Stories Matter
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Abbigail Nalutaya
My mother became pregnant with me by rape by a man infected with AIDS, and she too developed AIDS. When I was only four, my mother died of this disease…
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Abdu Kaddu
In Uganda, some people believe chickenpox is a curse from God. My parents and grandmother hired a man to kill me for only $200…
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Aron Bakasambe
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…
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David Byaruhanga
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…
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Elaina Nampima
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…
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Ethan Sekamwa
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…
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Fahad Kyeswa
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…
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Gloria Gwokyalya
When I was 7 I lived in a small village with both my parents. My parents were alcoholics who regularly abused me….
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Hadijah Nantaba
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…
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Halima Nalukwago
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…
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Hamida Nkoje
I lived with my mother in a very remote area called Katanga. When I was 5 years old my mother passed away…
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Irene Namatende
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...
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Joram Lubulwa
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…
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Jotham Kilyowa
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…
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Jamaru Mugaru
I lost both my parents from AIDs at a young age. The first time I met Alex was when I was only 2 years old, and he was going…
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Nuruyat Nkobelanyi
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…
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Owen Mukwaya
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…
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Rahim Mugaru
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…
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Sasha Nakitende
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…
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Shilat Nagujja
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.
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Swabra Bayiga
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…
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Tamale Alfred
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…
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Vicent Kakozza
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…
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Alex Kabagambe - Caregiver
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…
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Sauda Namuswe - Caregiver
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…
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Huzairu Mwejusa - Caregiver/1st Graduate
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…