YOU HAVE TO CHECK OUT THIS SITE
and her blog
In December of 2006, Katie Davis traveled to Uganda. She was immediately captivated and fell in love with the people and the culture. While in Uganda, Katie met Pastor Isaac Wagaba who implored her to come teach Kindergarten at his orphanage in Buziika, Uganda, called Canaan Children's Transit Center.
In the summer of 2007, Katie returned to Uganda to teach Kindergarten at Canaan. As she walked the children home from class each day, she was shocked to see the sheer number of school-aged children sitting idly on the side of the road or working in the fields. It was then that it came to Katie's attention that there were very few government-run public schools in Uganda, and none in the area where she was working. Most schools in Uganda are privately run and therefore require school fees for attendance. Due to the extreme poverty in this region of Uganda, many children are unable to afford schooling.
God laid it on Katie's heart to start a child sponsorship program, matching orphaned children who are unable to afford schooling with sponsors in the US. Sponsors pay$300.00 per year to send these children to school and provide school supplies, 2 hot meals each day, and all needed minor medical care. Originally planning to have 40 children in the program, Katie had signed up 150 by January 2008. By the grace of God,in December 2008 the sponsorship program had successfully sent all 150 children to school for a full year and provided them will all life's essentials.
This incredible woman of God is only 20 years old! She left everything she knew in America, traveled to Uganda and adopted 13 children!!! She strives everyday to bring Christ's love into the lives of Uganda's "unwanted" children!
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