Since 2006 Zest4Kidz have been partnering with local Ugandan organizations to bring light into the lives of former child soldiers and children with disabilities. Partnerships with local schools, hospitals and charities are essential to ensure that the work we are investing in is both effective and strategic.
In January 2012 we will celebrate the opening of our first disability home to help children recovering from surgery as well as to provide education and training for children learning to live life to the full.
It’s amazing how far modern medicine and technology have allowed us to go in correcting physical disabilities. Children who once couldn’t walk are now found playing football in their school, skin disorders that kept children isolated are cured giving the joy of community and friendship, scar tissue from burns are healed relieving years of pain. [...]
“We celebrated as we sent Enock back to school.” We met 9 year old Enock in early 2011 about 8 months after he’d been removed from school due to severe swelling of his face, abdomen and legs.
Many have asked us about The Grumpy Cow book and why it was written. Here’s the story behind the book… Rob Carley met Jean in secondary school. The two were high-school sweet hearts and right from the start of their relationship Jean loved kids. Any time a pram passed her by she’d stop to take [...]
Zest4Kidz gives loves in many ways. Sometimes it’s aid, sometimes it’s counseling, sometimes it’s training, sometimes it’s education, sometimes its time to play, sometimes it’s just simply being there. Our rehabilitation director, Sheevon, was able to pass out basic hygienic supplies to the children of our partner school in Northen Uganda. She is fulfilling our [...]
Every year, the United Nations publishes a “List of Shame” in which it identifies all organizations which use children as soldiers or which commit atrocities against women or children. The words “Children” and “war” should never be used in the same sentence. Here is the current list: The List of Shame List of parties that [...]