People are suffering all around the world and are desperate for the help of those who can provide it. We as Americans can't even begin to comprehend the problems that people of Uganda experience in their daily lives. The struggles that they face derive from the fact that “51% of the Ugandan population lives on less than $1 a day” (Katie Davis Speaks). Many of the people in Uganda are uneducated and therefore unable to obtain jobs, resulting in a massive unemployment rate in Uganda. Without a job, it's nearly impossible for them to get the money they need to support themselves, much less an entire family. Most do not have easy access to some of the most basic necessities, such as food, water, and shelter. With poor living conditions and health …show more content…
She decided to give up the life she had in the United States to travel to Uganda, only relying on funds from her family and friends back home to help support her and her efforts. This eventually led to the development of Amazima Ministries, whose “mission was to provide food, medical care, education, and work to those in need in Uganda” (Katie Davis Speaks). Today, Davis’s ministry provides for nearly 1,600 children, some who would not even be alive today without it. One of the first children Davis’s ministry provided for was a young girl named Agnes, only nine when Davis found her. Her parents had both died from HIV, and she was left to care for her two younger sisters. She had no money and little access to food and water. Davis took Agnes under her wing and gave her the care that she so desperately needed. Agnes and her sisters are now healthy, and Agnes is a caregiver for Amazima (Davis 154). Amazima has had a huge impact on a multitude of children, and Agnes’s story is a reflection of that impact. The ministry has had the ability to completely turn children’s lives around, providing them with opportunities that they have only ever dreamed about. Davis, now twenty-one, is a mom to thirteen young Ugandan girls who do not have families that can support or provide for them. Davis admits she could never have imagined this was where her journey in Uganda would lead her, but she has kept the mindset that “one [child] is enough” (Davis 204). She did everything she could to help every child that crossed her path, regardless of the circumstances. This mindset is what has driven Amazima Ministries to become what it is now and what will continue to drive it to become something even greater in the
"People tell me I am brave. People tell me I am strong. People tell me good job. Well here is the truth of it. I am really not that brave, I am not really that strong, and I am not doing anything spectacular. I am just doing what God called me to do as a follower of Him. Feed His sheep, do unto the least of His people." These words from Katie Davis speak volumes of this young woman's heart for the people of Uganda. In December of 2006, 18 year-old Katie Davis from Brentwood, Tennessee, traveled to Uganda on a missions trip she did when she was on her school's winter break. She was immediately captivated with the people and the culture. Completely impacted and changed, she decided to go to Uganda and follow her heart and
She paints readers the vivid picture of children sleeping in piles like dogs on dirt floors, mothers who brewed alcohol to make money feeding their children the mash from which it is made to dull the pain of starvation, and crowds of people who haven’t eaten for days fighting like savages to access a pot of beans. She admits that many times she felt overwhelmed at the work there is to do. This portion of the book reminded me of my mission trip to Guatemala during my freshman year of college. On the day our group went to the local street market, I had dozens of villagers following me around the market, begging me to buy their product. I ended up using all of my money that day because I had such a hard time saying “no” to these people. I remembering collapsing on my bed that afternoon, mentally exhausted and heartbroken because I could not do more for the villagers who really needed the money to feed their families. Connecting this memory with Katie’s experience brings me the understanding that in the social work field, as well throughout life in general, we cannot reach every person who needs our help, no matter how hard we try. What we can control is the love we show the people we interact with and the action we put into making a
For the last 35 years, Sovereign Wings of Hope (SWOH), founded by my father Reverend Daniel Situka, has ministered to families in communities in Uganda. SWOH has grown into a full life cycle community development program through conducting missions program targeting young adults, founding a local hospice program toward six-million people without terminally–ill care, and establishing a school for at-risk children many whose parents were hospice patients. An increasing need to mobilize US resources while directing new advancement efforts led SWOH to offer me a VP position as it continues to serves thousands of Ugandans a year.
Membership in Christian Health Care Sharing systems have flourished over the past few years with a proven track record of helping countless families. Samaritan Ministries is a successful health care alternative and exempt from fines associated with mandatory Affordable Care Act. It is also viable solution for those whose employers do not offer medical benefits or for people who simply cannot afford to purchase plans directly from insurance companies. Unlike other CHC systems that require members to seek payment for health services from government or charitable organizations before they request assistance, Samaritan Ministries does not. It is a Biblical way of handling health expenses because it all members are held to the same standards and
The social adversity that plagues millions seems to be a far cry from the hospitality of late summertime Helena and not a day passes by when Edens doesn’t appreciate his blessings. “I don’t have to wake up in the morning and worry about getting food or if my drink of water with breakfast is going to kill me.” Unfortunately, for so many around the world, survival is a daily struggle. To so many, there is no assurance of tomorrow. There is no promise of food, clean water, shelter or basic medical care. Ryan Edens and the Carroll Outreach Team seek to change these problems one human being at a
My question is: How and to what extent can everyday Americans help and support Sudanese refugees in and outside of America? I finished reading A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, and after, arrived at this question. A Long Walk to Water was based on a true story about an 11 year old boy who had to flee his home and walk his way to safety. It was 1985 and a war broke out. Sadly, it came to his village when he was in school. The school master told them to run away as fast as they could. He ended up walking for 19 years. His struggles and perseverance through that time in his life are beyond impressive. It made me think how privileged we are in America. Next, I thought what can we do to help more people like this? He ends up making it to
Although I loved all of my at home volunteer work, I especially loved doing good in countries that needed more help. I sponsor a six year old girl in Bolivia named Reina through Compassion International, she is one of the most spectacular kids I have ever met. She lives in a barely livable cinder block house and yet she is beyond proud of every tiny detail of it. Reina lives with her 4 brothers, her mother, father, and her aunt in this two bedroom structure and yet they don’t complain one
Twelve years ago, Esther sponsored two children in Uganda, Joseph & Brenda, while working in the Village, who were only six years old at the time, and she continues to support their education by giving them an opportunity to attend a boarding school in Uganda. Her work with the children doesn’t stop there; she also mentors them and other children in Uganda throughout the year with frequent telephone calls and text messages. She is affectionately called “Mummy Esther” by many, both young and old.
The Foundation had just donated the funds to expand housing for the Seed’s Orphanage, which was home to seventy- five children. Our mission when going was to spend quality time with the children by organizing ten days of fun activities. Each of the children in the orphanage had endured various versions of abandonment, abuse, rape, and neglect. Bonding with the children and experiencing life in an impoverished area was truly life giving.
There are many things that we people can do to help countries in Africa. However, the main country that I am going to focus there is on Eritrea. This country really surprised me. This country is located in Eastern Africa, It was bordered by Sudan in the west and Ethiopia in the south. It is known as the horn of Africa. This country was plagued for decades by war, droughts and disease. People in this country have an estimated annual per capita income of less then $250, however there is no starvation (according to the organization in 1999).
Back in 2014 and 2015, the school I used to attend in the Dominican Republic organized trips to orphanages in Haiti. 80 percent of the 32 000 orphans across the 760 orphanages have parents who want them, but they are not able to support their children. The organized trips were crucial in forming me as a caring and loving person. Before, I wouldn’t have been able to imagine how heart-breaking watching these starving, cheerless children would be. I always visualized kids as playful, blissful, and joyful creatures. However, looking at the Haitian orphans I realized how cruel reality can be to people. It was the first time I’ve faced such conditions, and I strongly rejected the fact who there are people in the world that may deserve even a little part of it.
As poverty is constantly overlooked the United Nations instructed
Agnes Home was formed in 1912, two years before the Home itself opened by the Sisters of Mercy. They were a small group of dedicated women who were inspired by the Sisters and worked very closely with them through the years. They said “if the Sisters would mother the babies, the Guild would mother the Home.” The 4-story West Hartford Home opened with 50 homeless and motherless babies, eventually accommodating 200 children. The long history of the Home together with the Guild is a rich one filled with many poignant and faith filled stories, which should be told as it stands alone as a model of a cause that has endured for almost 100 years, yet it still fills and urgent need
Unfortunately, it was estimated that roughly 1.2 billion people in 1993 lived in extreme or absolute poverty, that which Robert McNamara regards “‘a condition of life so characterized by malnutrition, illiteracy, disease, squalid surroundings, high infant mortality and low life expectancy as to be beneath any reasonable standard of human dignity’” (Singer 219, 220). These estimates can be projected at nearly 2 billion today. A large majority of the people living in absolute poverty resides in underdeveloped countries. Among the nearly 4.4 billion people in these countries, “3/5 lives in societies lacking basic sanitation; 1/3 go without safe drinking water; 1/4 lack adequate housing; 1/5 are undernourished, and 1.3 billion live on less than $1 a day” (Speth 1).
It is known that in order to create a change, you must first start small and in A School for My Village, this proves to be true. This story follows Twesigye Kaguri, a human rights activist, on his path to making a difference in his home country of Uganda which is a small country in East Africa. Throughout the book the reader is pulled into Twesigye’s world as he recounts his experiences in Uganda and gives readers a chance to learn about the HIV/AIDs, or slim, epidemic that tore through the country taking the lives of many innocent people. Being that HIV claimed the lives of two of Twesigye’s family members, he felt as if he had to do something to stop the hurt that was tearing families apart. As it became apparent, Twesigye learned that the only way to prevent the disease from spreading was to eradicate the stigma surrounding the disease and educate