Food Baskets for Ugandan Families

by Project Have Hope
Food Baskets for Ugandan Families
Food Baskets for Ugandan Families
Food Baskets for Ugandan Families
Food Baskets for Ugandan Families
Food Baskets for Ugandan Families
Food Baskets for Ugandan Families
Food Baskets for Ugandan Families
Food Baskets for Ugandan Families
Food Baskets for Ugandan Families
Food Baskets for Ugandan Families
Food Baskets for Ugandan Families
Food Baskets for Ugandan Families

Project Report | Jul 17, 2024
Meet Dorine

By Karen Sparacio | Project Leader

 

Dorine studied in school until Primary 6 when her father died of tuberculosis.  With no money to pay her school fees, Dorine went to work in the fields in northern Uganda.

In 1996, Dorine followed her husband to Kampala and found work in the stone quarry.  She’d toil each day, breaking larger rocks into small pieces to be used in the foundation for homes and other construction.  In 2005, Dorine’s husband left her for another, leaving her as the sole provider for their three children.  He later passed away from a liver condition.

After struggling in the stone quarry for nearly 25 years, Dorine used money she earned making paper bead jewelry to set up a small business selling charcoal from her home front.  Charcoal is a necessity in the Acholi Quarter where it is used as the main heating source for their small stoves.  Dorine earns almost the same income selling charcoal as what she earned battling the quarry conditions.

Today, she runs a successful charcoal business and is one of the cooks who serves up hot porridge to children for our breakfast program. 

Thank you Dorine for your work.

You can support our work of feeding children brekfast each morning for as little as $10.  Consider joining forces with us today.

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Project Have Hope

Location: Malden, MA - USA
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Project Leader:
Karen Sparacio
Director
Malden , MA United States

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