​ABUBAKER & SULAIMAN
Isabirye Abubakar (7years) and Madada Sulaiman (11years), They were
both born with HIV and they are receiving ARVs from Iganga Main
Hospital. However, this is a long distance from their home village of about
15 kilometers which they must walk due to lack of transport to go and get
medicines. It's usually the older Sulaiman who walks to pick up the medicines for both and their father who is bedridden also due to HIV/AIDS. The mum who is also positive, is in prison because she was caught stealing food in the neighborhood and was sentenced to imprisonment. These children are therefore surviving on help of Good Samaritan.
THEIR NEEDS:
Monthly Food Package - $55 Sponsors:
Lyndee/Tres Biggers & Kasey/Matt Evans
Monthly School Food - $55 Sponsors:
Lyndee/Tres Biggers & Kasey/Matt Evans
Transport for Meds - $3.00
School Fees - $100 a semester (3 in a year)
SHARIFAH
Sharifah is 8 years old. She received 3rd and 4th degree burns to the back
of her legs in 2024 by her stepfather. Through the treatment provided
weekly she has experienced slow healing of the wounds. Sharifah accepted Jesus as her savior last year and attends church regularly. Her mother abandoned her, and she lives with her uncle that also accepted
Jesus last summer. She is a bright girl that will most likely
need some skin grafting at some point for her legs.
HER NEEDS:
Monthly Food Package - $55
School Fees - $150.00 Year
Weekly Medical - $150 week
KAGERE
Kagere was born with hydrocephalus. He is 17 years old and needs special
medical care. He is in a remote village, and it is getting harder and harder to
transport him to care. His parents are unable to work because he requires
full time care so the family is supported with medical equipment such as a
wheelchair, nutritional package and monthly medical follow ups.
HIS NEEDS:
Monthly Food Package - $55
Medical Care Yearly- $600
SHAFILU
Shafilu is 4 years old. He came to Labor of Love in 2023. He
developed a neurologic deficit when he got malaria and was untreated. In 2023 we took Shafilu to be examined, and it was discovered that he has
severe brain damage. He has a standing frame and a special chair to help
with support. After unsuccessful occupational and physical therapy,
a decision was made to support Shafilu with nutrition support and unexpected medical care.
HIS NEEDS:
Monthly Nutrition Package - $55
Unexpected Medical - $120 Sponsor Carol Harlan
ABDUL RAHMAN
Abdul Rahman is one year and six months. He was examined and found
with accumulating water on the head because a nerve is blocked. He
needed surgery to remove the water and unblock the nerves. This was
done for him in March 2025. He can’t sit alone due to deformed legs;
eating is also a serious problem. Labor of Love is providing the medical
items he needs such as a collar for weak neck, braces for his legs, and a
standing frame.
HIS NEEDS:
Monthly Physical Therapy - $110
Monthly Nutrition Package - $55
Unexpected Medical Care- $120
RASHIDA
Rashida has been with Labor of Love since 2021. She was her mother’s 8th child and the uterus did not support her during the time she was in the womb. She has a weak neck and spine. Labor of Love worked to help her by getting her a special wheelchair, occupation and physical therapy, collar
and food package. Her mother is a single mom therefore Labor of Love continues to support when needed.
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HER NEEDS:
Monthly Food Package - $55
Unexpected Medical Needs - $120
IBRA
He is 6 years old in a family of 8 children. He can't walk, can't crawl, can't
feed himself or do anything on his own without being supported by
someone. They stay with only the mother called (Sylvia). Sylvia is currently
in tailoring school through Labor of Love so she can make reusable cloth
menstrual pads for the teenage empowerment program in Labor of Love.
She also does casual work like washing clothes for neighbors or
something else that can be available at a time for their source of survival.
HIS NEEDS:
Primary School - $136 semesters (there are 3 in a year)
Monthly Food Package - $55
Siblings Lunch because they push him to school - $55
Unexpected Medical Care -$120
NADIN
Nadin is 7 years old. She was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. She lives with her grandmother. She gets monthly occupational therapy and nutritional food packages. The physicians have observed improvement in the past year. They have recommended Nadin have surgery to correct her spine. It is important for her to receive the treatments to continue to see
improvement.
HER NEEDS:
Monthly Nutritional Package - $55
Occupational and Physical Therapy - $100 Sponsor: Charles Story
Unexpected Medical Care - $120 Sponsor: Carol Harlan
NGOBI ASHRAF
Ashraf is a 16 year old. He is deaf and mute. Unfortunately,
the father died in 2013, and left 8, with their mother Kauma
Hasifa struggling to see how to uplift them. The mother sells silver
fish as a means of survival for the family. The other siblings
are struggling to be in school and find alternative ways to make a living.
However, this particular one is very challenging to the mother since he is
disabled. Attending school has been a challenge since he is a special
needs case. The mother tried putting him in the nearby school, but he
could not manage since it's only for typical children. He needs a school
with sign language. Labor of Love has paid for his initial school cost. He is
doing well at the new school.
HIS NEEDS:
School for the deaf - $440 a semester
Unexpected medical needs - $120
