Kachunga 2013

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WEEPs first came to Gracie in 2011. She is a widow with several children and is severely physically challenged. When I first visited Gracie, she lived in a very small mud hut. We sat on her floor as she began to tell me her story. I looked around and there was nothing but her children […]

WEEPs first met Grace in the slums of Kampala, Uganda in 2012. She was a widow living in poverty inside one of the biggest slums in Kampala. Her house was very small and I sat with her she told me her story. Grace had been widowed with two children and struggling to stay alive. She […]

We first started working on this island in 2006 bringing necessary food and education. The children on this island are mostly orphans. HIV and starvation have destroyed the livelihood of many that live there. This island on Lake Victoriahas a population of only a few thousand; however, is 95% HIV positive. Known for fishing, this […]

Another one of our success stories involves a widow and her two sons who live in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Prior to WEEPs putting her into business, she and her family lived every day wondering where their next meal would come from. Adding to her daily challenge of existence was that one of her sons […]

[Background Information: Momma Helena, 90 years of age at the time she began in the WEEPs program, is a widow with two disabled sons. Additionally, she is responsible for six orphans that belonged to her daughters’. In total she supports 56 children of her family. Furthermore, she had no source of income and no hope […]

Kachunga 2013

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