We are very proud that our adoption campaign has been featured in a 2 page article in the New Vision.
Amazing adoptive parents George and Desire Barugahare talk about their experiences in the hope that their story will encourage more Ugandan parents to come forward.
If you are considering adoption, please email us at [email protected] or call 0719777319.
Child’s i Foundation has had a busy summer, getting the word out about domestic adoption in Uganda and trying to find new adoptive families for children who desperately need them.
Our media campaign launched at the beginning of July, and to learn more about the campaign and the response that we’ve received to it, read this blog by our Project Director Lucy Buck.
We were proud to see one of our adoptive families featured on WBS News’ coverage of World Humanitarian Day recently.
Christina adopted baby Tessa 3 months ago and as you will see in the WBS coverage her little girl has settled well in to her new family!
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There are hundreds of children across Uganda currently living in institutional care. What is best for them and how do we safeguard their futures? Ben Ssebuufu recently visited a number of babies’ homes in Kampala, meeting staff and children in an attempt to understand more about the problem of baby abandonment in Uganda.
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We went out on to the streets of Kampala to find out what people really think about adoption. As you will see in this video, we got mixed results!
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As part of our domestic adoption media campaign, we produced 2 adverts that have been running on NTV during the summer of 2011.
We have had an amazing response from potential adoptive families to our adverts, so thought we should give them a permanent home on our website.
To view the adverts, click the videos below.
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Our campaign to promote domestic adoption in Uganda has generated a fair ammount of press interest.
One of our amazing social workers, Barbra Aber recently gave an interview to NTV talking about our campaign and the importance of adoption.
Watch Barbra in action!
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Our media campaign to raise awareness of domestic adoption is now up and running. We started the campaign with the launch of our billboards, displayed in different areas of Kampala.
Watch the launch of our campaign here!
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Child’s i Foundation recently held an Open Day at Malaika Babies Home where we got the chance to meet many of Uganda’s key journalists. Getting the word out about domestic adoption is key in the quest to find new Ugandan families for the many children who need them, and we hope that media representatives across Uganda will take the opportunity to help raise awareness of adoption issues.
If you are a journalist interested in doing a story about domestic adoption or would like to know more about the campaign that Child’s i Foundation is running to find new adoptive families then please get in touch we would love to hear from you. You can email [email protected] or call 0791777319
There are hundreds of children across Uganda in need of loving adoptive families.
Child’s i Foundation has this week launched a campaign to promote domestic adoption in Uganda, with the simple aim of trying to find new Ugandan families for children who desperately need them.
Over the next few months we will be advertising on billboards, radio and television, and will also host a live debate show to discuss the issues surrounding adoption.
A lot of people have given their time and generosity to help make this campaign a success, and we would like to say a huge thank you to the following…
Dave Wartnaby
George and Desire Barugahare
Gordon Roberts
Jessica and Stijn
Martha Oringo
Jo McCrostie
ANPPCAN
Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
Our campaign will use television, radio and billboards to promote the important issue of domestic adoption, and we would therefore like to take this opportunity to thank our media partners.
NTV Uganda, Capital FM, Radio Simba and Alliance Media
