Abandoned

I visited an orphanage that was close by town here in Arua. The program is called ORA and was first established in New Zealand, and later on over the years, an orphanage was established here in Uganda. As you may know by now, my experience in Bolivia has been one of the most memorable experiences in terms of missions. God began to give me a heart for orphans, and that is why I decided to pay a visit to this particular orphanage. Though this orphanage is not the same types that I worked with in Bolivia, but it did not stop me from paying a visit and looking into working alongside with ORA. There is over 90 orphans with ORA, but only 6 of them live in the orphanage. At first you would think, well where would the other 84 orphans stay. Well actually the situation here in Africa is a bit different. Different in terms of, if the parents have passed on, the child would still have their guardians to look after them. Most of these orphans have guardians to care for them at home. Unfortunately, very few of them would not have guardians to care and watch them grow up into a healthy individual. These individuals would be the ones to live at the orphanage. You may ask yourself, 'How does the organization sustain itself and how do the orphans get nurtured?' The organization began recently selling coffee beans. The orphans themselves are sponsored by people around the world. The support provides these orphans with education, food, medical assistance and any other basic living needs. Below is a picture I took from the orphanage site.