Bringing Change To Our Home Community
Growing up, founders Shaka Enock & Patrick Ssengendo never dreamt of going beyond their little village deep in Mityana district. Life only rotated around what the next meal would be and domestic chores everyday. School was a necessity they couldn’t afford.
Then, a miracle happened.
People from the local missionary church identified them and enrolled them in the schools they had planted within the community (Maranatha Primary School & Cornerstone Secondary School). Today, their lives are much better than they ever dreamed because of this opportunity.
In 2017, the two formed Friends for Life as a way to give back to the community that gave them so much and transform vulnerable children’s lives.
Leaving our mark
We set out with the vision to set up self-sustained villages full of loving people, homes, schools and talent centres to help redirect children on a new path. Since 2017, we’ve rescued orphaned and vulnerable children, placing them in loving families. And we’ve come alongside vulnerable women, equipping them with skills and empowering them to be the mothers and leaders they are meant to be.
See where our work is taking place.
Our Framework for Transformation
We identify vulnerable & orphaned children in our community and provide a home with a loving environment.
In the future, our goal is to create a village with individual homes for 8 children per home, each led by a Friends for Life mother. The village would also have a school, playground and a talent academy. Here, children have everything they need to reach their fullest potential. That’s how we’re rebuilding and raising the future generation.
