Dan was really happy to visit the first OKM-funded shop on his recent trip to Uganda. One of our goals is to enable families to run income-generating projects that provide training for the children, and funds to meet the needs of the families. Dorothy and Mable, both OKM mothers, are the co-initiators of this new stationery shop that supplies school children and local businesses. “It is in the middle of the town, so there is plenty of foot-traffic going by that is able to take advantage of the shop.” (more…)

Sharon, from the Orphans Know More team, recently received a letter from Uganda.

Maureen wrote “When my parents abandoned me I thought the whole world had tumbled down on me.”

Thankfully a family was moved by her situation and took her in, giving her a new home. This is one of the families OKM have assisted in the last year, and what a year of changes this has been for them. They have been able to start a small business making jewelry.

Wonderfully (more…)

For ten years Olivia and her five daughters have lived in the same dilapidated, mud hut. Daylight, and rain, comes through the straw roof.

“One night a snake fell through the roof. It landed in the middle of us trying to sleep. It was too dark to see where it went,” she motions to the huts corners. “We did not sleep at all that night.” (more…)

In early November 2005, three individuals left from London and Harpenden on behalf of Youth With A Mission (YWAM) and Orphans Know More. Their challenge was to film and capture the essence of a crisis and a story of hope in the midst of it. The destination was Jinja, Uganda and the crisis; what to do with a population swamped by children labelled with the title and stigmatisation of being an HIV Orphan. Uganda has in excess of 2 million orphaned children and is now facing the dilemma of how to raise them in a supportive and caring environment. (more…)