Imaging having both your parents killed in war, or dying of AIDS.
Imagine having no hope and no power to resist being sold into the sex trade as a child or being forced to fight in the civil war before you even had a chance to grow up.
Hundreds of kids in Uganda face this reality. We only hear about the war and the corruption, but behind the headlines Rock Of Ages reaches out every day to rescue these children and to give them love, hope and a future.
Many of the guardians for the orphans are widows or abandoned mums. They don’t turn away anyone even though they have very little.
The money raised from this challenge will be used to buy building materials to give these children a healthier and safer living environment; many are currently living in haulage crates and squats because the bricks-and-mortar buildings are just not big enough to house all the orphans who are being rescued and brought into Rock Of Ages.
A project earlier this year at Rock of Ages raised money for beds for some of the orphans living in haulage crates. Seeing the joy on the kids faces when the beds are delivered is one of the things that inspired me to set this challenge up.
Check out the video here http://youtu.be/X7GnCmwcqWA - the bit with the kids and their beds being delivered is at 3m00s.
Some screen shots below...
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