By karungi Sandra | Fundraiser
Alice is an amazing single mother raising her only Child Son Joseph who has cerebral palsy. Her She never stops Smiling every time when she’s sharing about Joseph`s different abilities.
Before Covid19 hit the country, Alice worked as a dobby; she washed clothes and on a good day like a Saturday she earned up to 20,000(7) and this helped her run daily family expenses. However this changed when the new normal called for closure of schools, children got back home and most people not working, giving them a great deal of time on their hands that meant that Alice had to run out of work.
Through our weekly community outreaches we had a chance to, find out that Alice once not only had a sewing machine which she had kept in the store for so long but also she was once a tailor but had quit since dobby business was more profitable and needed no Capital. We had the chance to encourage her to start sewing again. We agreed to apply for a loan of 20,000($7) in the women`s saving group that was used to repair the sewing machine. Alice is now happy to be back in business amidst all the challenges that have come with the spread of COVID19. We thank God that a skill Alice learnt as a kid, the changing times found her in position to take advantage of it with a little push from Joy For Children Uganda.
Join us in supporting families raising children with disabilities in the slum communities of Uganda, and be part of restoring lives of 100 children.
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