Mutesi Sharafa
Date of Birth: 17 May
Age: 7 years
Location: Jinja District, Uganda
Mutesi Sharafa is being raised in a family that faces financial difficulties while working hard to provide for the household. The family sometimes struggles to meet basic needs such as food, clothing, school requirements, and healthcare. Despite these challenges, her family remains supportive and hopes to give her the opportunity to receive a good education and build a better future.
Mutesi is a cheerful and caring child who enjoys learning and spending time with other children. She dreams of becoming a teacher because she wants to help children learn and grow. She hopes that education will give her the knowledge and confidence to support her family and contribute positively to her community.
Her favourite meal is rice with beans and vegetables, which she enjoys especially when eating together with her family. Mutesi loves singing, dancing, drawing, playing with friends, reading children’s stories, and taking part in outdoor games.
The support of the Nicholas Kinyera Foundation can help Mutesi continue her education, develop her talents, and move closer to achieving the future she dreams of.
Common Sponsorship Questions
What tangible benefits does the child receive from sponsorship?
Your donations provide your sponsored child with critically needed services. These vary from community to community, because we work directly with local organizations and parent committees to identify and offer the services that address the most pressing needs of that community. Typically, interventions include family-oriented projects that promote access to health care, safe water, nutrition, education and training programs. You’ll learn the specifics of our work in your sponsored child’s community through annual progress reports and direct communication from your child. And remember, your child is not the only one to benefit. We combine donations from all sponsors to benefit children, their families and their communities.
How is my sponsorship donation spent?
We pool sponsorship donations and use them to operate community-based programs implemented by our local partner organizations. We have chosen to work through local partners because we believe local ownership of change is fundamental to the social change process. Local partners are responsible for delivering the programs and services that children need at different stages of their lives, and the pooled funds allow them to serve children, families and their communities most effectively. Through these partnerships, we reache children directly while also involving parents, teachers, local governments and larger systems in upholding children’s rights to health, nutrition, safety, education and more.
After your sponsorship donation, write to us at nicofoundation32@gmail.com
How are these children chosen?
In all the communities we serves, we work through local organizations. These local partners seek out the most vulnerable children in their communities ― those who are not already receiving assistance from another organization ― and then they try to saturate the area by assisting as many families as possible. To prevent discrimination or preferential treatment, our local partners post eligibility requirements publicly. And they involve parents in the enrollment process. Parents must consent to their child’s active participation in our programs. As our local partners conduct area assessments to determine the number of vulnerable families in their communities, they evaluate potential children based on …
economic need (defined in monetary terms, amount of possessions or access to essential services).
age (children must be no older than 13 at the time of enrollment).
proximity to the program sites (to ensure full participation in ChildFund’s activities).
family integration into the local community (to ensure commitment and retention).
level of impact from HIV and AIDS, such as AIDS orphans or children of HIV+ parents.
Children cannot be discriminated against based on religion, gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, language, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, age or political conviction.
Will I be this child's only sponsor?
Absolutely, as long as you continue to contribute. Once you’re matched with a child, he or she is no longer visible on our public website. Inconistent donations to a specific child will make the child visible to other sponsors.
If you selected a child online, you will also receive an email confirmation that includes a photo and a brief description of this child, normally within 24-48 hours. (The delay is due to the time necessary for processing your first donation.)
