It was my birthday
Monday and I got an extra special present that I didn’t see coming at all!
It was news from Uganda
The last young
person, from the children’s home I used to visit, has left and been resettled
with a foster family.
The final child is
out of institutional care!!!
I received the
news from my friend who lives in Uganda
You see it hasn’t
been an easy journey to resettle this last child. This young man is deaf as well as being
autistic. On paper, this young man would
be tricky to place and would likely be someone who would horribly age out of institutional
care and then end up back on the streets, struggling to survive. The thought of this was a total nightmare for
my friend and I. He just wouldn’t
survive. It was a heartbreaking
situation.
And then a miracle
happened…..
In meeting with a foster
family who already foster two girls who grew up with my daughter from the same
home, my friend discussed this particular boy and the struggle there would be
in resettling him. To her amazement they
offered to take him in for a weekend as a trial.
This went well and
the girls enjoyed having a brother around, so the family have decided to foster
him as well.
Over the moon is
an understatement.
It’s the BEST
birthday present I could ever have asked for.
Unbelievably this
boy has been out of school for some time as the home/charity failed to pay his
fees for him to attend his specialised school.
The school works with hearing impaired children and offers a carpentry
course that this special boy loved! Not
only that but he can board here alongside other boys with hearing difficulties
or who are deaf, so he has his own social network. He can then come home to his foster family on
weekends and holidays. It’s a brilliant
opportunity for this boy to thrive.
Now you’d be
thinking this course costs a lot and that would be why the charity have stopped
him going there….
You’d be wrong!
The course and
boarding costs a little over £100 a term!!!
Yes that’s right,
it costs a little under £400 to send this precious boy to this specialised
facility to do a course he loves!
(Why the charity were letting this boy down
I never know but at last he is out of there and we can help him from here on
in.)
So here’s where I
need to ask for your help. Could you
give a one off gift to help this boy stay in school for the year? If you can, no matter how big or small, you
can make a difference to this boys life. If you see me in person, I can accept your donations and pass them on to Reunite Uganda or you can donate here making sure you state that your donation is for the Reunite part of the Alternative Care Framework in Uganda.
If you’d like to
hold a fundraising event or have any other ideas how we can continue to raise
money for this boy and others like him, please get in touch.
This young man
gets to stay in his home country with a family who will love him and attend a
school that meets his needs, but he needs a little help from us.
Thank you in
advance for helping.
