Childrens "Services" part 1

One woman from Belgium has found a ministry with children in a “camp” west of Kampala. She goes twice a week to tell stories, sing songs, through an interpreter, as most of the children don't know any English at all. She spoke with great passion about the love that she feels when she is with these young ones.

The camp is the enclosure to which all of the Kampala street children are taken when the authorities want to clear the downtown streets before international events. Children ages 3 to 18 are taken there if they are not accompanied on the street by a parent/guardian. Before Natalie began to visit, most of the children had no clothes, while a few had dirty rags to wear. In the camp there are no facilities for bathing or doing laundry. Drinking water and food are in very short supply. Most of the children have skin sores of some kind, and there is the good possibility of contagious diseases like ringworm..

This lady, with a social worker and a few others, goes twice a week in an attempt to bring some comfort and hope to these 300 children. I plan to go with her this Friday. More information to come.