JOY FOR CHILDREN-UGANDA

Poverty is fundamental cause of violation of human rights, stretching far beyong material deprivation. UNICEF's state of the world children 2005 report proposes the following work definition of child poverty: Children living in poverty exprience deprevation of the material, spiritual and emortional resources needed to survive, develop and thrive, leaving them unable to enjoy their rights, achieve their full potential or participate as full or equally members of the society. Poverty is a attribute of the environment in which children live, a situation where the families and communities are unable to nurture and protect children and where children are unable to develop their full potential. These deprivations cause suffering in the short term and hinder development in long term. Lack of adquate nutrition or access to safe water and sanitation makes children vulnerable to sickness and diarrhoea, reducing their resistance to disease. At Joy for children-Uganda strives to ensure that c...

Elisabeth, recieving scholatic materials donated by Joy for Children-Uganda Poverty is associated with high risk environment, lack of basic subsistence requirements and shelter etc. People living in poverty have to make life threatening choices as to how their limited resources be allocated against competing demands such as access to food, housing, transport, school fees etc. “I live in kitoru with my parents and two brothers and seven sisters. I have been in katembo primary school since primary 1, but I have often found it difficult because my parents can not give me the things I need for like pens, pencils, school shoes. But I still really like school – I can continue studying without those things. Sometimes my friends give me a pen or a pencil. At the moment none of my brothers and sisters is at school because there isn’t enough money. Two of them completed senior 4 and two other completed primary 4 but the others never went to school money was always the problem. If I do not go to ...