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Child Sponsorship news from Joseph   

Dorothy Nyangoma reasoned today like a fully grown up person. I was really touched.

Her mother Grace is HIV+ and is on ARV'S. Her father was a police officer but died 4 years ago of AIDS. Grace who is very weak was rejected with her many children by the entire late husband's clan, alleging that she contributed towards his deat.

Before his death, the father had bought a small piece of land in Kampala and Dorothy's mother put up a simple small, one roomed house on it.

Although they have a door now, they still need two windows because at night you see the outside from inside.

Dorothy preferred windows and decided to let go of the solar lamp and Christmas clothing which many of the other children enjoyed.

I bought the idea and loved her reasoning at 12 years old. The two wooden windows cost 60,000ug £20 (all her sponsorship savings) and this was the best ever Christmas this family will have had since they lost their father.

Would you like to find out more about our child sponsorship programme - if so please click here.

General Child Sponsorship

Did you know you can help change a child's life for less than the price of a bar of chocolate per day!

We believe that every child deserves at least a basic education and our child sponsorship programme is designed to help some of the most vulnerable children achieve this.

We help children in the capital of Uganda, Kampala, and more recently in a northern town called Lira. Lira has seen some of the brutal civil unrest caused by the Lord's Resistance Army for almost two decades. to find out more about the LRA

The child sponsorship programme is designed to give a child not only schooling but one hot meal each day, scholastics materials and importantly a school uniform.

Each child is cared for by a member of their family or a guardian. It could even be that a child may have a mother or father but in both cases being a single parent can mean a tough existence.    The huge problem with the spread of HIV/AIDS has left many mothers and father infected and dying. The average African woman has 7 children and a single mum has little chance of finding employment to fund such luxuries as school fees. Why do Africans have large families?     We are keen for each child where possible to stay close to their family, ancestral land and belongings.

Traditionally uncles and aunties and even grandparents have been happy to care for their extended families - and many still do - but with so many orphans it's almost impossible for them to cover the expense of school fees too.

Around 6,000 people die of AIDS every day in sub-Saharan Africa. As a result there are around 15,000,000 orphans at present; this figure is expected to increase to 40 million over the next 20 years.

To give a primary child an education costs £12 each month, to fund a secondary child's education is £16 per month.

Education is a route out of poverty. Also, if every child received schooling, it is believed that 7,000,000 fewer people every year would contract AIDS.

If you are looking for a worthwhile way of helping a parentless child by giving them an education please click here to print off our child sponsorship pack. You will need to complete all the details and return to Amigos address provided within the sponsorship pack.

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Sponsorship Pack