I am so excited to share with you the newest project for Voices 4 the Voiceless (V4V). If you follow V4V on Facebook or twitter (@v4vorphancare), you know that our founder Brantley and her husband went on a mission trip with Visiting Orphans to Uganda this spring.
I know Brantley felt there was a true tangible reason why God put her in Uganda this year and she was open to what that plan was, open to hearing what God wanted from her in this place. Luckily for her it came about loud and clear.
V4V would be used in Uganda, used in a real tangible and HUGE way. We would purchase land and build a new facility for the Sangaalo Baby Cottage!
Now, I'm not very well versed or familiar with Sangaalo, I have unfortunately not been able to meet the woman that runs Sangaalo and that has so greatly impacted Brantley and her husband. I have not seen the faces of the babies, held them or loved on them. I hope to in the future, in their new facility that WE (yes we, as in me and YOU) are going to help make a reality.
What is Sangaalo: A home with 3 rooms, tin roof, concrete floors, one room houses the chickens that are sold for rent. In one room there are two bunk beds, this is where the babies sleep at night (there are 9 at this point in time). There is no running water, the babies drink goats milk.
Damalie is the woman who lives at Sangaalo, she has two sitters who help her throughout the day but during the night it is her and the sweet babes. I'm sure it's hard to call them all sweet when you are in charge of 9 babies throughout the evening but she does it!
I wish I knew Damalie personally, she sounds like such a humble woman of God. When asked what they needed, she simply said baby clothes. Seriously, she has two sitters, watches these kids all night long with no running water and just asked for baby clothes.
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| Picture from Brantley's post about Damalie HERE |
This is where we come in, we hope to provide Damlie and the babies of Sangaalo with much more than just baby clothes. We want to purchase land and build a new permanent facility for the children and Damalie. A structure that can act more functionally and provide safety and security.
Are you interested in being a part of this project? Here are a few things you can do to help:
1. PRAY! We are a small volunteer organization just getting off the ground, this provides it's own challenges in many many ways.
2. Donate by visiting HERE. Simply click on “Give a Voice – Donate” and when you enter the amount, you can select one time or monthly, and below that you can scroll down to Sangaalo Baby Cottage. This will also take you to our shop, that has been restocked with fun accessories from Uganda.
3. Follow us and keep up to date on the progress and needs for the Sangaalo Baby Cottage and share it with friends and family.
Twitter: @v4vorphancare
Thank you from the bottom of my heart if you read this post and made it this far!! Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or would like to get involved in any way.
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