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Child Headed Households
Child headed households
This is an emerging concept and a huge challenge in the development process.
These families are more evident in rural areas especially in the Sub-Saharan African resulting from the death of parents due to HIV/AIDS. After the death of parents, culturally children are left with close relative to look after them. Since HIV/AIDS has mainly affected young energetic men and women, most children are left in the hands of the aging grand parents who can not provide them with the basic necessities of life.
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A child headed family with their grand father in Kabarole District
In the recent research conducted by Joy for Children-Uganda, in Kabarole District Western Uganda, most of these families have grand parent as guardian. Some of these grandparents are too old, have lost their eye sight and some can not even walk.
This even makes it harder to support the children and give them guidance that they need. They have poor health; they are malnourished because most of them have one meal day. Though the primary education if free in Uganda, most of these children are missing school because of lack of scholastic materials or prefer staying behind to fend for their very day necessities.
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Their houses are poor, some of them are at the verge of collapsing, they lack beddings, utensils, enough food, and security for their property. They have no income generating activities. They own no animal or birds which they can easily sell to get some money to meet their needs.
Below is Kabajungu, who gave birth at 16 and takes care of her three siblings
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How you can help :
- Adopt a child headed family: You can consider looking after a family by meeting their daily necessities of life such as food, health, education, beddings etc.
- Build a house: You can help to build a simple house for a child headed family.
- Support their Income generating Activities: You can help a Child Headed Family start an IGA such as goat rearing, poultry, cattle keeping, piggery or supporting them with seeds and farm tools.
- Sponsor a Child: Consider sponsoring a child from a Child Headed Family.
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- Sponsor a Volunteer: Support the volunteers who visit children and work around the clock to find them the help they need.
- Volunteer: You can volunteer as an individual, family or as a group to a child headed family. Paying regular visits, washing for them, making their beds, helping them maintain their hygiene and teaching them how to write and read.
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Joy for Children Uganda
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P.O Box 15383
Kampala (Uganda)
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Telephone:
+256 414 530 450
+256 414 380 417
+256 712 982 301
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Email:
info@joyforchildren.org
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