Betty & I had an amazing & yet difficult trip to Uganda. I say amazing as we spent time talking & laughing with Anne & Ivan about “life at SACU”, visiting with the children and just taking in the sights, sounds and tastes of Uganda.
In the same way the trip was difficult. Difficult to see the many, many children who will spend their lives uneducated, working in the fields, underpaid and commonly mistreated, which is a weak way of saying they could fall or be forced into everything from prostitution & teen pregnancy to slavery & abuse. Everyday we saw the young people who in North America would be out in a soccer field kicking a ball on an organized team or riding bicycles without a care in the world, carrying massive bundles of branches & jerry cans full of less than clean water back to their village, to the tiny mud hut they call home. How fortunate the chosen children of SACU are that they might enter a world that the children of Buwundo would never dream of, to be part of the SACU family where they would be fed, educated, loved, respected, have their health concerns addressed and incredibly, have a future!
By educating a single child, it is our hope that their family will be lifted up by this child’s chance at a future. The village will improve as these children help to bring quality of life to those not as fortunate as them.
The hard working, passionate & dedicated staff believe in positive influence & encourage the children so they may excel in life and emerge educated adults who will be self sufficient and will walk a path of pride. Trusting that they will never forget their roots and the world that could have been, if it were not for SACU.
To each & every person who supports SACU through donation of time, talents or dollars, every sponsor who truly has opened their hearts to care & pray for these children, truly believe & know that you have:
“CHANGED A STORY,
CHANGED A LIFE!”
Thanks so much for sharing your experiences and perceptions!