Meet Some of the Children
WINNIE is one of the youngest children in the Shelter. She lives in a very poor community which shares a tumble down dwelling, in which there are several widows and many children. The fathers have died, most of them of Aids. We visited their home and saw a scene of abject poverty, where children were sleeping on the floor without even mattresses.
MUNANUKYE is profoundly deaf and was discovered by Krista among 95 other small children in a rural primary school class, looking completely confused. She was able to find a school with a unit for disabled children which could cater for him. He has learned to sign and is, in fact, extremely bright. We found an individual sponsor to pay his fees as his school is boarding. This has also enabled us to provide help to his widowed mother and his siblings
EMMANUEL is the oldest of four children, all of whom we are helping through school; two are now in secondary school. His father has disappeared, presumed dead, and his mother is nearly blind and very sick. Emmanuel was 16 before completing primary school because he was out of school for several years before the Antokia Shelter was set up. He is highly intelligent and the most serious, responsible of individuals. Once he has completed S4 he will be in a better position to provide for his family.
ROSETTE is one of several internal refugees we are supporting, having come to the South West from the war torn area of the North. They are some of the most disadvantaged in the community. Rosette is a lovely singer and leads the children when they sing their "Antokia songs", as can be witnessed on the Antokia video. She has now completed primary schooling, and is doing well at secondary school.
ROSE is one of the midwives we have been able to help. By the end of her first year of training her father, and then her uncle who subsequently paid her fees, had died. She is a very talented student but was weighed down by the enormous debt she was accruing in the second year. Taking her final exams and finishing the course had become an impossibility. She has 8 younger siblings who will be dependent on her. Rose's nursing tutor approached the Antokia Charity for help and we were able to make a one-off contribution to enable her to finish her course. She graduated well, and has been employed since. She is now hoping to set up a much needed clinic in her village.
