Village Development
In response to the need in the north of Uganda, Watoto are in the process of building a ‘child village’ in GULU, which will run as a Watoto village but will specifically target rescued and escaped war affected children, providing physical, emotional, educational and spiritual care to some of Uganda’s most vulnerable children.
Watoto created lsquo ‘child care villages’ placing eight children and one widow ‘mother’ in each home. The houses consist of 3 bedrooms, a kitchen, living area and bathroom with clean running water.
Watoto villages are built to become self-sustaining, with a primary and secondary school, a medical clinic, a church/community centre, an agricultural project providing food, a clean water source and electrical power, providing a holistic solution to the children that they care for.
Behind every cluster of Watoto homes is an elaborate infrastructure that must be developed before the homes can be habitable- from water to landscaping, from septic to electricity. Watoto homes are designed to have running water and a bathroom (rarities in this part of the Africa), yet lack of funds is preventing us from providing these services.
