On February 2nd, 2022, little Joshua was taken to the Toro Babies Home by an officer and a relative. Joshua was born on January 3rd, 2022. His 16-year-old mother was anemic and sadly died shortly after he was born. The father is only 17 years old. A relative of the little one took him in, but he could hardly look after him, which is why he turned to us. Joshua wasn't in ... read more
Baby Home
January Review
The Toro Babies Home is moving on as usual with 45 children now. This month we took over a baby called Atuhairwe Gift whose 17 years old mother died after giving birth. As his father is also just 19 years old, the government officials thought it would be better take the child to our Home because they were concerned about his safety. At his arrival he was not in a good ... read more
Visit by the members of the Rotary Club
Today our Toro Babies Home was visited by the members of the Rotary club of Kampala Munyonyo who donated food and household items as well as money. This will be of great help for the Toro Babies Home and we appreciate their support very much. ... read more
Quarantine in Toro Babies Home
Directly after Christmas party on 22th December we got the notice, that Covid-19 even reached Toro Babies Home. Almost all volunteers and almost all mothers have been tested positive for Covid. The kids were not tested because of the costs. They all have had mild symtomps. Matron Betty and Accountant Joan are not infected. But in the meantime all antigen rapid tests are ... read more
Renovation Preparations
Together with Peter Painter, Plumber David and Accountant Joan, as well as Matron Betty, we started the renovation of the staff and office houses. Peter will be painting the ceiling in the Staff House after the carpenter fixes it as well as the outside of the Office House and Staff House. Josef Zimmermann will oversee the interior renovation of the Staff House in ... read more
Simon, Keron, Gift und Ruth
How is it going in our Toro Babies Home you may wonder: Our little Simon is doing much better. The pain caused by the suture of the surgery is slowly diminishing, as he doesn't cry as much as much before and seems more comfortable. We have been busy planning for the Toro Babies Home. The ordered bottles were fortuntately delivered quickly and arrived already this monday. ... read more
