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I am old as the number of years my mother has spent in prison.

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Born on the 10th October 1999,Lillian is the last born of her mother and was three months when she was imprisoned along with her mother, her mother told us that when Lillian made two years the prisons officers handed her to her grandmother to take care of her, leaving her mother behind in prison .Lillian says that she stayed with her grandmother for a while and later handed to her Uncle because the grandmother was weak and also had a lot of responsibilities .Lillian says her mother has seven children but she has only met five of them, all of them are scattered and languishing in the villages.

Last Updated on Friday, 08 February 2013 15:46 Read more...

Children paying the price for Their Parents’ Crimes:

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Children Do Hard Time for Their Parents’ Crimes:

Very often, children of prisoners suffer the impact of their parents' imprisonment; they pay daily for the price of their parents’ prison term. Someone said that the children serve 6 times t

heir parents’ term in prison. Their parents only suffer denial of their liberty and other pains that go with it. A man in Uganda’s prison is assured of at least one meal a day, but his/her child is not sure whether he/she will get what to eat, many times the children have to work for the food. But the question will always be, what crime did they commit?
This week we have received 20 new children of the 45 that we traced recently, one of the new girls Juliet 10 years, was defiled when she was eight years by her uncle, and the family members decided to conceal the matter and she was told never to tell anyone.
Last Updated on Thursday, 06 September 2012 11:52 Read more...

Father of two children found in a prison after 10 years

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“When He left in the morning for work, I was so sure he would return as normally as it had always been, but that day He never returned, we hoped he would return the next day but he did not, days turned into months and months into years.” That is how Sarah 28 years a mother of 4 children recounts, the disappearance of the father of her first and second born.

She goes on to say ,”Exactly 10 years later, one of my relatives called me and told me that the father of my first two children had been found and that he was in prison, a week later He sent instructions to me to contact an organization called Wells of Hope, which was to help with the children’s education.


When I visited him, he told me that he had been arrested along with others whom they suspected to have been involved in a robbery which led to the death of two people, and he has since been in prison, with no hope of being released since he is on death row.

Last Updated on Monday, 05 March 2012 04:43 Read more...

Academy students excel in Sports competition

Students at Wells of Hope Academy emerged fourth in the just concluded Coca cola Schools sports gala . The gala was held at Naluvule sports ground. The competitions attracted twenty schools.

Certificates of participation were awarded to the best players and schools who/which out-performed others.

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Friends and funds raising dinner

The dinner was held on the 31st of July 2010 at grand imperial hotel Kampala and it was a success. The dinner was attended by 74 people 20 children, 13 staff members and 41 invited guests. Among those present were Mona Kassarp a Swedish national who works with prisoners in her country was the guest speaker and guest of honor on the dinner, wells of hope volunteers, board members on the wells of hope executive, friends of wells of hope ministries, volunteers of wells of hope and security personnel from Uganda police.

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Wells of Hop Ministries Nutritive Food Supplemements Provision to Prisoners with HIV/AIDS

During this quarter we delivered food items to boost the diet of prisoners who are HIV+ of which 150kgs were taken to Luzira upper, 50kgs for the babies’ and 100kgs for the women in Luzira women and 100kgs to Jinja prisons.

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Wells of Hop Ministries Prison visitation by children of Prisoners

A pre-visit to the prisons was made on the 21st of July 2010 to have the prison officers notified and also the inmates prepared before the actual visit. The children’s visits took place on 23rd of July 2010 in Luzira and on 26th of July 2010 in Jinja. The children were so happy to meet the parents and the parents too were overwhelmed with joy to meet the children.

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Tracing of prisoners families


We were able to carry out visits to trace for families of prisoners that were out of contact and in need of education support but had not yet learnt of the existence of the school. Four volunteers participated that included; Rachel, Francis, Emma and Carol who were chosen to trace families supported in the different regions of Uganda. This activity was embarked on during the 2nd week of May 2010. We were specific about the regions to reach because of the limits we have in funding for the exercise these included; Kampala, Mbale, Soroti, Mukono, Jinja, Iganga and Kaliro.

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Wells of Hope Ministries Education Support to Children of Prisoners

The education support offered to the children has enabled us see lives transformed. We are glad to report that due to the school and school fees contribution provided by wells of hope, some children who had dropped out of school like Akampulira Robert have had their dreams of attending school revived once again.

The schools second term

 

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