Christmas is coming! Consider buying a bag of maize flour for one of our children. Such a bag (10kg) can last a child for a whole month and it costs only $10. You will be able to see the child who receives your gift and keep in touch.
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Thank you! Have a Wonderful Christmas, filled with peace and joy!
Help One Child Thrive Team
Mugoya Swaliki / Veronica Anghelescu
On August 31, we celebrated the Birthdays of the month of August – Kayuza Shukurah has turned 6 years old and also our friend and onsite coordinator, the HOCT CEO Mugoya Swaliki has also celebrated his birthday.
It was a very special day. The children wrote letters, they ate lunch (we thought it would be interesting to see how a lunch is prepared and what the ingredients are) and then a cake, and also they opened the packages received from their long-distance friends.
Our children from “Help One Child Thrive” have received beautiful letters on July and they have replied during a letter-writing session on July 21. After that, we celebrated the birthdays of the children born in July: Mulinda Shafik, Kauka Ali and Namukuve Laeticia. It was a beautiful, joyous and happy day!
Letters
Birthday Party
Sponsors
All the children with sponsors have been enrolled into the Second Semester of School, thanks to the generous contributions of our sponsors:
From among our children, thanks to the new sponsors having joined our Family, 9 (nine!) of our children were enlisted into school for the first time – or have resumed school after a long break (due to sponsor withdrawal):
Elivaseri Basti, our deaf child, has started attending a special needs school thanks to his sponsor.
Kayuza Shukurah and Ssebi Sharifa have been able to continue attending school (despite their sponsor withdrawing support) thanks to the generous help offered by a UK Sponsor.
Magata Rahim, one of our most fragile children, has also been enrolled into school thanks to fundraising and a forthcoming donation.
Mpakibi Madina, another fragile and severely underweight child, is also attending school for the first time.
Achai Mabuluka is attending school for the first time, thanks to our American sponsor.
Naigaga Nahia Malyamu, another young child, is attending school for the first time thanks to another Romanian sponsor.
Milembe Namususwa Malyamu is attending secondary school with the help of her sponsor and we received word that she is doing brilliant.
Mafuta Najibu has been enrolled into a vocational school with the generous help of our newest sponsor and friend.
Another sponsor will soon join our family to sponsor Mulinda Shafik – the sponsor is in the process of changing bank accounts and as soon as he finishes, he will begin the process of sponsoring.
Packages
Diana Sasarman has sent a number of 18 packages towards the children during the month of May, to Mpakibi (2) Ssebi, Milembe, Mafuta, Igaga, Namususwa, Nabutanda, Bafumba, Namwerusi, Muyida, Namukuve, Naigaga Nahia, three parcels of soap and other two for Mugoya Swaliki.
Veronica Anghelescu has sent 10 packages, to Kubona Zaina, Naigaga Hamida, Namwerusi Shivan, Elivaseri Basti, Naigaga Nahia, Mafuta Najibu, Mwase Minari, 2 parcels of soap bars and another package for Mugoya Swaliki.
We have also received numerous letters from the new pen-pals.
Items sent [some are already received; some are still travelling]
Soap (all children receive soap), toothpaste, toothbrushes, clothes (t-shirts, pants, underwear, dresses) sanitary pads (all girls above 12 years of age receive a monthly package with 20-25 sanitary pads), items for school (pens, notebooks, coloured pencils), vitamins and small toys.
Also, notebooks with detachable sheets and envelopes were sent to Mugoya to be used for letter-writing.
Medical care
A trip was organized to the hospital for Kayuza Shukurah for an eye examination and she received new glasses.
Magata Rahim and his family received special-treated porridge mix which is recommended for the ill children.
Other expenses
Internet, Electricity for HOCT Headquarters were paid, also Mugoya Swaliki’s rent and nourishment and two trips to the post office in Bugiri were funded, as well as a research trip for Mafuta in order to sort out enlisting into school.
Progress has been made concerning the yearly rent for the HOCT Headquarters.
Media
Our new website has been finalized, take a look!
https://helponechildthrive.wordpress.com/
Also, social media is managed in an organized manner:
Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/Help-One-Child-Thrive-165830824368692/
Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1223966674338049/
Instagram is in progress and will be managed soon.
Partners
Affiliation letters were sent to the Red Cross – Uganda Association, as well as to Unicef Association, so that we may gain powerful friends and partners and to make our work known.
Best regards,
The Help One Child Thrive Operational Team
Mugoya SWALIKI
with
Diana SASARMAN and Veronica ANGHELESCU
It is such an extraordinary feeling to take a child to school on their first day. On Monday, May 27th, 2019, the second semester of school started and some of the children in our care attended school for the first time.
More people have joined our cause and our community and have chosen to help a child – not only financially, but also emotionally, spiritually, taking a moral commitment towards the child and considering them a part of their family.
The children were enlisted into school, given shoes, socks, a change of uniform and all the necessary materials for school. It is wonderful to see them holding the notebooks to their chest and so willing to learn.
Please consider helping one of our children attend school. This is immensely important for their health (they gain weight, they receive good meals and clean water and they have access to medical assistance), for their mind (they learn English, mathematics, sciences). They receive evaluations from their teachers and we get to understand what they are good at, what their vocation is.
Best of luck, dear children! Study hard, be bright, the future is yours and you are our future!
We are getting ready for the second semester of school which starts tomorrow. Children are receiving scholastic materials.
Thanks to our sponsors, 7 new chilren will start going to school tomorrow – for the first time!
Today, our children received letters and packages and were thrilled to open them and discover small treasures: clothes, sanitary items toothpaste and toothbrushes, toys and candy.
On April 21, 2019, we celebrated the birthdays of all the children born in April. All 29 of them received a plate of food (rice and meat) and also soda and cake. They sang songs, talked on the phone with their long-distance parents and enjoyed their day. There were gifts for those whom we celebrated.
Many thanks to all the sponsors who made this possible!
Preparations for the birthday parties are underway!
Shopping for the children who celebrate their Birthday:
Nsiro Andrew
Kubona Zaina
Naigaga Hamida
Wickliffe Musubo
Awula Maganda Akiram
Kagoya Anisha
Help One Child Thrive 