The Global Village Children's Project

The Global Village Children's Project

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Wanyange Uganda
Located in the Jinja District of Uganda, on the shores of Lake Victoria, Wanyange is home to over 300 as yet unserved AIDS and Covid 19 orphaned children, whose most basic needs - for safe housing, good nutrition, adequate medical care and a decent education – remain unmet. Because they are so very vulnerable, the pre-teen and teenage girls among these orphaned children face the continual risk of sexual exploitation, exposing them to the likelihood, as well, of physical abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted pregnancy.
Under the guiding hand of GVCP founder - and Wanyange native - Anne Muyanga, seven of our AIDS orphaned children.
At home in Wanyange, GVCP founder Anne Muyanga brings her guiding hand to seven of the fourteen children and young people who we currently care for at her home. Meanwhile seven other kids in our care live nearby in GVCP supported family settings.
GVCP Spirit of Community
Fostering a spirit of community service in our young people is a central pillar of our GVCP philosophy. Role modeling this for our kids, Anne has joined the Rotary Club of Jinja (Wanyange is a suburb of Jinja) where she serves as an active member. The Jinja Rotary has implemented development projects that include installing water systems and working with Village Health Teams to provide antimalarial treatment. Through the granting of microloans the club also supports economic empowerment of women. Part of our vision for the GVCP is to encourage supportive ties between Jinja’s Rotary and local Rotary Clubs in the USA.
GVCP Caring for Their Environment
Teaching our young people how to effectively care for their environment - and their community - are also core elements of our GVCP philosophy. With their barrel full of tree saplings, here is our gang engaging in one such community service project - a local effort in Wanyange to reforest the urban landscape.
Our Community Center’s front yard patio now provides the perfect gathering space for this sign language class.
Constructed with lots of love and labor – including hands on help from our GVCP kids – Anne’s front yard patio provides the perfect gathering space for this sign language class and other community gatherings.”
A group of our GVCP children enjoy hanging out on the porch.
A group of our GVCP children enjoy hanging out on the porch with Joshua (left, in checkered shirt) after celebrating his 13th birthday.
The GVCP provides tuition, uniforms and scholastic materials for all of the children in our program.
The GVCP provides tuition, uniforms and scholastic materials for all of the children in our program. Additionally, on-campus room and board is currently provided for our four university level students.
Using one of the computers purchased with donor funding, Josh prepares for tomorrow’s school classes
Using one of the computers purchased with donor funding, Josh prepares for tomorrow’s school classes
Boarding school students are returning after the long lasting COVID lock-down comes to an end.
Finally! Our boarding school students are returning to in-person education, as the long lasting COVID lock-down comes to an end.
After school, and on school breaks, our GVCP young people help with planting, maintaining, and harvesting.
After school, and on school breaks, our GVCP young people help with planting, maintaining, and harvesting the food crops that feed our children. And everyone on our team does what they can to help! When we have an abundance, our crops not only feed our kids but also provide some relief for food scarcity among the elderly and more impoverished residents of Wanyange.
Brian is working hard as he helps with mulching the ground in preparation for planting.
Though hidden from view here, Brian is working hard as he helps with mulching the ground in preparation for planting.
While working in our crop fields, Noel and Louisa fetch water from a well.
While working in our crop fields in Budondo, a bit of a drive from the GVCP center, Noel and Louisa fetch water from a well. The water will be used for bathing, cooking, and drinking while living in the mud hut shown in the next row of photos.
Abi helps with daily chores as she emerges from a farming area living quarters hut.
Abi helps with daily chores as she emerges from the hut house where our children live while they help with planting, weeding, and harvesting our crops.
Eli and Emma take a break to enjoy some of the fruits of their labors.
Doing their part to help at harvest time, Eli and Emma take a break to enjoy some of the fruits of their labors.
Global Village Childrens Project teen students take a well deserved break as they chew on some sugar cane.
While not far away, some of our hard working teens also take a well deserved break as they chew on some sugar cane that was growing nearby.
The fruits of shared labors - maize growing in the GVCP fields.
The fruits of shared labors - maize growing in the GVCP fields.
Time to gather crops that are ready to be harvested.
Time to gather crops that are ready to be harvested.
The harvest loaded onto the truck a GVCP donor so generously gifted us,
Now, with the harvest loaded onto the truck a GVCP donor so generously gifted us, our gang is heading for home. First stop is to put food in our cupboards. Then, when the harvest is sufficiently abundant, we will share with our neighbors in need. With a vision of expanded irrigation and larger acreage - as funding permits - we look forward to the time when our fields will support sales in the market place.
Tragically, Uganda is not immune to drought - and even to famine – as our devastated crop land pictured here so sadly depicts.
Tragically, Uganda is not immune to drought - and even to famine – as our devastated crop land pictured here so sadly depicts. Both our subsistence plantings and our hoped for cash crops have failed on occasion, when rains did not arrive as anticipated, leading to the necessity of our purchasing grain and other foods stuffs on the open market. With donor support we plan to irrigate a large portion of our farmable land to assure our ability to weather future extended dry spells.
This stream, will provide an assured supply of water for our next season’s crops
Thanks to a generous grant from the Loretto Community, this stream, a tributary of the Nile that never dries up, will soon be providing an assured supply of water for about half of our crop land – and will also defend us against the inevitable return of drought. As soon as we have raised an additional $5,000 the irrigation system will be expanded to cover our entire acreage
Eli, joins in on a community conservation project as he plants a tree
Remember the tree planting outing you saw getting started at the top of our photo gallery? Well, here is Eli sinking one of those saplings into its new home. Participating in reforestation efforts is not only a beautification project, it is also one way in which we are responding to – and helping our young people to understand – Global Warming and the related increasingly recurrent droughts that impact our ability to raise food crops for our GVCP family.
Sam and Brian – two of the teens in the care of the GVCP – serve as volunteers at the "Home of Hope."
Studies and chores are important in raising kids, but equally important are service and play! In the photo above, Sam and Brian – two of the teens in the care of the GVCP – serve as volunteers at the "Home of Hope" – a facility located In Wakitaka, a village near Wanyange, that cares for severely disabled children.
volunteering at the “Home of Hope”, one of our GVCP young people - Jackie
Meanwhile, also volunteering at the “Home of Hope”, one of our GVCP young people - Jackie, who recently graduated from Makerere University with a degree in Social Science– brings a smile to the faces of two young boys.
Dancing at a Global Village Childrens Project Birthday Parrty.
And remember that birthday party (above in row 2) that we told you about? Well, the party’s not over, because now it’s time to dance!
Our Director, Anne Muyanga and The Global Village Childrens Project in partnership with you, will, one day, see these children celebrating their college graduations!
Our Director, Anne Muyanga, speaks at a Wanyange community gathering, sponsored by the GVCP. In the audience are a number of the as yet unsponsored local orphaned children. Through partnership with you, these are the children with whom we look forward to one day celebrating their college graduations!

Success — Global Village Childrens Project Graduates

Education is our orphaned childrens’ pathway to adult independence. Here are some of our young people who have already successfully navigated that path.

On University graduation day Silvia enjoys a celebratory hug with GVCP Director, Anne Muyanga.
On University graduation day Silvia enjoys a celebratory hug with GVCP Director, Anne Muyanga, upon receiving her degree in business administration. Silvia - whose father died when she was 9 years old – was our first GVCP sponsored college graduate. She now works in the private sector.
With GVCP financial support, Lin finished her degree in Science with a minor in Education.
Both of Lin’s parents had died by the time she was 10, leaving her with her younger brother. When Global Village found them six years later, they were living together as a child-run home, taking care of themselves. The GVCP took on the responsibility of raising both Lin and her brother, providing for their education and allowing them to be kids again. With GVCP financial support, Lin subsequently finished her degree in Science with a minor in Education.
Noel, being inspired by the gift of a donor, went on to graduate from college with a degree in Business Administration.
Noel’s father died when she was just seven years old. Five years later, Global Village Children's Project welcomed her into our care. As a result of Noel being inspired by the gift of donor provided financial support, she went on to graduate from college with a degree in Business Administration.
With financial support from the GVCP, Jackie graduated with a degree in Social Science.
Jackie’s father died before she was born. Global Village found her when she had dropped out of school because her mother could not raise her school tuition. With financial support from the GVCP, Jackie graduated with a degree in Social Science, the first in her family to go to college.
With financial support from the GVCP, Louisa graduated with a degree in Community Psychology.
Louisa’s father died when she was four years old. When Global Village found her, her mother had been struggling to pay for her education for ten years. With financial support from the GVCP, Louisa graduated with a degree in Community Psychology. She is the first in her family to go to college.

THE ROAD THAT LIES AHEAD

Every day more children come to The Global Village Childrens Project hoping to find a home, and a path to educaton. At present we cannot provide for all the children that come to us. Below are three children that we hope we can support in the coming year.

Young man in Wanyange Uganda on the waiting list to be accepted by The Global Village Childrens Project.
Young man in Wanyange Uganda on the waiting list to be accepted by The Global Village Childrens Project.
Blessing, featured above, is now sponsored. Thanks to all of you that made generous donations to make this possible.
The newest member of our GVCP family, Blessing, featured above, is now sponsored. Thanks to all of you that made generous donations to make this possible.
Another young man in Wanyange Uganda on the waiting list to be accepted by The Global Village Childrens Project.
Another young man in Wanyange Uganda on the waiting list to be accepted by The Global Village Childrens Project.

The other two youngsters, pictured above, are on the waiting list for utilizing all of the life transformative services that the Global Village Children’s Project is eager to offer them. We will welcome these 2 kids – and the the 300+ children waiting in line behind them – into the care of our GVCP family, just as soon as adequate funding enables us to do so.

It's Up to You

We are a growing all volunteer charity providing services to AIDS and COVID-19 impacted children and to the Wanyange, Uganda community as a whole.

Right now...

  • 300+ young people are currently waiting patiently for our servives, but our funds only allow us to fully care for 14.

With your help...

  • We can continue to provide services for all the currently registered children while expanding to include even more young people in need.

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