My story

We are five children in our family and we stay with our mother. I have two sisters and two brothers and i am the youngest of all. We stay in a three room house constructed by our mother after our father left her. My mother tells me that my father left when she was about to give birth to me, so I have never seen my father. Our mother grows some crops like maize and beans which she sells to get money to take care of us at home. Our uncle sometimes helps her with school fees especially for my elder siblings. She also has some babana plants where we get food from. At times i miss seeing my father because my mother says he is still alive but she does not know where he is.

Praise is supported by impact partner UP4S

UP4S helps Ugandan orphans and underprivileged children from 3 to 18 years old by offering them a warm home and a good school education. UP4S has a primary school and a secondary school in the village of Bukomansimbi, where many of the children come from. An important starting point is that we raise the children to be young people who are proud of their own country and know how to survive here. In 2003, the UP4S foundation was founded by Sylvia Mbabazi to help underprivileged children in Uganda. Sylvia grew up in Bukomansimbi and has lived in the Netherlands since 1997. Sylvia herself was in the fortunate circumstance that she was able to get a good primary and secondary school education, but this was not the case for many of her fellow villagers. Together with a number of volunteers, it was decided to give the underprivileged children in Bukomansimbi and the surrounding area a chance at a good education. This is how the UP4S foundation (read: 'up for us', which means as much as 'stand up for us') was born.