OUR GENESIS

Our project started on 23^rd April 2017 with four orphans who were chased by their caretakers and sought refuge at our village home in Nyanja-Maziba Kabale-Uganda. It became an eye opener to what is happening to thousands of vulnerable children in the locality and started to get what to do to change their miserable life style for a meaningful life.

Context of Nyanja Village

Nyanja village-Maziba County is one of the remotest villages in Kabale district Uganda. The Families are mainly depending on farming and daily casual labor work. Literacy rate is poor and it is difficult for majority of the people to do any skilled work as they are not trained for such work. The cluster of villages are very interior that they are unable to reach even to a nearby market or any institute to develop skills or engage in productive lifestyle. The families mostly fall under Below Poverty Line (BPL) (less than a dollar per day). Orphans and young Girls and boys from vulnerable families mostly drop out before primary seven and some even never go to school at all. They are not encouraged by family to move further with their studies. Government programmes have played their part by providing Universal primary education but this is just a pie nut and a drop in water in the Ocean of needs in the development of   these   vulnerable children. Kabale town is 38 kilometers apart. Hundreds of children around the area are denied these basic rights of childhood due to ignorance of care takers and/or biting poverty. All children are born with vibrant spirits and unlimited potential—it’s our job to provide them with the things that they don’t come into the world with: Safety, Education, Opportunity to live fulfilling life etc. On 5^th February 2018 Fr. Evarist and Consolers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus sisters invited vulnerable girls from neighboring village for small basic support and 33 (thirty three) of them come. This became the very first students of the Home of Divine Mercy

On 8^th April 2018 the Divine Mercy Sunday these children were dressed with uniform and led singing at the local church and thus officially launched HOME OF DIVINE MERCY VOCATIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE

               The founders: Fr. Dr. Evarist Gabosya Ankwasiize and Consolers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus sister