Light up life foundation
change lives with acts of love and kindness
A little Spark of fire can light up the whole World
Maisha Home
Maisha home has been a home for many vulnerable kids since 2006. This home has housed 115 children in need of a home, parental guidance and care.
At Maisha home vuknerable kids are able to spend time with adults who provides them with love, care and parental guidance. Here children who woundnt have had a chance to grow up in a family - they now have a family.
Weekdays
On a normal shool day (Monday-Friday) children wake up in the morning, have breakfast, put on their school uniform and head to school. They are at school from 08.00am-04.00pm. When they get back from school they are provided with dinner by the caretakers. They also do some housework eg. the dishes, laundry, clean the house and compound. Afterwards it's creativity time, homework, shower, prayers and bedtime.
Weekends
Weekends at Maisha home mostly consists of outdoor activities eg. football, dancing, singing, basketball, reading, board/card games and socializing.
Smile to school
Smile To School Is a project aiming at giving each and every child a chance to good a education.
mostly children from low-income earning families .
Light up life supports over 1000 children through this project. The children are provided with scholastic materials and school fees.
Many have attained bachlor degrees, deplomas and higher education in technical studies.
Most exciting is that Many of our graduants today a working for Light up life as volunteers.working tirelessly and selflessly to better other people`slives
This project has been running since the start of this whole ministry. In fact we can say that this project lead to the birth of light up life ministry.
The story is of two people meeting; a nine year old boy named Matthew came running after Herbie Kawuma. "Teach me how to dance" the boy would shout as Herbie passed the ghetto area (a place known for drug dealings and crime). Herbie ignored Matthew’s pleas for dance lessons at first, feeling annoyed that the child was not in school (since he had himself paid for his own and his four siblings’ education, even as an orphan). But finally, Herbie told the eager youth, “Go to school and I’ll teach you to dance” to which Matthew replied, “My father doesn’t have the money to send me to school.”
Herbie was outraged that a father would not provide for his children as he flashed back to the sacrifices his diseased parents made for him while they were still living. He decided to use his influence as a local celebrity to talk some sense into Matthew’s father. “Take me to meet your Dad,” Herbie said, “and when his father opened the door it was just like what you hear people speak of when they talk about life-changing moments,” he confessed. He looked at the ill man and memories of his own ailing father flashed before his eyes. He looked down at Matthew and suddenly recalled his own 9th year as he watched his sickly mother take her last breaths. When Herbie saw Matthew’s Dad (who was also suffering from HIV/AIDS among other illnesses), rather than scold him for not sending his son to school, he asked the frail stranger if he could provide for Matthew himself. At that moment, in that doorway, the spark that would become Light up Life Foundation was ignited.
Together we can
Together we can is a project aiming at motivating youth and children to come together to achieve a common goal.
Light up life holds seminars every year with a mission to empower youth. Through this project we have been creating awareness on HIV/AIDS and how to fight it in our communities.
We also teach youth how they can start up their own business to support themselves and their families.
From time to time we hold seminars, conference and Talks About drugs and crime.
We organise these gatherings in Schools, universties, Prisons Institutions, refugee camps, Churches and youth clubs.
The main Aim to start up this project was to spread the Awareness on HIV/AIDS.
Between the 80s and up to Date AIDs has been an epidemic which has caused death to many hence leaving many children orphans.
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Herbie Kawuma, the founder of Light up life, is one of those children who grew up without parents. At the age of nine he watched his mother take her last breath. Losing a parent at such a young age was hard, and life got even harder three years later when his father fell ill. To ease the pain of missing his mother and watching his fathers illness deteriorate he turned to drugs- and alcohol abuse and became a gang member.
At the age of 13 his father died in his arms of the same disease that took his mother - AIDS.
By the grace of God Herbie was able to come out of that dark state and this became a life long lesson. A lesson leaving him with the desire and a strong will to change his life around, the life of others and whoever he meets in his life-path.
Bunyade School
Bunyade is a remote village located in Kiboga district in Uganda. People in this area were facing a lot of challenges with Health, poverty, and education.
in 2018 Some money was raised and we started on the construction of the school Front Royal Light up Academy. we started with two class rooms which are being used by more than 300 kids.The school had five trained staff at the start (teachers and a cook).
This school became hope to all the people of this village. Right from the start the school buildings were used to educating the children, as well as being used as the community center. Community meetings and children immunization take place at this school.
Are done with this school construction project?
I guess it the question that you wish ask.
The answer is: not Yet but in Progress to a fully established Primary school by end of year 2021.
That is from primary 1 to 7. at least one classroom for each level then build more classrooms in future and then start on the construction of a secondry level.
Yes we dream big and we act toward acheiving our dreams no matter what.
Year 2019 december we started on contruction of more three classroom for primary 2, 3 and 4.
keep visiting our website and social platform for more updates on this school construction project. and remember to keep on supporting light up life that we can continue building till that day the when this will be a fully function nursery primary and secondary school
Today through this project, 500 children are able to attain quality Education and 8 trained staff are employed giving them an opportunity to arn and take care of themselve and their families . In addition to many contractors working at this building site.
This is changing lives
Trust God and work Hard
