Friends of Ugandan Children Inc

  • FOUC seeks to help needy Ugandan children launch successfully into life.  Doing so often includes more than school tuition!  Although education is a primary vehicle for launching the children, life is more complex than education!  Children need food and a place to stay and they can suddenly face serious medical issues for which they have no resources.  FOUC takes a comprehensive approach to launching the children.

Ms. J is a single mother of two, H and A, struggling with elephantiasis, which limits her ability to care for them. The family needs scholarships, food assistance, and medical help.

FOUC sponsors have supported this family by:

  • Assisting with food expenses.
  • Funding surgery for Ms. J to improve her condition.
  • Providing a scholarship for H to train as a hairdresser.
  • Providing a scholarship for A to attend school.
  • Getting A a bike to transport water.

Ms. G is a compassionate social worker who has taken in 14 children in dire need: children abandoned, orphaned by HIV, or products of rape.

  • FOUC donors are helping prepare these orphans for adult life by providing resources
    • For food and rent
    • For school tuition
    • For vocational training

Viv is from a small rural village. She is one of six children with an alcoholic father.

FOUC donors are providing support for the children’s education. They have helped Viv:

  • Complete her secondary education and begin post-secondary studies in agriculture education
  • Obtain an inhaler for her asthma
  • Undergo surgery to remove her appendix

Her brother S has taken on many responsibilities, and FOUC donors have assisted him in completing six years of IT training.

Ms. T was widowed with three small children (two girls and a boy).  

To help her and her children,

  • FOUC began to sell the paper beads she made at festivals in the southeastern USA. 
  • FOUC donors
    • Helped her children go to school.
    • Helped Teopista get training as a seamstress

Ms. T is a hard worker!

  • She built her own house
  • Coordinated procuring and shipping the craft products made by other Ugandan craftswomen that FOUC sold at festivals

Her children have grown up and have taken advantage of their opportunity

Her son has completed medical school. He runs the Life Line Clinic serving a poor area.

Her two daughters have university degrees in banking and city planning