Well for people who have been following our blog on a regular basis I’m sure have figured out by now that I am in love with the work that Watoto is doing! If me saying it all the time wasn’t a big enough hint then wait till you see all the pictures from our trip and how much I’m glowing from being here. I love it, and I love my babies…..if I could I would be taking these babies home with me! Unfortunately that is not an option but I am blessed to be able to sponsor some of the babies that have become my personal favourites. It was too hard to narrow it down to one child so Lawrence and I have decided we will be sponsoring 3 babies when we return back to Canada. I’m not going to lie it’s not all with pure motives that I am choosing to make a commitment of sponsoring 3 kids, it is in part because these children have become so dear to me that I want some type of loop hole to get regular updates on them!!! I also have a goal of finding 10 sponsors for some of my other all-time favourite babies. So for those interested in considering the option of supporting Watoto personally I wanted to take the time to give you some more information on how you too can become a sponsor!!!
There are many ways that you can get involved with supporting Watoto. If you are interested you can sponsor a child on a monthly basis. It takes 8 sponsors in total for each child to cover the cost of things like medical expenses, education and daily living cost. Children don’t have personal sponsors until they are old enough to go to the village. If all my talk about the babies home has you interested in supporting the babies home then that is another area where you can give….(which I may be biases but I do think that would be a tremendous investment). There is so much work and cost that goes into running the babies home. Often when the babies come to the baby’s home they are quite malnourished and need extra medical attention to help them get the best start they deserve. Do keep in mind babies themselves don’t get individual sponsorship, but you can choose to support all that the babies home is doing on a monthly basis. If your heart and passion is more towards the Women in Africa then I have what you’re looking for because that is another area open for sponsorship! You could get involved with sponsoring the Watoto Mothers or be involved with Living Hope. Each village mother has 8 children that she is responsible for and lives full time in the village where as Living hope is working with ladies who are HIV positive or have been victims of the LRA. For those who want to support but for whatever reason don’t want to make the monthly commitment of sponsorship then you could always look at doing a one-time donation or even taking the time to pray for these precious people. This is a growing organization that is doing amazing work here in Africa. Having the support to be able to do the things they are doing is really making a difference. I have had the privilege of seeing the work they are doing first hand and will be forever changed because of it.
This is such a brief summary of what Watoto is doing. I encourage you to go on their website and see for yourself all that they are doing. Or better yet when the children’s choir comes to a community near you be sure to check them out! I promise you will be blown away by the stories they share, the choir does a great job but being here I find what they are doing is on so much more of a bigger scale then I imagined! Please if anybody has any questions about sponsorship feel free to ask. Like I said earlier I have 10 children who I would love to find sponsors for. Anybody who is interested I would love to share their personal stories with you, then you can be sponsoring a child that somebody you know has personally met, and maybe even you could have the amazing chance of meeting your sponsored child yourself. The children have become so special to me and I really am excited about what God will unfold in their life! I myself am hoping God allows me to come back again and see my own sponsored children in their later years. For now I am going to enjoy the little time I have left with them before I leave Uganda.
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