by stjudeafricachildrensfdn.org | Aug 31, 2024 | Mariam’s Care
We come to you with a heavy heart in our latest update regarding young Mariam, whose journey many of you have compassionately followed and supported. Despite our collective efforts and the medical interventions we have managed, including multiple surgeries and the...
by stjudeafricachildrensfdn.org | Aug 31, 2024 | JACF
This year, as part of our annual outreach effort, we visited Masese Island on March 19, 2024. During our visit, we met many children under the age of 18 with various disabilities. We were able to provide these children with essential items such as shoes, bags,...
by stjudeafricachildrensfdn.org | Aug 31, 2024 | Mariam’s Care
Friends and followers of Mariam’s care journey, we are back again with another update. For starters, we appreciate everyone who relentlessly supports our work here at St. Jude Africa Children’s Foundation and those who have been working with us on Mariam’s care...
by stjudeafricachildrensfdn.org | Aug 31, 2024 | Mariam’s Care
Nangobi Mariam, a 10-year-old girl from Kamuli, is a beneficiary of our foundation. She has been diagnosed with Spinal Bifida and still requires your assistance. We would like to express our gratitude to everyone who has supported Mariam’s left leg amputation. Thanks...
by stjudeafricachildrensfdn.org | Aug 30, 2024 | JACF
St. Jude Africa Children’s Foundation is an organization which started two years back, with the vision of being in an exclusive world in which all children live a healthy and vibrant life to their full potential. Our mission is commitment to improve the quality of...
by stjudeafricachildrensfdn.org | Aug 30, 2024 | JACF
Now in the second year of operation, St Jude Africa Children’s Foundation continues to grow and expand services to those in need. Our vision continues to be of imagining an exclusive world in which all children live a healthy and vibrant life to their full potential....
by stjudeafricachildrensfdn.org | Aug 30, 2024 | JACF
Girls with their sanitary pads that they received from St. Jude It was an exciting time for us at St. Jude Africa Children’s Foundation. We embarked on a trip to Kisiima Islands in Lake Victoria, to check on some of the children on the islands. We purchased scholastic...
by stjudeafricachildrensfdn.org | Aug 30, 2024 | Amon
Assessment of the Condition Amon was the first child we received in our care back in 2019 when we first opened our doors to special children. Amon had a mysterious condition that was causing swelling in his left arm and the inflammation had basically eaten up his...
by stjudeafricachildrensfdn.org | Aug 30, 2024 | Mariam’s Care
Introduction In May 2022, we received Mariam of 8yrs in the worst painful condition and we registered her in our care. Mariam was born with a condition called Spina Bifida, a congenital malformation of the spinal cord. This affects the vascular supply to the lower...
by stjudeafricachildrensfdn.org | Aug 29, 2024 | Ryan
Introduction Ryan was born with Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to move and maintain balance and posture. CP is the most common motor disability in childhood. Cerebral means having to do with the brain. Palsy means weakness...
