By Kitts Mabonga
Kampala
The leadership of Sanyu Babies home in Mengo currently choking on high power costs has thrown in the towel and is seeking support to replace Umeme with Solar powered systems.
The new development came to light over the weekend during a visit by a delegation of executive members drawn from several churches under the Mothers Union of Namirembe diocese.
The team led by their president Roseline Bingi Kawiso were delivering a consignment of goods to the home including nutritious foods and drinks for babies, Toilet tissues, laundry soap and hard cash among others in solidarity with the abandoned babies.
The donation was part of their week-long activities lined up to mark their Mary’s Day festivities 2024 which included holding free medical camps at Kasangati in Wakiso district and Luzira St. Steven church of Uganda primary school respectively among others.
Speaking to East African Gazette after the donation Roseline Bingi Kawiso, the president of Mothers Union Namirembe diocese said they are raising funds towards construction of their high billed Mothers Union house near Namirembe cathedral and each year.
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She said they hold a series of lined up activities to sensitize the public about the great roles Mothers Union bodies play among respective Church of Uganda communities across the country.
‘We are holding our climax event at Namirembe cathedral while later to be preceded by a fundraising drive captained by the Inspector general of government IGG Betti Namisango Kamya Turwomwe as chief guest of the day’ noted Bingi
She pointed out that they are looking for at least 8bn towards the completion of a floor of their mega house complex of which once completed would be used to raise funds to support their pastoral community led initiative projects among others.
Christine Kayondo the information assistant and secretary at the home said they are looking for 177m as a co-funding mechanism to complete payment for the multipurpose solar lighting and heating system which was donated with a grant from SNV international a Sweden based NGO.
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She appealed to donors and well-wishers to respond to their calls by extending funding support to offset this outstanding cost of 177m to be used for installation of the system which has already been delivered at the home from Sweden only awaiting accessories to get it fixed.
“We had initially been using local power but due to the choking intensity of blackouts, which negatively affects the toddlers aged below zero months who need to remain constantly under powered lighting and heating systems 24/7, we could not copy the Umeme bills,” she lamented.
Kayondo observed that they later installed a three phase power system from Umeme but the high consumption bill forced them to look elsewhere for alternative power sources and systems thus teaming up with SNV Sweden for this solar power system project.
The home has a total of 47 children aged between zero months to 4 years and they are calling on for volunteers to come and sign up child adaptation documents to own and foster these children