Page 2 - LWB General Fund Update - July 2018

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General funds were also critical for the start of our newest foster care program in
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Uganda. Family-based care for orphaned children is very rare in this region of
the world, and so most children left on their own end up in orphanage care long-
term. As you might already know, we have a very successful healing model in
China, where babies born with medical needs come into our healing homes,
receive the medical care and nurturing they need to become healthy, and then
transition to foster care while they wait for a permanent home. It’s a system that
has worked beautifully for us over the years, and so we knew we wanted to
replicate this same healing model in Uganda.

Little Ian came into the baby home in Mukono in 2016 when he was found
abandoned by a neighbor. He was nursed to full health and then started
delighting the nannies with his huge personality and ready smile. While we were
so happy to play a part in his care at the baby home, we knew that what Ian
needed most of all was his very own mama to love him completely. After lots of
discussions and even more logistics about starting home-based care in Uganda,
we moved forward this quarter with placing Ian into a supportive and loving foster
home.

As you can see from this photo, he is
absolutely thriving. Ian is the youngest
child in the home, which he loves, as it
means he gets lots of attention which
every child deserves.

We are happy to report that a second
little boy from the baby home has also
been placed into foster care in Uganda
now as well. Our goal is to grow this
program to 10-15 children within the next
year. It’s definitely a new concept for
orphaned child care in this town, so we
are doing a lot of education and
information seminars to encourage even
more families to consider becoming
foster parents. We will definitely be
sharing more news about this exciting
program in the future.