Uganda: Precious Childrens Centre
Consistent Meals Draw More Students to School: Q1 2018
July 18, 2018
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Children in class at the Precious Children’s Centre
Providing Financial Support
Food Purchased
RMF continued to provide financial support to the Precious Children’s Centre in Kawempe, Kampala, which takes care of orphans and vulnerable children. The funding from RMF is used to purchase of food for the children, improving their health and ability to concentrate on learning.
This has helped to keep more children in class and to stabilize the center’s operations.
2018 primary seven class at the Precious Children’s Centre
More street children are attending school and seeking educational opportunities because they will also receive meals.
Two boys playing after lunch
After lunch, children are now able to play while learning. Before RMF provided funding for food, children would leave the center at lunchtime and would not concentrate on learning.
- Support children’s nutrition
- Strengthen operations of the Precious Children’s Centre
- Strategize ways to improve, expand, and create projects
Founded by Kawempe Division native and OPM officer Robert Baryamwesiga in 2011, the Precious Children’s Centre provides food, shelter, rehabilitation, and primary education to orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and former street children. Real Medicine Foundation began supporting the Precious Children’s Centre in 2015, providing funds for nutritious food, which has improved the children’s health and concentration and stabilized operations at the Precious Children’s Centre.
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