Empower Children and Women in the slums of Kampala

Dear Friends,

Greetings from the children and the women in the slum communities that we work with,they send their love and apperciation for all the support and help rendered to them during these hard times of the pandemic.

 They are so grateful for all the support rendered to them during these hard times of covid-19.The food supplies that were distributed to the households in the slum communities played a huge impact on their feeding patterns. Joy for Children field staff carried out home visits in the slum communities of Mulago, Bukoto and Makerere and engaged some women on a one on one about how their lives have been impacted by the pandemic.

We visted  Joyce(not real name),a resident of Mulago who is a single mother,she set up a garments stall in the market where she is able to get some profit and take care of her family, "Families only feed on one meal a day due to the scarcity of food, before the pandemic households used to have three meals a day but that is not the same now, the women who most of them are single mothers struggle to get what to feed their children, they only eat to survive."she narrates to us.

We also oberved that the breast feeding mothers and new born babies lack nutritional supplements that are essential for their growth, but despite these callenges women really appreciate the support "Juliet(not real name), a member of the women’s saving group says “I really thank God for the donors, because they were also  affected by the corona virus but they are still providing a helping hand.” She thanks the donors so much and wishes God grants all their hearts desires.  There is still so much need .$30 can feed a family of 4 for one month,$60 can feed a family of 8 for one month,$100 can feed 3 families for one month.