Every Saturday is an amazing Saturday, during the children cell at Disney Junior school and the slums area (Kajjansi line), where we gather a couple of children in our community, children have fun, and children are engaged in Bible telling stories they memorize with lots of role plays and fun. It’s interesting how we see them growing and always shaping their morals in the fear of God.
Message from the Cell Team Leader
Children need stable, supportive and caring relationships to develop their potential as well as helping them grow in the light of God. Looking at our societies today, many children lack the conditions they need to flourish in various aspects of their life; and many of them are left out especially when it comes to their spiritual aspect in life. Today many parents have abandoned having time to encourage and see their children grow in the fear of God. You can notice that many children are exposed to long hours while watching TV, and many of their parents are not keen on which channels and messages they expose them to. (Many children can be found often watch nude music and movies beyond their ages)
We can give our children, all whatever we can in life, but it’s more golden when we have them know God and believe him at their ages, when we fail to do that the world is all ready to shape them in whichever direction it wishes to take them.WESHARE-Uganda is passionate about child care and child development, seeing that children are loved, given the right message for their ages, and seeing that they grow in the light of God.
Today, it takes a truly global effort to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people who have been left out, some who lack or are at risk of losing parental care. Our vision is to see that the most deprived and disadvantaged children have hope again and that they belong to a loving family. We want to build societies in which children grow from childhood, adolescent-hood, and their youthful stages into responsible adults. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in September 2015 by the United Nations, envisage a world free of poverty, violence, and inequality, where everyone can fulfill their potential with dignity. To truly achieve this by 2030, children, especially the most disadvantaged, have to be at the center of this global agenda.
WESHARE-Uganda has put the most disadvantaged children at the heart of its Strategy 2030, with the central message: ‘No child should be left behind. The strategy directly relates to the SDGs in key areas such as poverty, inequality, education, health, social and child protection, and decent work.
A caring and protective family is central to a child’s development, as recognized by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Similarly, the Guidelines for the Alternative care of Children affirm that children with inadequate or no parental care are at risk of being denied the support, protection, and love to develop fully. The SDGs will not be achieved if children without parental care continue to be left behind. At WESHARE-Uganda, for the little support we have, we strive to see that the families are supported to sustain a living and seeing that children belong to a loving family under responsible parental care.
The journey towards a better world in 2030 will require even stronger partnerships between key stakeholders, communities, NGOs, governments, corporates, donors, community-based as well as international organizations, and many more. Let’s reach out to each other to find synergies and develop new forms of cooperation. We warmly invite you to join us in creating a global effort on behalf of children without parental care.
