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The regular Standing Order donations that we receive help to pay for the children’s school fees, uniforms, books and equipment.
The children know that if they have an education, they have a ticket to a future.
A 16-year-old orphan said recently, “ I used to be illiterate and I was sad about my sorrowful past, but now I am literate I can make my own way in the world.”
The children are not in an institution or orphanage, but are looked after by carers or guardians in small family units in the carers’, own homes. The Benedictine Sisters oversee the welfare of the children and ensure that the funds we send are used appropriately. The picture shows Betsy with one of the carers outside the carer's home with the 6 children she looks after.
The Benedictine Sisters of Tororo, founded in 1960, are a contemplative order who helped provide stability through 20 years of civil war and further conflicts on the borders and in the North, welcoming many displaced people, and providing great support to the local community with both spiritual and practical help, such as training in animal husbandry and crop management. With the added burden of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, there were so many children in need that they asked us for help. In 2002 they became an NGO (non-