WESHARE-Nisha’s story
Our first daughter Nisha… an orphan, lost her mom and dad
Meet Nisha our first daughter at WESHARE-Uganda, Nisha is a 4 year pretty young girl; our first daughter to be adopted by our lovely WESHARE family, Nisha’s story marked the beginning of our cause to make a difference and the OVC-Education support Program. Nisha is an orphan who survives with her other 6 siblings in a very needy family with her grandmother (Jajja). While Nisha was of 2 years, her mom died of an end-stage liver disease, after having spent a couple of months bed-ridden, her father had died of a road traffic accident, while she was of 6 months.
Nisha’s mom was a single mother; a bread-winner to Nisha and her other 6 siblings. She had to make for them what they had to eat at home and also for their school fees. (Though many times, they lived on an empty stomach when they had nothing to eat at their home at the time when their mom was bed-ridden).
At the time of death of their mom, Nisha and her siblings where surviving with their grandmother. Nisha’s grandmother a 70-year old, abandoned by her husband whom they had survived a life with at such an age and narrowly survived death after her husband set their house on fire (this is the house, where the two used to live together and had a happy life at one time and also raised their children from).
Her husband at the age of 75 years had married another young woman, therefore for many times he had done all sorts of things for her earlier wife to leave the home so that the co-wife would come in, till the last time when he set their house on fire, while Nisha’s Jajja was inside. Nisha’s Jajja who had to run for her life since the incident, she was welcomed by her grandson who was building up some rental houses in Kawotto village (where we met this family), though they were not yet finished and without windows and a door, she was allowed to find refuge in there at her old age.
Many of you may be wondering how we meet this vulnerable family with an untold story and at their deepest time of need! December 2019; our Pioneer year as WESHARE and during our December Charity walk, we thought of making a difference and celebrating the love of God in that festive season through giving back to the community (that year we decided on 3 communities of Kitende, Kawotto and Kajjansi, and we had to find 4 most vulnerable families from each village and share with them bread, foods with clothing). Amazingly that year; through the support of our lovely friends and well-wishers, our Giving campaign reached out 100 families, with families especially in the slum areas.
Our engagement with the women leaders from these communities was also to help us identify the most vulnerable families, to support these orphans and vulnerable children in school. WESHARE had just started and in its early stages, and enrolled out this as the OVC (Orphan and vulnerable children) Education support program, this program aimed at supporting 3 children in school at primary level. Our OVC community coordinator was approached by the women leader where Nisha and her grandmother were residents, at the deepest time of need of this family; Nisha was adopted by our lovely WESHARE family and local church; Newlife Presbyterian Church, Kajjansi. Today Nisha is one of our pretty girls, who enjoys her education at Newlife Primary school, Kajjansi under the OVC-Education support program.
Special thanks to you our friends, because of your generosity, Nisha has a bright future, thank you for being part of our cause to make a difference.
We share to make a Difference
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