City: Kampala, Uganda
Project:  Orphanage - Suubi Child Development Center
Partner: Ezra Simon Ssemwanga
Number of Children: 150

Ezra Simon Ssemwanga opened Suubi Child Development Center ("Suubi") on May 23, 2005. The initial purpose of Suubi was to provide neighborhood orphans and needy children with free education in the hopes that the children, who otherwise would never have had the opportunity to receive any education, will become productive members of the community. The second phase of Suubi has already been started with the opening of the orphanage. The goal is to be able to provide food, shelter, and education to those orphans and street children, while directing them toward a relationship with their true Father and Lord.

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City: Gulu, Uganda
Project: House of Love and House of Joy Orphanage
Partner:  Hope for the Nations
Number of Children: 30

Homes of Love is a ministry located inside the municipality of Gulu on 3.5 acres of land. There are presently two homes on the property: House of Love and House of Joy. These homes offer the children a safe and supportive environment in which to live. A house matron lives with the children and has the aid of an assistant and two helpers who live in nearby huts. The on-site staff become like the children's mothers, uncles, and aunts who minister to and mentor the children. All the children benefit from attending an on-site school whose teacher also lives on-site and is able to tutor those that need extra help. In addition, Homes of Love has an arts director who introduces the children to art, music, and drama.

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City: Namugongo, Uganda
Project:  Orphanage
Partner:  Children’s Welfare Mission
Number of Children: 250

The Children’s Welfare Mission was established in 1990 by the Dutch organization, Stichting Kinderhulp Afrika. This village cares for 250 resident children, complete with housing, a primary school, a secondary school, and a vocational school. Also in the compound are a medical and dental clinic, and a large meeting hall/gymnasium which are available for use by the surrounding community.

City: Gulu, Uganda
Project: Nursery School
Partner:  Village of Hope

Development of a Nursery school program at the Village of Hope, caring for the children of the child-mothers now in our vocational training program.

City: Kampala, Uganda
Project:  Orphanage
Partner: Anchorage Children's Ministries
Number of Children: 20

Founded in 2004, Anchorage Children Ministry ("ACM") began as an orphanage and outreach program to help orphans and street children. Currently, ACM provides basic necessities for the children in their care. These needs include food and shelter, education, vocational training, and psychological services. ACM helps to instill self esteem, confidence, and responsibility, and will help the children not only to achieve individual goals, but it will also better the community. ACM offers the children stability and love that is conducive to a normal childhood and a productive adulthood.

City: Kampala, Uganda
Project:  Orphanage
Partner: Mercy Home for Children
Number of Children: 180

Established on Christmas Day 2001 by Angela Namatovu, Mercy Home of Children ("Mercy Home") began as an outreach program for the street children of Kampala, Uganda. From there it has evolved into a full-fledged orphanage of nearly 200 children. Mercy Home provides the orphans opportunities to acquire the education and skills for future livelihood. In addition to the agricultural projects, the children provide services to local communities and also perform traditional and modern Ugandan dance and music to assist in supporting the orphanage. The children truly love performing for people.

• An estimated 10 million children have been forced into the sex industry
• About 500 million children live with debilitating hunger
• 134 million children have no access to any school whatsoever
• 15 million children are orphaned as a result of AIDS
• 246 million children work, with 171 million engaged in the worst forms of child labour
• 265 million children have not been immunized against any disease
• Over one third of children have to live in dwellings with more than five people per room
• Over half a billion children have no toilet facilities whatsoever
• Almost half a billion children lack access to published information of any kind
• 376 million children have more than a 15-minute walk to water and or are using unsafe water sources
• 300,000 young people are exploited as child soldiers

The UN ranks Cambodia as one of the world’s poorest countries and the people of Poipet have very little. As a border town Poipet is home to many Cambodians who hope to find work in Thailand. Most fail, and are relegated to the huge slum communities, becoming drawn into the town’s underground world of illegal gambling, prostitution, and sex trafficking. At particular risk are the 300 street children who daily carry packages across the border for the equivalent of only seven cents per delivery, sleeping in the open at night. Many of these children are kidnapped, trafficked across borders, and forced to work in the international sex trade.

Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated countries, with its people crammed into a delta of rivers that empties into the Bay of Bengal.

Poverty is deep and widespread; almost half of the population live on less than one dollar a day. However, Bangladesh has reduced population growth and improved health and education.

171,000 children under five die in Bangladesh every year. Unclean water, contagious diseases, pneumonia and poor nutrition take their toll. In a country with 11% inflation and growing inequality, keeping children alive and healthy is a huge challenge.

The major employer is agriculture, but it is unable to meet the demand for jobs. So, many Bangladeshis - in common with citizens from other countries in the region - seek work abroad, sometimes illegally.

The low-lying country is vulnerable to flooding and cyclones and it stands to be badly affected by predicted rises in sea levels.

City: Namugongo, Uganda
Project:  Technical School at the Children’s Welfare Village
Partner:  Children’s Welfare Mission
Number of Children: 250

The Children’s Welfare Mission was established in 1990 by the Dutch organization, Stichting Kinderhulp Afrika. This village cares for 250 resident children, complete with housing, a primary school, a secondary school, and a vocational school. Also in the compound are a medical and dental clinic, and a large meeting hall/gymnasium which are available for use by the surrounding community.