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| These kids smile in the day but walk by the heart at night |
Think of yourself walking in your house just for one week without light at all. For generations, people in Rubanda community have done so and their kids are keeping suit. Actually once asked of how they managed to live in darkness, one of them sarcastically said, “We have become immune to darkness”.
Seemingly normal, in 2002 Fr. Dominic Tumusiime initiated a community based organization (CBO) known as Rubanda Solidarity Development Association (RSDA), a non profit making organization with an intention to assist vulnerable mothers, children and school drop out youths. In 2005 this association was approved and registered with the government of Uganda with a registration number 160.
To the children, in 2004 the association initiated child study program with the intention of finding out why many kids resented going to school in many families. The tool was to provide just a cup of corn porridge to each kid every morning as they arrived at the school under a designated tree serving
their classroom for a period of one year.
The findings were very successful and in 2005 Rubanda Solidarity Nursery/Primary School was started with a Day and Boarding school program. The interest and number of kids to this school has since increased overwhelmingly that financial constraints are our only limitation. In a period of seven years the number of kids has moved from 90 to 260 just concentrating on the neediest kids.
With this huge number of needy kids one would imagine how a non income generating organization can manage to push from one year to another. It’s through lots of sacrifices and tough methods of coping with situations. The community makes lots of sacrifices and the administration does a good job to bring to the attention of our friends and people of good will, the situation of Rubanda community and our kids. It’s working and things are certainly getting better for our kids.
Kids have many needs; they need to sleep, eat and drink, dress, shower, see, write, play and pray, read, study trips, treatment but above all, "light to see". Follow this link to see lights wonders before these children's song: http://www.murphylightworks.com/winterland/
“Light, Light, we need light TO our toilets, Light, Light we need light IN our toilets”, was one of their songs at their school’s 7th anniversary last year. They certainly need light not only to and in the toilets but also to the whole compound. It’s an amazing reality to see how much these kids suffer when it comes to nights. They wake up to go to a toilet which is 500 miters away in total darkness, on a steep hill, in torrential rains. Just look keenly through the darkness on the photo above, you will be amazed of little kids tossing darkness to find their way to the toilet.
Do you feel moved and concerned about the situation of these kids? Would you like to contribute in improving to their safe environment and security by providing a solar energy light?
Seemingly normal, in 2002 Fr. Dominic Tumusiime initiated a community based organization (CBO) known as Rubanda Solidarity Development Association (RSDA), a non profit making organization with an intention to assist vulnerable mothers, children and school drop out youths. In 2005 this association was approved and registered with the government of Uganda with a registration number 160.
To the children, in 2004 the association initiated child study program with the intention of finding out why many kids resented going to school in many families. The tool was to provide just a cup of corn porridge to each kid every morning as they arrived at the school under a designated tree serving
their classroom for a period of one year.
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| See the density of darkness kids endure each night |
The findings were very successful and in 2005 Rubanda Solidarity Nursery/Primary School was started with a Day and Boarding school program. The interest and number of kids to this school has since increased overwhelmingly that financial constraints are our only limitation. In a period of seven years the number of kids has moved from 90 to 260 just concentrating on the neediest kids.
With this huge number of needy kids one would imagine how a non income generating organization can manage to push from one year to another. It’s through lots of sacrifices and tough methods of coping with situations. The community makes lots of sacrifices and the administration does a good job to bring to the attention of our friends and people of good will, the situation of Rubanda community and our kids. It’s working and things are certainly getting better for our kids.
Kids have many needs; they need to sleep, eat and drink, dress, shower, see, write, play and pray, read, study trips, treatment but above all, "light to see". Follow this link to see lights wonders before these children's song: http://www.murphylightworks.com/winterland/
“Light, Light, we need light TO our toilets, Light, Light we need light IN our toilets”, was one of their songs at their school’s 7th anniversary last year. They certainly need light not only to and in the toilets but also to the whole compound. It’s an amazing reality to see how much these kids suffer when it comes to nights. They wake up to go to a toilet which is 500 miters away in total darkness, on a steep hill, in torrential rains. Just look keenly through the darkness on the photo above, you will be amazed of little kids tossing darkness to find their way to the toilet.
Do you feel moved and concerned about the situation of these kids? Would you like to contribute in improving to their safe environment and security by providing a solar energy light?
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