The Least of These: Helping Street Kids in Uganda

Our plan for the street kids has many facets. Here in the states, our main source of income is selling jewelry. We receive jewelry that is made by former street kids and sell it in the states. The boys that make the jewelry used to live on the streets, were moved into a home, and now have grown up and make a living for themselves by making jewelry. Half of the profits go to funding our trips to Uganda and the other half goes directly back to the kids in Uganda. We are working on organizing fundraisers to raise awareness and get more people involved. While we are in Uganda, we work with kids that have been taken off the streets and are living in a home. We help them with their school work and focus on teaching them English. We also help to run programs for kids that are still on the streets. We also work on their English with them, play games with them, give them meals that they wouldn't be able to afford otherwise, and overall give them a little time away from the dangers of the streets. We are beginning work with the women's program for former prostitutes. They have a workspace that they meet in and make jewelry that we sell here in the states. This work provides them with income that they don't have to earn on the streets. In the handicapped program, we travel into the heart of the city, Kampala, where these people are living because they have been displaced by the war. We bring them food and just spend time with them. We share a meal with them, talk to them, and pray with them.