Capital FM Presenter Jackie Lumbasi talks about domestic adoption and the importance of safe guarding the future of Uganda’s children.
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Child’s i Foundation host monthly adoption panels which have been set up to allow professionals in child care to assess potential adoptive and foster parents ensuring that the needs of the child are met.
So far we have had 2 adoption panels where we have considered the applications of 5 prospective families. Although it is early days we have already placed 3 children with new families.
The panels are held once a month and we work alongside the Ministry of Gender and other organisations that promote domestic fostering and adoption. We also work with child psychologists as well as previous adoptive parents.
Caroline Bankusha, Probation & Social Welfare Officer for Kampala City Council, recently spoke about how the Ugandan Government is working with Child’s i Foundation to help promote adoption and find new loving homes for vulnerable children.
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We are always sad to see our lovely babies go, but so pleased to know that they will be bought up in loving families.
Baby Tessa was adopted recently and her new family talk in this video about how happy they are that she has come to join them.
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Working With The Community
On May 5th 2011, Malaika Babies’ Home held an Open Day for religious representatives.
We are passionate about promoting fostering and adoption to the people of Kampala, and are hoping that working with local churches, mosques and other organisations will enable us to find new families for our children.
We were delighted to see so many people attend our Open Day, and hope that a good time was had by all. Guests got the opportunity to tour our Home with members of our Social Work team, to meet our children, chat to our Project Director Lucy Buck and view a presentation that focussed on issues surrounding adoption and fostering.
Representatives from Malaika Babies’ Home will be speaking to local congregations in the near future, and we welcome new partnerships with any organisation who might be interested in finding out more about the work that we do.
If you would like more information about Malaika Babies’ Home or our fostering and adoption programme please contact [email protected] or call +256 (0) 791777319
You do not have to be wealthy to adopt a child. Lydia, a single mother recently adopted Oscar and believes that having love is all that is needed to be a successful adoptive parent.
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Birthday Celebrations!
Malaika Babies’ Home is one year old!
Our transitional care centre opened its doors exactly a year ago and in that time we’ve re-settled 24 babies back with their families or in to new adoptive families.
We recently had a 1st birthday party to celebrate, complete with face painting and cake!
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Adoption Information
Malaika Babies’ Home can help you with every stage of your adoption.
If you’d like help or advice about the paperwork involved in the legal adoption process then please contact us and we will be happy to help.
Full details about what you should expect when you begin the process of adopting a child are available here.
Baby Joey was the first of our children to be adopted in to a loving family and recently celebrated his first birthday. His parents George and Desire have four children, and this is their story.
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