Before DIAS Director, Rod, left for Africa last month, he had a question he wanted answered. And while he was walking the streets of Bungoma in Kenya, it was. His question was this: does helping and feeding street boys actually make them want to stay on the streets? But it quickly became clear that no… Continue reading You won’t believe what these boys are forced to eat
You’re alone. It’s dark. You’re crying out for help, but no one is coming. Imagine you had to go through this, like 17-year-old Jessica did. She didn’t know what was happening to her. She was disabled, unable to talk, walk or feed herself. All she could do was lay on her mat in the dirt…… Continue reading You can rewrite this tragic story
When Joseph arrived in Bungoma, he didn’t know what he was doing there. His wife was a teacher who was posted to Bungoma, so they moved for her work. But Joseph had no plans. But then he remembered a dream he had many years ago. “In 2002, I had a dream. In this dream, I… Continue reading It all started with a dream
How do you keep going when it takes years – 14 years – to see justice for an attack? This is life for the advocates in Kyampisi, who spend their days and nights stopping child sacrifice. It’s hard work. Slow work. But that doesn’t stop them. KCM might be a small, grass-roots organisation, but that… Continue reading When it takes 14 years to get justice
The young girls are looked at. Abused. Sold. And many are rejected.And what’s more…. this is all considered normal. The girls and young women of Kisumu are viewed as property. And although it might be culturally accepted, Lindah Nyameche will not rest until that changes. She paints a picture of early marriages, abuse and unsafe… Continue reading This is not normal. And you can change it.
Your husband has died.You never finished primary school.And you have five children to feed. If this was you, what would you do? What’s your next step? For many Ugandan women who live this life, the streets become their homes. Or their children skip school, forced to feed the family. But this is not the reality… Continue reading Meet the Women of Kyampisi
He heard stories. Horrific stories. Stories of mothers who could no longer hold their babies. Of parents who were waiting for their children to walk through the door, but they never came home. It was these stories that compelled Peter Michael to do something. To bring change to his village called Kyampisi. It’s a place… Continue reading What made him go from accountant to activist?
Three children in Kyampisi, Uganda, need urgent surgery – and you can help bring them to Australia for treatment. Robert was hunted down by witch doctors in his small town in Uganda to be a child sacrifice. He now can’t walk properly. Mary accidentally drank a strong caustic agent and has been eating through a tube… Continue reading Get them to Australia for surgery
Last week a team from Droplets in A Stream was able to join in the first ever sensitisation march in Uganda bringing awareness and focussing on the abhorrent acts of child abuse in that country. Over 500 children and adults marched through the streets in solidarity with Kyampisi Childcare Ministries and others that are making… Continue reading DIAS against Child Sacrifice
How often do you simply want to throw in the towel? Why do things take so long? Will we ever be able to make a difference? Surely I’ve given it my best shot, so why do I feel so hopeless? Do these questions and sentiments seem familiar? Have you muttered them under your breath while… Continue reading Slow but Solid
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