Case Study: Robert Kakooza
NAME: Robert Kakooza
AGE: 25 years born 1992
LOCATION: Bukomansimbi, Masaka District
BACKGROUND: Excerpts taken from Robert’s story: Father has passed away. Mother was immoral and this forced father to leave. He lived in Kampala prior to his…
Case Study: Joseph Mary
NAME: Joseph Mary (Abdu) Kirembwe
AGE: born in 2006, December 16
LOCATION: Village in Masaka District.
BACKGROUND: 2011 Abdu had arrived at SHALOM. He was the youngest and sooo cute. All we knew was he had been brought by one of the previous…
Success Story: South Sudan to Aura
This is their story… This is the story of 5 orphaned children from South Sudan, a country in horrific warfare. Their father died in Juba after the 2014 uprising, then their mother died in local fighting. They were taken in and…
Our Projects: The Basua Pygmies
Yes Pygmies. If someone had told us we would meet the King of the Basua Pygmies, complete with poison arrows and no taller than our belt buckles, I don’t think I would ever have believed it. For those of you unaware, pygmies are…
Our Projects: Community Empowerment
It is true that we would rather support people than bricks and mortar, but every now and then, we come across a need that we feel duty bound to get behind, that involves building something. But rest assured we do not get involved in…