Children of Batwa Organisation is a Non-Governmental Organization, it started 12th November 2012 Mr. Karist Twikirize, This NGO, Non-profit organization that started to help Batwa Needy Children and Orphans.
Our Project uses a lifecycle approach in our holistic care and educational programs that focuses on the needs of children at all stages of development: early childhood, basic education, adolescence, and youth. We are committed to seeing each Mutwa child who is selected to receive at least a minimum amount of food, scholarship, graduate and receive their diploma.
Your monthly sponsorship of $25 or $50 per month will change the life of a mutwa child in Uganda.
Each Orphans sponsorship package includes tuition, school materials, uniforms, meals throughout the day at school, and medical care.
Your child will rely on your monthly support to attend school and will forward to writing to you on their progress and reading your words that will encourage them to work and study hard!
Short Story about Karist the founder, I grew up in a poor family where my mother was a single-mother but with six children, all children dropped out from school because of lack of school fees. My Elder sisters got married when they were still young, I remained home, my mother had 2 goats with which we would share accommodation in the same house that was thatched with dry Spear grass. We could use the same spear-grass stems to get light at night.
My mum started a business of selling Alcohol from brewed form Banana juice to get money for my education. Sometimes, if the goat produced a kid, she would sell it and get money, she managed to educate me up to ordinary level where I attained the UCE (Uganda certificate of Education) but beyond this, she couldn’t manage me for any more studies. I sat home for few years and decided to go out of home and start my Hustle. My life faced so many challenges; unfortunately, I married my wife who was also coming from a poor family. I found out that my sisters too were at home divorced also with other children and so poverty symptoms increased in our family, but because I had studied something basic English, Mathematics, Basic Sceince and Social Studies, I got a job in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to carry tourists’ bags for those going for Gorilla trekking (APORTER GUIDE) I was then Blessed with a friend who helped me and changed my life and my family, after I told my friend about my dream, to help people passing through such situations like the ones I passed through, he supported me, to start this Organization. We so far feed 35 needy Batwa children whose mothers are single mothers, orphans and people with HIV/AIDS.
Vision: Transforming the needy Batwa children and Orphans into a society that appreciates and values culture and are socially and economically stable to provide themselves with basic needs while protecting the environment.
Mission: To provide the needy batwa children and orphans with basic needs like food, shelter, medical care, dressings, education and vocational skills.
Objectives:
- Act as an advocate for the Batwa Orphanage and vulnerable children.
- To cultivate a desire for helping vulnerable Batwa Children and HIV/AIDS Orphans with basic needs, scholastic materials and settlement.
- To promote income generating activities, savings and credit schemes and improved living standards of the communities through economic empowerment and life skills development.
- To create awareness on the causes, effects, mode of transmission, preventive measures and counselling services to HIV/AIDS victims.
Activities
- Sensitization and mobilization of the vulnerable and disadvantaged Batwa children in the community.
- Providing scholastic materials, medical services and basic needs to our Batwa Children.
- Promoting income generating activities.
- Testing campaigns and psychosocial sessions to HIV/AIDS victims.
- Community empowerment through life skills development.
When someone sponsors a child, it means as a sponsor you have entered into a supportive relationship with a Mutwa Child in Uganda, East Africa. After you sign up to sponsor a child, you the will be introduced to your assigned sponsored child.
The child you sponsor may be orphaned, in foster care, or a child living in extreme poverty or struggling with HIV/AIDS. Though your sponsorship, you can provide financial and emotional support to help encourage healthy development as they grow in life!
Your monthly sponsorship of $25 or $50 per month will change a life of a child in Uganda, East Africa. We believe it’s a big deal to give monthly to a child you may never physically meet — but we know that the relationship you will build with the child you support and the impact you will have on their life is totally worth the investment.
We desire for you to truly know the child you sponsor and we guarantee they will know you. Your Mutwa child will rely on your monthly support to attend school. They will look forward to writing you messages, share their academic progress, and send video messages from time-to-time. They need you!
Core Values: WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
“WE RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS”
At Children of Batwa Organisation, we believe each child and person is unique. Our ears and hearts always come ready listen so that each need is examined and addressed to its uniqueness.
We carefully measure and evaluate our work every step of the way to know how and where our programs are creating the most impact.
WHO WE ARE & THE VALUES WE STAND BY
Children of Batwa Organisation works to provide programs and services that restore dignity, advocates for the vulnerable Batwa children, and empowers local leaders. We value every life and work to listen to all perspectives so that our entire community rises together and stands fight the villains of injustice.
“EMPOWERED TO “DO”: We are “can-do” people. It is too easy to say what can’t be done or what hinders us from helping… there’s always a reason why something is impossible. But at Project Orphan’s we are people who live with a can-do mindset, and always find a way to serve or get our work done!
SERVE WITH JOY: At Children of Batwa Organisation, we serve with happiness and a joyful heart. Not sadness or madness—but we serve with gladness!
The quickest way to bring restoration is through finding joy in serving others.
DEFEND THE FATHERLESS: We are called to serve the most vulnerable Batwa children; to relieve their suffering and to promote the transformation in their life.
WE STEWARD RESOURCES: The resources at our disposal are not our own. They were given through generosity and should be used for the purpose which those resources were given. We treat the things we have been given in a manner that brings maximum benefit to others and the organization.
QUICK TO RESPOND: We are quick to respond to life-threatening emergencies or when we see abuse/neglect. We step into the lives of the voiceless where our involvement is needed and appropriate!
We are willing to take intelligent risks and act quickly. We do this from a foundation of experience and sensitivity to what the situation requires!
Batwa Children: Blessed Pavilion:
At Children of Batwa Organisation, we believe each Mutwa child is created beautifully by God, and in His image. Blessed Pavilion was designed to give love to Batwa children with special needs!
Offering Children with Special Needs Unconditional Care
Children of Batwa Organisation comes alongside families who have children living with special needs by offering tuition-free care and therapeutic services at Blessed Pavilion, a special needs day-care.
On a daily basis, our batwa children are being fed three meals, learn different ways to communicate, dance, and play outside! There’s always lots of laughs at Blessed Pavilion and we wouldn’t have it any other way.
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Sponsorships: Sponsorship Saves Lives
From statistics to real-life stories, there is evidence that our sponsorship program gives children a strong opportunity to overcome poverty and reach their dreams!
