Healing from the Ground Up: Combating Jiggers and Poverty with Sole Hope
In sub-Saharan Africa, around 20 million children walk barefoot, braving temperatures up to 100 degrees. Without shoes, everyday journeys to school, home, or work become painful and dangerous. This is the harsh reality faced by many children and adults across the region.
Breaking Chains: Kulyate's Journey from Despair to Hope
Emerging from the center, Kulyate was a transformed boy - healthy, confident, and bursting with newfound wisdom. The extension worker went the extra mile to ensure that Kulyate's home was safe. And in collaboration with community leaders, they even addressed the issue of…
A Journey of Resilience: One Family's Fight Against Jiggers
In the remote Ugandan village of Nabuselele, where simple mud and wattle shelters stand against time, lives a 4-year-old boy named Gafra.
"I dream of becoming a teacher."
This month's impact story is about Koa, an 8-year-old boy living in Nabuselele Center village, Sironko district. He's the second of three children and lives in a run-down semi-permanent structure with his parents. Life has been challenging for Koa…
“Nothing is too difficult for God!”
Imagine meeting Cleko (not his real name), a 69-year-old resident of Bududa, Uganda. His life was filled with hardships, living in a humble home made of mud and branches and struggling with a severe jigger infestation…