Bambejja Project information

The Bambejja project is a day centre that offers the girls

·         love, friendship

·         personal, emotional and spiritual development.

It provides

·         bathing and washing facilities,

·         food, counselling,

·         job skills, education

·         healthcare 

To prevent the girls living on the streets, the project would like to obtain a hostel so that they can provide night-time shelter and 24 hour care.  

Here are the stories of two of the girls who attend the day centre

Sandra aged 15.

  Sandra Jasita used to live in Rwanda, and came to Kampala two years ago because her mother and father died in the war. She came to live with her sister but she used beat her. Now she lives on the streets:

"My life on the street is not good because I am beaten here. I survive by begging for money. I use solvents as they help me to relax and sleep. I sleep next to a petrol garage. No one has ever tried to help me. My dream would to be go to school as I’ve never been to school before and I would like to learn some handiwork (crafts). I would like to have a home and a family. I don’t go to church because I don’t have the clothes to wear. I feel very sad on the street."

Faridah aged 16

Faridah Mwende is 16 and has been on the streets for one year now. She originally came to the street because robbers killed her father and her stepmother started abusing her. Faridah travelled to see her mother recently but she found out that she had died.

"At first life on the streets was ok, but now I get severely beaten and the street boys steal our money. I get money by begging. I also take glue. When I talk to God, I pray that he will get someone to take me from the street".

The girls eating their midday meal