NGO to construct home for orphans

Sep 05, 2001

A US-based international organisation, Charity International, is to construct a US$1.5m (sh2.6b) permanent children's home

By Lillian Nalumansi A US-based international organisation, Charity International, is to construct a US$1.5m (sh2.6b) permanent children's home for AIDS orphans in Uganda. Charity International is a community development corporation in Elizabeth, Colorado. Jack L. Harris, the board chairman for the NGO, on Monday said at The New Vision offices that once construction was completed, the home would provide permanent accommodation to children whose parents had died of AIDS. “What we are looking at now is purchasing land for building a self sustaining children’s village. These orphans whose parents died are causing lots of problems on the street. There is no single nation that can handle the AIDS crisis so we have to come together to help these children,” Harris said. “We have observed that Uganda has attracted global attention following the progress it has made on AIDS. For this reason, Uganda shall be the model in Africa for this project whose success will determine its spread to other countries in Africa. We shall take on 800-1000 children from each community,” he said. Harris, accompanied by Nick Pacheco, a supporter of Charity International, came to Uganda to find a site for constructing the children's village.

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