Violet’s Inspirational Story

I was living with my parents in the area known as Gulu, but later my father ran off mad. Thereafter, I started a new life with my mother which was very poor because my mother lacked money to provide my basic needs such as education and other things. After some time, a war broke out where we were living, and since the area had a lot of drunkards, I was raped by different men. When my aunt heard about that, she requested my mother to send me to her home in Kanyanya, and my mother agreed. She boarded me on a bus that took me to Kampala.

When I reached Kanyanya, my aunt brought me to AGLOM Children’s Home where I was able to get needed medical treatment, medications and surgery provided through AGLOM Children’s Home. Later, I got healed. When I began staying at AGLOM during the COVID 19 lockdowns, I was exposed to home learning where the director brought teachers in who used to come over and teach me during my stay at the home. When the schools resumed leaning in person, I was taken to a school and put in the Primary 3 class. Due to my previous lack of education, I ended up in a lower grade level than what would be common for my current age.

My mother was very poor and could not afford my education since she did not have a permanent job. She is currently carrying out agricultural work to support the family. Even now, my siblings are still in the village lacking school fees to go to school. I am very lucky that I managed to get a sponsor through AGLOM who has helped me to acquire my basic need of an education. Since I began going to school, I am still the only child from my family who is obtaining an education.

I am so happy that I am able to get all of my basic needs met and to get the education that I was yearning for since my childhood. When I finish my studies and get a job, I promise to do the same for my fellow children who are out there going through the same challenges.
I am currently a Primary 4 student. I want to be a doctor in my future, and I pray to God that He can enable me to achieve my goal. Thank you AGLOM Children’s Home for your good heart to support the needy.

I am so happy that now I have a hope of achieving my goal. AGLOM Children’s Home has managed to provide me with food, shelter, medical help and a good education. Violet is happy and enjoying life at AGLOM Children’s Home. She is thankful for her education.

Faith, Age 6, Shares Her Story

I grew up with my parents (both my father and mother), but when I turned 3 years old, my mother divorced my father and left me with him. I lived with my father in a rental house of one room, and my father would leave me home alone whenever he was going for work. Whenever I would feel hungry, I would go to our neighbors and ask them to give me food as I waited for my father to return home with food. When I approached the school going age, my father took me to the nearest nursery school, but I could not focus well due to what I was going through.

My father began to abuse me, and since I lacked a mother or any other relative, I had no one to share it with. My father was a car washer and would leave very early in the morning and come back very late in the evening. Sometimes, he would take alcohol and come back home drunk. When I reached 4 years old, my father started defiling me. One day I decided to share this information with our neighbor. I told her how my father would abuse me when he was drunk.

The neighbor told me, “When you see your father asleep, escape and come to my home,” and I did so. When my father was sleeping, I escaped and went to the neighbor who took me to a counselor. The counselor took me for a medical checkup and found out that truly I was being abused, and she decided to take the matter to the police who came to my rescue. The police placed my father into custody, but after a small period of time, he was released.

The police decided to take me to AGLOM Children’s Home where I was able to get a better family that takes care of me and also supports my education. I am very happy to be here at AGLOM Children’s Home because I am able to get all my needs met including shelter, food, education and many other things. There are many aunties here whom I share with whenever I am going through any challenge.

Faith, age 6, is very happy here at AGLOM. Faith shares: “I want to be a nurse when I grow up, so I pray to God that I can be able to fulfill my dream.”