us resolve to raise and assist these needy children
with the help of our friends in Uganda and overseas.
When God begins a ministry He brings it to
full perfection and will always accomplish the good work He
started, We are now calling for your cooperation, so that
together we can give the children a bright future. Thanks to
the help of our friends in Ireland, England and the USA who
have been regularly sponsoring the children, as well as
providing capital for land and housing, we have been able to
expand our work quickly. As part of our vision we are
continuing to seek new friends who can help us move forward to
help the children of Uganda.
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