Circle of Hope Day Care
In June 2005, Mama Na Dada created a much-needed daycare program for
orphaned children who are desperately in need of nutrition, medical
attention, clothing, and adult supervision and guidance. With the increase
of deaths due to AIDS in the last several 
years, dozens of children
are left orphaned each year. Many are sent to live with neighbors or
relatives. Most live with elderly grandparents and even great grandparents
who are barely able to sustain themselves let alone small children.
The result is malnutrition and sickness, no access to education and
children being left to find food and clothing for themselves. Many
of these children are also HIV positive and in desperate need of ongoing
medical care. Without a regular diet, medical care will cause more
harm than help and many children will die from preventable illnesses
each year.
The Mama Na Dada’s Circle of Hope Daycare Center currently 
serves
42 children who have been identified as being in “extreme
need” of food, clothing and assistance. The Center operates Monday
through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. providing 2.5 hot, nutritionally-balanced
meals daily. Each child is provided with vitamins, regular medical
check-ups, daily bathing, playtime, naptime and additional food assistance
if needed.
It costs $1135 to operate the Daycare Center for one month, caring for 42 children. To sponsor a child or to make a much-needed monthly donation to support the Daycare Center, please CLICK HERE.
Meet Gidi
Gidi,
9 years old, came to Mama Na Dada in June 2005 extremely ill and malnourished.
The staff learned that Gidi was one of four children who lived with
their father. Their mother had died of AIDS shortly after giving birth
to her lastborn child, now 7 years old. Their father struggled to make
enough money to feed his family. His work collecting drinking water
from Lake Victoria and delivering it to local villagers kept him away
from early morning till late evening. Gidi’s older siblings,
ages 7 and 8 took care of him and his younger brother Tony in the morning
before leaving for school. Their morning meal consisted only of tea.
The children then faced a day with no food until their father arrived
home from work, sometimes as late as 8 p.m. A local neighbor watched
after Gidi and his brother Tony, but little food to feed her own family,
she could spare little. Gidi had become gravely ill and required immediately
medical attention but the father could not afford to pay for it. Mama
Na Dada, with assistance of volunteers, covered the cost of transporting
and admitting Gidi to the hospital where he required multiple blood
transfusions and nutritional supplements to save his life. Gidi also
tested positive for HIV and would now require regularly administered,
life-saving medication. Thanks to the Mama Na Dada Daycare Center,
Gidi now has daily supervision, regular meals, and his own healthcare
worker to administer and monitor his medication. Mama Na Dada has also
provided Gidi’s family
with sleeping mattresses, food and mosquito nets. Gidi is now on his
way to living a happy, healthy life and his amazing spirit and personality
shine through everyday as he plays ball with the Center’s other
children.
To make a much needed donation, CLICK HERE. In the donation area, you can specify how you would like your donation to be used.
