IJM and HR UCU Chapters Outreach to St. Mugaga Orphanage, Jinja

On Sunday, the 12^th of February, 2017, Uganda Christian University (UCU) Human Right Association (UCUHRA) partnered with International Justice Mission-UCU Chapter (IJM) for an outreach to an St. Mugaga Orphanage in Jinja.

Richard heads the administration at the orphanage. He welcomed the team and told of the history of the orphanage.

UCU students pose with the administration of the orphanage

“St. Mugaga Orphanage has stood the test of time since its establishment in 1969” he said. 

He added that most of the children at the orphanage are got from a nearby babies’ home. “We get most of these children from St. Fromena Babies Home.” This is a sister orphanage that sends children to the orphanage who have attained the age of 6

Richard shared breathtaking past experiences of most of these children went through to become orphaned.  One child that touched many hearts of the students was a teenage boy almost 15 years of age who had been stripped of the parental love by the insurgency under Kony in Northern Uganda.

The orphanage does not however have enough funding.

“The plots of land that we have and the food we grow in it, are not enough to sustain us” Richard said. The main source of funding is the Diocese of Jinja.

“We are really blessed by your presence; you are truly God sent.”

The UCU team presented lots of donations including scholastic material, toiletries, sugar, soap, and especially clothes among others.

Collections from the UCU Community

A week prior to the outreach, the two associations engaged in mass sensitization of the event at Campus, made door to door visits to the major halls and hostels including Sabiti and Nsibambi and received donations from students that served the cause in Jinja.

“We are very grateful to the students that offered us help during the drive especially those that gave us the donations” says Okia Joseph, President UCUHRA

UCU Students engaged in a lot of activities with the children of St. Mugaga, took group photos, selfies, said mass and also danced with the children during their presentations.

IJM UCU Chapter is very pleased to have had such a partnership with UCUHR Chapter.

“Answering God’s call for Justice”