Patchwork Kids

Stories from Uganda

The children on the Patchwork Kids scheme are all doing amazingly well…
Here is the latest from Martin Nangoli:

Sarah will be finishing her Diploma in Social works,girls of her age in village have three children already and family yet they can not afford to help them.Sarah is going to help us in training the community before she takes a job.this is help others see that if there was opportunity life can be changed.
Samson will also be finishing his Diploma this months as well.if he had not had opportunity,he would be married with a few children and the circle remains.

Jesse is in his Aleves and we hope he will make it to Universty because for him he had chance of having a better school during his younger age and his school performance has been amazing and was adimited in better secondary schools.He wants to be a pilot or Doctor one of the two.

Esther is doing a Diploma in development studies and she will finish next year.These children were sponsored by Patchwork and we have seen life change.

As I always say there are three problems in developing countries:1. IGNORANCE,2POVERTY,3.DISEASE. BUT IGNORANCE is the biggest problem because people are poor because they are not skilled to do any thing so there is no way you can deal with poverty. People are sick because they are ignorant that they can not deal with even preventable disease and they only way to deal with is is to Educate the young generation to empower the next generation make informed decisions.

Alex
Was a street boy we picked up in the year 2000, it has not been easy get him transformed.His story is heart breaking just like many others who have not had opportunity.

Alex was told that when he was young his mother wanted to throw him into the river,we don’t know why yet but in this country many mothers/fathers have killed their children because they can not afford feeding or looking after them,stories have been published where possible but Alex servived when his auntie grabbed him and took care of him until the time she had a mental problem and Alex ended on the streets.we got him hopeless,scared of living with out future.

During my times when I used to share small food like bananas and popcorn in the fields next to the market where they have built Uganda comercial bank,i can remember all their stories and in my heart used to pray only if God ever gives me opportunity I will help such children.

And to day Alex’ story is different.
One morning Alex came my room where i was staying because had taken one of the boys and was staying with meRajab another street boy.those who know me I have taken children to live with me than I can afford and God has been faithfull by providing.That Monday morning of 2002 Alex said he wanted to go school,he had never been to school and was old enough to be in primary seven but here was a challenging to me to find him a school.
I asked him what school he wants to go to,he said Wambwa primary school and when

I asked him why he said he had been there in primary one many years.I asked him again but which class are you going to and he said primary four.I took him to school and when he was given interviews he took three hours and wrote nothing and was waiting under a tree for him.when the teacher finished marking him,he came and asked me what to do,and i simple said wanted him in school at whatever cost,i did not know where Alex was going to stay my self had almost no space but my heart had.The school to him as a special case and Alex was determined to study at all costs.

Every time I look at Alex I know from my heart that many years ago,I had the same zeal but there was no opportunity.It has taken Alex 9 years in school to pass Primary leaving exams to join secondary sechool since I took him to school that time.His age has nothing to do with his level and he is one of the most successful stories I can tell.
I do not know how to write apeals but please if there are well wishers,who would like to join us in sponsoring a child you will change many lives.