OUR FAMILY
BALIKOWA UMAR
Age: 9 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary two
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father deceased
Future ambition: Farmer
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Blue
Umar's parents died of HIV/Aids leaving him under the care of his grandfather who is working as a farmer and is always sickly.
WOTALI JOVIA
Age: 5 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Nursery
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father deceased
Future ambition: Nurse
Hobbies: Singing
Favourite colour: Sky blue
Jovia, the youngest of the four siblings lost both of the parents at a young age leaving her under the care of her Uncle that was not caring enough as he has his own children to feed. With the help of her aunt she was introduced to Hands of Hope.
BABIRYE CRISSY
Age: 12 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary five
Health status: Good
Parents: Father deceased
Future ambition: Farmer
Hobbies: Nurse
Favourite colour: Sky blue
Cissy lost his father and the properties that her father left for them as they were sent away by the relatives of her father. She is a very bright student with a strong desire to study to change the world.
WANDEGEYA GILSON
Age: 13 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary five
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother deceased, Father alive
Future Ambition: Mechanic
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Green
Gilson lost his mother due to HIV/Aids at such a young age and has never met his father. He did not attend school when he was under the care of his grandmother due to financial burdens while surviving with one meal a day. With the Hands of Hope, he is able to go school with three meals a day.
WONAIRA MARIAM
Age: 12 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary four
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother alive, Father deceased
Future ambition: Secretary
Hobbies: Reading
Favourite colour: Purple
Marim lost her father leaving her under the care of her mother but was not able to cope with the financial burdens. With the help of her aunt, she was introduced to Hands of Hope.
BYAKIKA FAROUQ
Age: 11 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary four
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future ambition: Accountant
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Blue
Farouq's parents got divorced leaving him under the care of her grandmother but was not able to cope with the financial burdens. With the help of her aunt, she was introduced to Hands of Hope.
BWANGA JOSEPH
Age: 7 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary two
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future ambition: Architect
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Blue
Joseph's live in a domestic violence household leaving him under the care of her grandmother but was not able to cope with the financial burdens.
BALITENDA KISCILA
Age: 7 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary two
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future Ambition: Teacher
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Red
Kiscila's dad is in a polygamy relationship, leaving him and his mother not taken care of. All of his elder sisters dropped out of school and are now married. Hands of Hope got concerned with the situation thus bringing Kiscila into the family.
BATAZE GODFREY
Age: 8 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary two
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother deceased, Father alive
Future Ambition: Athletic
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Green
Godfey's mother passed away even before he started school. His dad got remarried and his stepmother ill-treated him with witchcraft.
BAMOZE WILLIAM
Age: 11 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary four
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother alive, Father deceased
Future Ambition: Engineer
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Red
Bamoze's lost his father in a car accident and his grandmother could not afford to take care of all his siblings.
ISABIRYE EMMA
Age: 13 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary five
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future ambition: Mechanic
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Green
Emma's parents got divorced due to marital violence.
KANAKUTANDA GEOFREY
Age: 7 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary one
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future Ambition: Teacher
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Green
Geofrey's parents got divorced due to marital violence.
BYANSI GRANT
Age: 10 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary three
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future ambition: Pilot
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Green
Byansi's was in a dysfunctional family with no one to take care of him
DOOMU ALI
Age: 9 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary two
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future Ambition: Doctor
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: White
Ali's parents are in tight financial situation and unable to send him to school.
ISABIRYE RONALD
Age: 13 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary three
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future ambition: Architect
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Green
Ronald's parents got divorced due to her mom that is suffering from mental illness.
KAGODA KEVIS
Age: 9 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary two
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future Ambition: Teacher
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Blue
Kevis parents remarried multiple times thus having many children in the household leaving him being neglected.
KANTONO MADINAH
Age: 12 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary four
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future ambition: Secretary
Hobbies: Dancing
Favourite colour: Blue
Madinah's parents got divorced leaving him under the care of her grandmother but were not able to cope with the financial burdens.
KINTU MUHAMMAD
Age: 15 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary seven
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother alive, Father deceased
Future Ambition: Engineer
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Orange
Muhammad's father passed away leaving him under the care of her grandmother which unable to care for him due to a tight financial situation.
KIRYA ROBERT
Age: 8 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary two
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father deceased
Future ambition: Lawyer
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Blue
Farouq's parents got divorced leaving him under the care of her grandmother but was not able to cope with the financial burdens. With the help of her aunt, she was introduced to Hands of Hope.
KANUSU LATIFU
Age: 10 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary three
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future Ambition: Mechanic
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Yellow
Latifu's parents divorced and both of them remarried. She felt insecure living in either of the parent's house and his grandparents are too old to care for him.
KISAKYE ROSE
Age: 13 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary five
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father deceased
Future ambition: Singer
Hobbies: Singing and dancing
Favourite colour: Yellow
Rose lost both of her parents to HIV/Aids leaving her with her grandmother but she was too old to care for Rose.
KISIGE YESERI
Age: 96 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Nursery
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future Ambition: -
Hobbies: -
Favourite colour: Yellow
Yeseri's parents abandoned him at his grandmother's place as soon as they found out that his father has HIV/Aids. His grandmother is too old to care for him.
KIWALA VERONICA
Age: 10 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary two
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother alive, Father deceased
Future ambition: Teacher
Hobbies: Netball
Favourite colour: Purple
Farouq's parents got divorced leaving him under the care of her grandmother but was not able to cope with the financial burdens. With the help of her aunt, she was introduced to Hands of Hope.
KUGUMIKIRIZA ROSE
Age: 9 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary five
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother alive, Father deceased
Future Ambition: Teacher
Hobbies: Netball
Favourite colour: Blue
Rose's father died of HIV/Aids when she was still young and now her mother also has positive HIV/Aids.
KUNYA LATIFF
Age: 9 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary two
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother deceased, Father alive
Future ambition: Soccer player
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Green
Latiff mother died of HIV/Aids when he was still young and now his father also has positive HIV/Aids.
MAGADA ELVIS
Age: 8 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary two
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future Ambition: Farmer
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Green
Elvis's parents have too many kids and unable to care for him.
LUGWIRE GEOFREY
Age: 7 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary two
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother alive, Father deceased
Future ambition: Builder
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Grey
Geofrey's lost his father at such a young age, leaving him with his mother that is currently jobless. With the help of his teacher, he is able to go to school but now his teacher is able to help that much.
MAWERE FRANK
Age: 6 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary one
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future Ambition: Singer
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Blue
Frank's parents divorced due to family issues. She followed his father with his new wife but was abused by her stepmother.
MUGANGU EDRINE
Age: 4 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Not in school
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future ambition: Mechanics
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Green
Edrine's parents got divorced leaving him under the care of her mother but he was locked away in the house for days while his mother went to look for food to feed him. He was rescued by his neighbours that heard his pleas for help.
MUGULUSI JIMMY
Age: 5 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Nursery
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father deceased
Future Ambition: -
Hobbies: -
Favourite colour: -
Jimmy lost both of his parents to HIV/Aids and he was sent over to his grandmother's house along with his sister to be taken care of but she was too old to care for them.
MUSANA ARAFAT
Age: 7 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary one
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother alive, Father deceased
Future ambition: Soldier
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Orange
Arafat's lost his father in a motor accident causing stress on his mother leading her to depression.
MUKUBE SOWEDI
Age:11 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary four
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future Ambition: IT Engineer
Hobbies: Reading
Favourite colour: Red
Sowebi's was abandoned by his parents and was later taken care of by his grandmother but she unable to care for him as she was sick herself.
MUTESI ZAHARA
Age: 10 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary three
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father deceased
Future ambition: Teacher
Hobbies: Netball
Favourite colour: Light Green
Zahara lost both of her parents to HIV/Aids and she was sent over to his grandmother's house to be taken care of but she was too old to care for them.
MUWANGALA UMAR
Age: 5 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Nursery
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother alive, Father deceased
Future Ambition: -
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Red
Umar lost his father at a young age leaving him under the care of his mother that was sickly and in a tight financial situation.
MUZAN SHALIF
Age: 8 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary three
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father deceased
Future ambition: Singer
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Green
Shalif lost both of his parents at the age of two and he has been staying with his grandma.
NAMBOILA ESTHER
Age: 7 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary one
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother deceased, Father alive
Future Ambition: Nurse
Hobbies: Singing
Favourite colour: Red
Esther lost her mother to HIV/Aids was taken care of by her grandmother that is sickly.
NAMUDOPE FATUMA
Age: 7 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary one
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future ambition: Nurse
Hobbies: Drama
Favourite colour: Red
Fatuma's was born in a dysfunctional family leaving her under the care of her maternal aunt which unfortunately passed away.
NAMUGAYA GLORIA
Age: 7 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary two
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father deceased
Future Ambition: Tailor
Hobbies: Singing
Favourite colour: Pink
Gloria lost her mother when she was giving birth to her younger sibling. She was in such a trauma that she refused to speak to anyone until she received social therapy from Hands of Hope. She is currently living with her aunt.
NAMUGAYA VERONICA
Age: 12 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary five
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future ambition: Doctor
Hobbies: Singing
Favourite colour: Green
Veronica's parents were not able to cope with financial burdens.
NANNGWE PRISCILA
Age: 13 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary five
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father deceased
Future Ambition: Nurse
Hobbies: Singing
Favourite colour: Yellow
Priscilla lost her parents to HIV/Aids was taken care of by her grandmother that is sickly.
NANGOBI BEATRICE
Age: 12 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary five
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father deceased
Future ambition: Hotelier
Hobbies: Nettball
Favourite colour: Red
Beatrice's lost both of her parents and she was taken care of by her grandmother that was also sickly.
NANGOBI SUMAYA
Age: 13 years old
Gender: Female
Grade: Primary four
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother and Father alive
Future Ambition:Farmer
Hobbies: Dancing
Favourite colour:Green
Sumaya is from a dysfunctional family where her mother left her father as she got remarried to another man, leaving her feeling vulnerable. So she moved to her aunt's house but her aunt had no money to support her.
WAISWA JOSEPH
Age: 10 years old
Gender: Male
Grade: Primary three
Health status: Good
Parents: Mother alive, Father deceased
Future ambition: Doctor
Hobbies: Football
Favourite colour: Blue
Joseph father died in a motor accident leaving him under the care of his grandmother which also passed away later. His mother is not in good condition to take care of him.