Background:

          Uganda is ranked among the lowest countries on the Human Development Index.  Most of the people living in Uganda are living in poverty.  Poverty is hunger and lack of adequate shelter.  Poverty is being sick but not having the money to see a doctor.  Poverty is not being able to go to school or have a job.  Poverty is living day to day with little hope for the future. 

You don�t have to look far in Uganda to find children who don�t have enough to eat and whose families don�t have enough money to send them to school.  These children have scraps of clothes to wear and bellies swollen from parasites and malnutrition.  Often there is only one adult supporting six or more children with only a dollar or two per day.  Many of these children are orphans who have lost their parents to AIDs and have been taken in by relatives who are already desperately poor.  Without intervention these children are caught in a cycle of poverty.

         When you are sitting at home, far removed from this situation, it is easy to forget that such poverty exists.  When you are surrounded by the realities of poverty it�s hard to forget that so many have so little.  We are all citizens of this world and we must extend our circle of compassion to include all people.  When children are suffering and dying from malnutrition and preventable diseases we cannot turn our heads to look the other way.
          The pre-school, in the village of Banda-Kyandaaza, is our way of giving back to the community.  When we decided to spend more time in Uganda we realized that we needed to do our part to help and that we needed to show others how they could get involved. Buiga Sunrise is entirely funded by private donations and operated by volunteers. This is a small project but we want it to grow.  Click here to find how you can Help Us To Grow.

Mission: 
          In Uganda, most people living in poverty are children.  Poverty denies children their basic human rights. To reduce poverty we believe you should start with children.
          One in four pre-school children are underweight for their age; two in five are physically or cognitively underdeveloped (World Bank).  Malnutrition diminishes a child�s ability to perform in school and increases the incidence of infectious disease.  These factors make it difficult for a child to escape poverty.