New Duplex Children’s Cottages (Cottage 4 & 5)
Amended Feb 2023: Cottage 4 is 50% funded. Current need 2 complete Cottages.
Purpose: To provide additional capacity for rescued children, reducing over capacity issues and increasing security of our children.
Location: Kamuli District, Uganda, Sonrise Children’s Home compound
Background:
Our existing cottages (#1, #2 & #3) each have 2 apartments. Each apartment was designed for 8 children and 1 auntie (house mother) per government criteria. Currently we have 64 children in 3 cottages, instead of the 48 as designed. We have an emergency need for at least 1 new cottage (2 apartments) to relieve our immediate overcrowding. But our overall need is to construct a total of 3 cottages (2 for the boys and 1 for the girls), ages 3-16.
The Sonrise Baby Home has at least 10 children that have reached an age where they need to move up to our home but we have no space.
We need a total of 3 homes for the girls and 3 homes for the boys separated by a fence to improve security and privacy for the children.
The ministry serves to promote the Good News of Christ in their area of influence through education, farming, school, outreach and discipleship.
Construction of each cottage can be completed in about 6 months with all funds available.
Benefits:
Eliminate overcrowding
Segregates boys and girls, improving security and privacy
We will be able to welcome the new children from the Baby Home and our villages
Baby Home can take in additional babies
Achieve compliance with government requirements
Budget: $200,000 x 2 = $400,000
Sonrise Children’s Home serves to promote the Good News of Christ in their area of influence through education, farming, school, outreach and discipleship.