About the Centre

Family Spirit Child Care Centre was founded in 2002 by a group of people living with HIV/AIDS who were moved by the plight of children suffering after their parents died.

While the impact of death is felt across the whole extended family, children are often most affected as they are left vulnerable, defenseless and often abandoned.

Family Spirit provides a home to these vulnerable children. These include orphans that have no foster family; children that are victims of abuse and home violence; and children affected by war.

Family Spirit is now run by Nyakoojo R. Isaac and Angamita Susan.

VISION

A child free from suffering.

MISSION

To increase Community Participation and involvement in Prevention, Care and Support activities so as to mitigate the health, social, spiritual, and economic impact of war, home violence and HIV/AIDS at all levels.

CORE VALUES

Volunteerism, love, unity, accountability, selflessness, humanitarianism, popular participation and inductiveness, honesty and integrity, gender sensitivity.

GOALS

The goal of the Organization is to ensure that the challenges of growing up as an orphan are transformed into an opportunity of hard work, resilience and better education.

Today, over 200 children are supported, 190 of these are residents at the centre.

Family Spirit brings change and a brighter future to children who would have otherwise experienced a lifetime of suffering.

Current Initiatives

  • School

    The Centre currently educates 99 girls and 104 boys from Nursery to Primary 7, 57 of which are from the surrounding Community. It is situated at the Children Centre and has permanent structures for all classes (Nursery to Primary 7). It has a library, sick bay and space for a playground.

  • Farm

    The Centre has 17.5 acres of farm land, divided across two farms. The children are able to learn about nutrition and trade skills as they grow food and care for animals.

  • Community

    The Centre works with the government and other Civil Society organizations to fight the stigma and discrimination of children living with HIV/AIDS.