Discover Global Village Children’s Project In The Images Below
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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 orphans, 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 orphans face the continual risk of sexual exploitation, exposing them to the likelihood, as well, of physical abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, and unwanted pregnancy.
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.
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. 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.
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.
Education is our orphans’ pathway to adult independence. Here are some of our young people who have already successfully navigated that path
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.
THE ROAD THAT LIES AHEAD
Each of the 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 3 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 impacted children and to the Wanyange, Uganda community as a whole.
Right now...
- 230+ orphaned children are registered with our project, but our funds only allow us to fully care for 14.
With your help...
- We can provide services to all the currently registered children and expand to include even more children in need.
Although we are small, every dollar you donate goes to providing life-critical services and has a significant impact on the entire Wanyange community.