| Who are our Beneficiaries or Target Group |
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People with Epilepsy – Owing to the prevalence of untreated tropical fevers, there is a high rate of epilepsy in Uganda. Epilepsy
is popularly believed to be either the result of witchcraft or to be itself a contagious condition. Therefore, epileptics are ostracized
by the community, abused or abandoned by families, impoverished, and, in the case of young girls, frequently sexually abused. In
addition, untreated conditions can sometimes lead to permanent mental disability. Providence Home takes in these children who
have been locked up in the back of a house, tied up in a compound, or have wandered, homeless and alone. It provides them
with education and treatment, through either medication or surgery. Most importantly, it tries to repair the children’s relationships
with their birth family and their community, sensitizing everyone that epilepsy is not a curse, and is not contagious, but a treatable
disease.
People with Disabilities – Given the lack of resources in the country where the primary occupation is physically intensive
subsistence agriculture, many parents write off their children with disabilities, not investing in their education or providing them
with the tools they need to participate in the world. Providence Home empowers children and young adults with disabilities with
the tools they need to not only participate, but to succeed in society. With the assistance of Liliane Fonds, the Home does this
by giving them the physical rehabilitation and the mobility appliances they need, such as wheelchairs or hand-crutches, calipers,
artificial limbs, Cerebral Palsy chairs. They give them the intellectual skills needed to fulfill their potential, through vocational
training, primary or secondary education, or even attendance at advanced institutions! A number of Providence Home graduates
have performed very well at these advanced institutions and have begun successful careers. Others have parlayed their practical
skills into successful businesses becoming bread winners for their families and leaders in their communities. Families that
formerly did not see any future for their children with disabilities now recognize the amazing potential that rests in everyone.
Abused Children – Uganda has very good child welfare laws but few resources or staff to enforce them. There is only one child
welfare officer in each district, which can contain 500,000 people. Even if child abuse is reported, there is no government-run
foster system to take the abused children. Providence Home serves as a one of the places where the government can send
abused children and know that they will live in a caring environment and receive a good education and upbringing.
Orphans – The HIV/AIDS epidemic has struck Uganda very hard, leaving 2.1 million orphans in its wake. Although most of these
children are cared for by Ugandans’ amazing extended families, there are many whose whole family has been wiped out except
for an elderly grandmother. Some grandmothers may not have the resources to care for all the orphans in her family, others are
compromised by serious mental or physical illnesses which make it difficult to care for their grandchildren. Many of these children
end up at Providence Home where they receive education, treatment for HIV/AIDS if they contracted it from their parents, and a
loving upbringing.
Refugees – The horrendous civil war in northern Uganda has left a generation of displaced and orphaned children. Unable to
return to their shattered and disrupted birth communities, some of these children are finding a family and community at
Providence Home in Nkokonjeru.
Elderly – Again, most of the elderly in Uganda are cared for by their extended families. The civil wars that have gripped East
Africa, Congo and Rwanda for the past 50 years have left many refugees and migrants that came to Uganda to escape violence
They have worked all of their lives at back-breaking manual labor, with no family or kin to care for them in their old age. These
aged can find a home and a family at Providence Home, where they receive support and care, as well as frequently providing
support and mentorship for the children and young adults at the home.
What We Offer:
1. Assessment services
2. Training on the Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
3. Pre – Surgery Care
4. Community Based Rehabilitation
5. Linking clients to Orthopedic services
6. Inclusive Education
7. Skills Training in the following:
is popularly believed to be either the result of witchcraft or to be itself a contagious condition. Therefore, epileptics are ostracized
by the community, abused or abandoned by families, impoverished, and, in the case of young girls, frequently sexually abused. In
addition, untreated conditions can sometimes lead to permanent mental disability. Providence Home takes in these children who
have been locked up in the back of a house, tied up in a compound, or have wandered, homeless and alone. It provides them
with education and treatment, through either medication or surgery. Most importantly, it tries to repair the children’s relationships
with their birth family and their community, sensitizing everyone that epilepsy is not a curse, and is not contagious, but a treatable
disease.
People with Disabilities – Given the lack of resources in the country where the primary occupation is physically intensive
subsistence agriculture, many parents write off their children with disabilities, not investing in their education or providing them
with the tools they need to participate in the world. Providence Home empowers children and young adults with disabilities with
the tools they need to not only participate, but to succeed in society. With the assistance of Liliane Fonds, the Home does this
by giving them the physical rehabilitation and the mobility appliances they need, such as wheelchairs or hand-crutches, calipers,
artificial limbs, Cerebral Palsy chairs. They give them the intellectual skills needed to fulfill their potential, through vocational
training, primary or secondary education, or even attendance at advanced institutions! A number of Providence Home graduates
have performed very well at these advanced institutions and have begun successful careers. Others have parlayed their practical
skills into successful businesses becoming bread winners for their families and leaders in their communities. Families that
formerly did not see any future for their children with disabilities now recognize the amazing potential that rests in everyone.
Abused Children – Uganda has very good child welfare laws but few resources or staff to enforce them. There is only one child
welfare officer in each district, which can contain 500,000 people. Even if child abuse is reported, there is no government-run
foster system to take the abused children. Providence Home serves as a one of the places where the government can send
abused children and know that they will live in a caring environment and receive a good education and upbringing.
Orphans – The HIV/AIDS epidemic has struck Uganda very hard, leaving 2.1 million orphans in its wake. Although most of these
children are cared for by Ugandans’ amazing extended families, there are many whose whole family has been wiped out except
for an elderly grandmother. Some grandmothers may not have the resources to care for all the orphans in her family, others are
compromised by serious mental or physical illnesses which make it difficult to care for their grandchildren. Many of these children
end up at Providence Home where they receive education, treatment for HIV/AIDS if they contracted it from their parents, and a
loving upbringing.
Refugees – The horrendous civil war in northern Uganda has left a generation of displaced and orphaned children. Unable to
return to their shattered and disrupted birth communities, some of these children are finding a family and community at
Providence Home in Nkokonjeru.
Elderly – Again, most of the elderly in Uganda are cared for by their extended families. The civil wars that have gripped East
Africa, Congo and Rwanda for the past 50 years have left many refugees and migrants that came to Uganda to escape violence
They have worked all of their lives at back-breaking manual labor, with no family or kin to care for them in their old age. These
aged can find a home and a family at Providence Home, where they receive support and care, as well as frequently providing
support and mentorship for the children and young adults at the home.
What We Offer:
1. Assessment services
2. Training on the Activities of Daily Living (ADL)
3. Pre – Surgery Care
4. Community Based Rehabilitation
5. Linking clients to Orthopedic services
6. Inclusive Education
7. Skills Training in the following:
- Tailoring and domestic skills
- Leather work (shoe making)
- Knitting
- Baking skills
- Local crafts
- Small scale business training
- Agriculture
Providence Home - Nkokonjeru, Uganda