I always tell people about my big dream - I want to be a plumber one day! I don't just want to help my family, but I want to help everyone in my community too.
- Rodney
My story
Rodney Nsubuga is a resilient 13-year-old boy who calls the rural village of Nakaseke his home. Here, the horizon stretches as far as the eye can see, and the roads are painted red with dust. However, despite the vast expanse of his surroundings, Rodney's world feels confined and burdened. This is largely due to the fact that his father has been incarcerated for the past 5 years. Growing up with a parent in prison has made Rodney's life challenging, yet he continues to face each day with courage and hope.
Why Rodney needs our help
Rodney Nsubuga, a young boy with great potential and ambition, is currently facing significant challenges in his life that hinder his dream of following in his father's footsteps to become a plumber. Due to his father's incarceration, Rodney's family is grappling with emotional distress and financial instability. The absence of a crucial income source has strained their capability to meet basic needs and save for Rodney's education. Therefore, Rodney needs support to overcome these barriers and reach his aspirations.
Rodney is supported by impact partner Serah
Our childcare provides shelter for vulnerable homeless children who have been orphaned due to natural circumstances, such as the death of one or both parents, as well as poverty-related issues that cause despair in parents, causing them to make drastic choices that leave many of these children vulnerable. Some children are rejected by their families because of minor body abnormalities and treatable medical conditions.
Others are left on the streets of the capital Kampala, where they risk a lot to make a living. Because every child is precious to God. We cannot sit back and watch these children suffer alone. Still, we can do something to restore their priceless lives and give them hope for the future.
As a childcare facility, we provide a home for our children after they are approved by the government agency based on the child's status or condition. He or she is initiated into our family situation, from where they find a sense of belonging. Our mother, who happens to be a widow, can take care of the child together with other siblings he or she finds in the house and together they form a family.
We emphasize that our children are formed and raised in a family institute. Because this is a way in which right and appropriate standards of life are instilled. We provide them with quality education, food, health and medicine, clothing, and above all, divine principles. LUF believes that when we empower our children or our society as a whole, we provide a great platform for great African leaders who will one day empower the next generation of Africa and the entire world as a whole.
Sponsor Rodney
As a guardian you help Rodney and other children within the program of Serah.
Thanks to your contribution and that of the other guardians, the children are helped with proper nutrition, tutoring, sports and personal development. This gives them a chance at a hopeful future.