Meet Ingabire Comfort
Comfort is the youngest of four children and was born on the1st August 1996 with Downs Syndrome. She was born with a heart murmer and when Comfort was 8 years old underwent heart surgery.While she has been at Eizabeth House Comfort has learnt basic sign language, to count and listen attentively to stories. Helping other children and staff is something she enjoys. In 2010 Comfort was rewarded for being the best behaved girl at Elizabeth House.
Meet Shadia Nantale
Comfort is the youngest of four children and was born on the1st August 1996 with Downs Syndrome. She was born with a heart murmer and when Comfort was 8 years old underwent heart surgery.While she has been at Eizabeth House Comfort has learnt basic sign language, to count and listen attentively to stories. Helping other children and staff is something she enjoys. In 2010 Comfort was rewarded for being the best behaved girl at Elizabeth House.
Meet Shadia Nantale
Shadia is the 5th of 6 children and was born on the 4th March 2001 with Cerebral Palsy. She joined Elizabeth House in 2010 and since then has learned basic Ugandan sign language. This has enabled her to communicate more effectively. Last year she was taken to the Katalemia Cheshire Home where she received a tripod and visited St Bulba Hospital where she was given support shoes. The results have been amazing and she is now learning to walk.
Our Children
There are currently twenty children resident at Elizabeth House. These children have to deal with autism, Downs Syndrome, cerebral palsy, malaria induced palsy, mental retardation and other severe handicaps. Some walk, some talk and others don't do either. When they first start coming to Elizabeth house they are beyond dirty. Some have never learned things like going to the bathroom and no one showed them. Others are physically unable to learn and no one helped them.Africa is not like the Western world where there is education and care for children like them. In African culture having a child with a disability can be seen as a curse and is an embarrassment. Parents use children as an insurance plan, hoping that one day when they are too old to work their children will help them financially however they can.Our children are often seen as useless, and are resented. Many of them are left alone in a house by themselves all day long, stuck on a couch or a mat, while their parents are at work. Often the parents of these precious angels are unable to show them any love. They think they are bewitched and want nothing to do with them.
Our children come to Elizabeth House and here they learn to live. Here they find love, acceptance and attention. They are treated as valued individuals and learn life skills. They are fed with nutritious food and receive physiotherapy. Here we seek to enable them to live life to their full potential.
We also try to change attitudes by helping families to understand the intrinsic value of these precious children and to accept that they have so much to offer. Also to change attitudes in society to enable it to accept and value disabled children and to find a place for them in the future.
"Yesterday was an amazing day. I got some great pictures of some beautiful kids and I felt really inspired. A lot of people say that Africa needs so much help and improvement that the little things don't make a difference, but I strongly disagree. It is the programmes like Elizabeth House and people like David and Valerie which really make a huge impact on the lives of kids who have known nothing but the inside of their homes. If anyone is ever looking for a great charity to support I strongly recommend Elizabeth House." Emily
"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these."
Jesus