LAND OF GOOD HOPE FOR AFRICAN CHILD [LOGHAC] was founded in 2005 by Nkutu Nathan, in Butembe county in Uganda, Africa.This is one of the poorest economic regions in Uganda, plagued by chronic disease such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, as well as political policy inefficiencies that have left the underprivileged without any forms of social security. This organization functions with the help of community and Land of Good Hope Revival church members, and is limited by invested capital.
A team of volunteers with LOGHAC Children
The majority of Butembe county’s citizens are of the BASOGA tribe, along with a mix of other groups. The locals are mainly peasant farmers involved in growing cassava, potatoes, bananas and beans as their food crop. They also participate in small scale business. The literacy level has remained low due to high school fees, poverty and the presence of few government aided secondary schools. Hence, LOGHAC serves to address the various needs of the vulnerable children, youth and adults who are infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in their community, so that they can also have a chance to live a better life and help to improve societies’ standard of living.
Child with African Ball
The problem faced by children, youth and adults in Jinja district and indeed Uganda as a whole emanate from the social, economic and political environment within the given area. Only 41% of the eligible school aged children are able to attend school. Those who are uneducated, affected by disease, and/or orphaned are suffering from perpetual disadvantaged. .A number of factors contributes to pattern of non attendance lack of family support enabling children to go to school marital status and fostering are both important. Thus it has been deemed important to integrate women into this project because children spend most of their time with the mothers or female caretakers.
The parents more often neglect girl’s education as they view them as their investments to be of benefit to their future husbands. Therefore many are taken out of school to till the garden and help with siblings and later married off as young as they are. Hence exposed to HIV/AIDS at such a tender ages and very many are married off as early as 14 years of age. According to the survey carried out by LOGHAC. It is estimated that in areas of transmission, 23% of deaths among the under five are attributed to Malaria and 110%in areas of medium transmission. Cover view on the malaria situation in Uganda . Motto 2000.Mothers are from time to time destructed from their work by spending much time in clinics and hospitals seeking for treatments Reports from the Health management Information system (HMIS 1995) in Jinja district indicate that there were 158,29 malaria cases reported in 2000,205389 in 2001 and 221406 in 2002 among the under fives.
Child Happily carried by our volunteering partner
