Rebuilding Nations Through Orphans – #iminuganda

15Jun, 2010

Today was an exciting day, Marc finally arrived in Kampala just in time for our road trip departure tomorrow. His 24 hour journey turned into a 60 hour nightmare, with 2 missed connections in Chicago and London then bags lost en route. He’s now stocked up with some fresh clothes and toiletries ready for the adventure.

Today we met most of the staff from Empower A Child, An amazing organization doing some great work in Kampla and Rakai. In our conversations we discovered that half of the management team grew up in child sponsorship programs. The founder and Executive Director of the organization Wilson Kabeera has a tremendous story that will move you to tears (we will post his video interview soon). His story along with the others reminded me of this simple truth. There are families in the US (that’s where the sponsors came from) who have had such a profound impact on one Ugandan life, who have now grown up and are leading an organization that is impacting 1000′s of children’s lives across the country. I don’t think the sponsor families ever could have guessed the impact they we’re having as they faithfully gave to the education and well being of these little children in Uganda. If it wasn’t for them, these leaders would never be changing the world and helping to build a nation through education and training young leaders. Every one of them still has all of the letters from their sponsors!

So, first let me say. If you already sponsor a child – write them letters of encouragement. It may seem small, but your encouragement will last a lifetime and have more impact than you could ever imagine. And secondly, if you don’t sponsor, do so. Check out our partners LifeSong for Orphans – www.lifesongfororphans.org or visit their project page here on Affero www.afferoproject.com/organizations/lifesong-for-orphans/

June 16th, 2010

Deanna

I’ve been sponsoring children through Compassion International for the past 20 years. And I can say it’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. I got into it to impact a child’s life – but instead I’ve been the one blessed by the children I’ve sponsored. It’s really an amazing thing.

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December 28th, 2011

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February 7th, 2012

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March 16th, 2012

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