betty, God's promise.

everyone meets someone in their life that forever changes them. be it an extraordinary achiever or the mailman, they have an impact on you that motivates and inspires you to be the person you were created to be. they inspire you to make a difference. this person, whether they be big or small, will change your life.

for me, a little girl named betty is that person.

she doesn’t have a story that sticks out among the rest. her story is unknown to me. to the world she is one person, but to me, she is the world.

i met betty on a winterim trip during the month of january to jinja, uganda. i interned at Amani Baby Cottage and Canaan Children’s Home. 

Canaan Children’s home captured my heart. this is a home for the abandoned and the tramautized. these are the least of my brothers and sisters. this is betty’s earthly home. 

during my brief stay there, i fell in love with her, along with many other children from two to twenty-two. they changed my life, and now i want to change theirs. 

joy for jinja is a vision and calling i am feeling from the Lord. i want to support these children and bless them the way they have blessed me.

to do this, i want to start a non-profit organization that raises money to supply these children with not only an education and food, but with little blessings throughout their year. orphanages and children’s homes can be dark places. i want to bring them JOY! 

donations:

• scholarship program (canaan)- raises funds to support their school fees. they don’t have any proper school supplies and they build their own schools starting at age 10. they take pride and joy in learning and see education as their way out of oppression. 
• feeding program (amazima)- provides healthy foods to nourish their bodies. these children eat beans and rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. these funds would raise money to purchase fruits, vegetables, and meats to supplement their diet and pay for their meals.