Thanks to the additional donation from Spanish volunteers, Gift and Maria received additional physiotherapy sessions in the baby home. The progress is remarkable. Gift's body is generally less tense and she can now hold a cup and drink herself. Maria can even walk on objects! Gift also received a new chair from the Spanish volunteers, which is better suited to their needs. ... read more
Children Stories
New home for Singura Godwin and Kahwa Talesi
Thanks to the efforts of the NGO Love without boundaries, a foster family near Fort Portal was found for the two children. Your new school is nearby. Love without boundaries will now closely accompany the family in the first year to ensure the safety and health of the children. ... read more
THANKS FOR MAKING SUZANNE’S SURGERY POSSIBLE
Dear friends and supporters of Toro Babies Home, We are immensely grateful to you for making possible little Suzanne's expensive hernia surgery, the travel and accommodation expenses of the three people accompanying her to Kampala. The unforeseen medical emergencies pose a great financial and personnel challenge for us, which we cannot cope with alone under the circumstances ... read more
Newcomers
In August we offered a home to a total of 53 children (24 girls, 29 boys). Two of them are newcomers: Asiimwe Steven and Mable Gift Biira. Asiimwe Steven was left at Fort Portal Regional Hospital by unknown persons. He is in good health. The mother of Mable Gift Biira is in poor mental health and therefore also left her child behind. The baby is doing well according to the ... read more
Health condition of the children
Fortunately, we only had a few visits to the hospital in July. Only Ronald Tayebwa, a baby, had to spend three days in hospital because of respiratory infections. Singura Godwin is referred to a bigger hospital in Kampala for tonsil surgery. Planning for this has begun. However, this again consumes a lot of financial resources, for which we again depend on extra donations. The ... read more
New Partnership
In July, the baby home provided a home for a total of 50 children, 23 girls and 27 boys. Seven children are under 3 months old. Anyone who has cared for babies can imagine how much attention and care the very young ones need. In the meantime, we provided shelter for 2 boys who were rescued by the police from an abduction situation (see article dated 21 July 2023). They were ... read more