My mother became pregnant with me by rape from a man infected with AIDS, and she too developed AIDS. When I was only four, my mother died of this disease…

In Uganda, some people believe chickenpox is a curse from God. My parents and grandmother hired a man to kill me for only $200…

When I was a brand new baby I was found crying loudly at the bottom of a pit latrine. I was miraculously healthy, though very dirty and hungry…

Herbert and Haman are my brothers. My mother was tragically taken from me in a cruel act linked to witchcraft accusations, and just this year my father was killed during the violent election riots…

I’m Tamale’s older brother. We became orphans at ages 3 and 2. We had no education, no parental love, and no one to meet our basic needs…

Soon after I was born, I was left all alone on the doorstep of the orphanage. Alex found me and took me in. They never found out…

Alex met me at the local hospital two days after my mother died giving birth to me. My mom was a close friend to Alex because they lived in the…

My mom died when I was only one month old. I grew up with my grandmother, and we lived a quiet life until the day she had an accident on the street that…

When I was 7 I lived in a small village with both my parents. My parents were alcoholics who regularly abused me. Everybody in the community knew me...

My family was very poor, and we often went days without food. When I was 9 my parents died in a taxi accident on their way to…

I lost both my parents when I was 8 years old. One night soon after the death of my parents, the tiny grass-thatched house I lived in…

Herbert and Namatovu are my siblings. My mother was murdered due to witchcraft accusations when I was only 9 years old, and just this year my father was killed in the violent election riots…

I lived with my mother in a very remote area called Katanga. When I was 5 years old my mother passed away. I went to live with my grandparents who loved me…

Haman and Navatomu are my siblings. When I was just 8 years old my mother was murdered due to witchcraft accusations, and just this year my father was killed in the violent election riots…

I lost my father when he drowned at work one day working as a fisherman. I lived with my mother and five siblings in the slums where there was never any...

I was lying on the ground, abandoned and naked with a tiny cloth around my waist. They scooped me up and took me to the village council to find out…

My mother and I met Alex on the streets when I was just a toddler. My father had already died of AIDs at that point, and my mother was very sick with the…

I lost both my parents in the landslides of Bududa when I was just a baby. Some older girls cared for me, and eventually, we moved to…

My mother abandoned me at a bus terminal when I was asleep. When I woke up and couldn’t find her I started crying, but no one helped me…

I came to the orphanage when I was only 1 year old after my mother became sick and was unable to care for me. When I first went to live at the orphanage…

I lost my mother in a motor vehicle accident when I was very young. When my mother died I was taken in by a friend of my mother’s…

My father sacrificed his life as a member of the military fighting for our country, and my mother committed suicide after the death of my father.

I lived with my parents until the age of 7 when they both died in a landslide. I then went to live with my aunt, but when I was 11 she…

My brother and I became orphans at ages 2 and 3. Our aunt took care of us along with her own five children. However, she was unemployed and struggled…

When I was 11 years old, my parents were killed when our home collapsed in on itself while they were inside, and I was out playing with friends…

I grew up as an orphan after losing both my parents in a motor vehicle accident when I was 1 year old. I lived with my aunt…

I have never been able to have children of my own, so I find joy in helping care for the children at Kabagambe Childcare Foundation…

I came under the care of Alex shortly after the opening of Kabagambe Childcare Foundation in April 2016. My father had died, and I had run away from…