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Mountain of Hope Childrens Family Uganda with a vision of one man brother James Malinga.
In April 2005 he came across an abandoned child called Rose in the streets of Kampala, he was touched as Rose seemed to have no future at all. 
This encounter was a turning point for James; he began helping Rose and developed a vision for the children of Uganda.
Mountain of hope children’s family is an NGO registered non-profit charity founded to help the orphaned and vulnerable children of Uganda. Targeting abandoned and displaced children, those that have lost their parents due to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, children from war torn areas through education, accommodation, feeding and provision of all their scholastic materials.
Mountain of Hope Childrens Family Uganda is dedicated to putting a smile on the faces of the unprivileged children and their communities.
Mountain of Hope is based in Uganda, Mpigi 40KM along Kampala-Masaka highway, East Africa
DEFINING VULNERABLE CHILDREN
Vulnerable children will include:
- q Vulnerable children: defined as those children who may not necessarily be orphans but are assessed by an agreed upon set of objective measures to be in need of external assistance from the public and/or private sector.
- q Orphans: defined as children less than 18 years, who have lost either one or both biological or foster/adoptive parents
- q Pre-orphans: children whose parents are chronically ill. These children are even more vulnerable than orphans, because they are coping with the psychosocial burden of watching a parent wither and the economic burdens of reduced productivity and income and increased health care expenses.
VISION
We have a vision of bringing lasting, and a positive change to the young children and the community they live in.
MISSION
Our mission is to make a real, lasting difference to the lives of children through provision of education, care and surrounding them with Gods love.
CORE VALUES
We are committed Christians willing to serve Christ through children.
We are committed to help children:
Jesus identified himself with the poor, powerless, the afflicted, the oppressed and the marginalized.
We are trustworthy:
The resources at our disposal are a trust from God through our donors on behalf of the young children, we are open in our dealings with donors and the public at large, we demand high standards of competence and financial accountability.
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Today in Uganda you can hardly walk one kilometer without coming across an orphan or an abandoned child, An estimated 52%(12.8 million) of Uganda’s population are children aged less than 18 years of which an estimated 18.2%(not less than 2million) of the children are orphans. This number is expected to increase given the prevailing poverty and HIV/AIDS pandemic.
The number of orphans and other vulnerable children and the negative impact of HIV/AIDS on children is continuing to increase in the district. A large and growing number of children are experiencing the trauma and distress of losing their parents and are being forced to fend for themselves here in Mpigi district. In the absence of adult protection, love and support for these children have been made even more vulnerable to illness, exploitation and abuse, and to HIV infection, illness, malnutrition and death among young children are on the rise, school participation is declining, and the number of street children are growing.
The Christian and humanitarian imperative, which under-girds every thing Mountain of hope does compel us to respond in the face of such pain and suffering.
Investing in Orphans and vulnerable children is investing in the future strength and security of communities and countries.
Care for them is a powerful ground for initiating HIV/AIDS responses in communities.
OBJECTIVES
To offer formal education by paying for their school fees and other scholastic materials like school uniforms, books, we believe that education is one of the fundamentals of success and a key to a better and bright future.
To set up a community clinic with a qualified doctor and nurse to administer effective treatment to all our children and the community at large.
Since most of our children live with HIV we intend to provide counseling services to train them how to cope with stress, to embrace positive change and to have high self esteem.
To teach children Christian values since we are based on a strong Christian foundation.
Children will have a choir in order to help raise funds to help other street children, the choir will be named “hard mountain” to symbolize the hard life a typical African child goes through from child hood, it will also help in spreading the gospel to change the lives of the suffering children through spreading a message of hope through music.
“Hard mountain” will record their songs from a studio which will be available for sale.
To acquire 20 hectares of land in Mpigi town , we have a plan in place to construct a family for those in our care.
600 children will be living in this family and so we plan to construct forty ( 40) houses, each accommodating fifteen (15 ) children with two (2) mothers in each house to look after them.
These mothers will perform some of the following tasks:
- q Protecting the children from all forms of abuse
- q Ensure the well being by ensuring that they have food and access health services.
- q Provide counseling both spiritual and physical to them.
To set up a primary, secondary and vocational schools to provide formal education for our children without the need for long daily journeys to school.
A vocational school will be set up to teach practical skills such as tailoring, carpentry, art and crafts, plumbing, brick laying and many others so as to help them be job creators in future.
Guiding principles for working with the vulnerable children:
- q The best interests of the child should always be put first.
- q Children’s rights to decide for themselves should be respected at all times
- q Children’s sero-status should be kept in maximum confidentiality
- q Children should participate in an environment where they feel safe with their own peers so that they do not feel so threatened or used.
Mountains of Hope Childrens Family Uganda
MPIGI DISTRICT-UGANDA
+256772413465
jamesmalinga@yahoo.com
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