• By a Community, for a Community

    Posted by Lucy Buck on December 28th, 2011
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    As 2011 draws to an end we just wanted to say a big thank you for making 2011 such a fantastic year. We could not do this without you. We are proud to share with you our new mission statement video (thanks to Ian Warren) which shows the problem of baby abandonment in Uganda and how as [...] Read More →

  • Empty beds

    Posted by Lucy Buck on December 2nd, 2011
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    Since we opened our doors 18 months ago we have placed 53 children into families and proved that with good social work it is possible to place children into families. In fact the average stay at Malaika Babies Home is 4.9 months. This is a real achievement as research shows that any longer than 6 [...] Read More →

  • Hazel Buck’s fundraising mantra

    Posted by volunteer on November 28th, 2011
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    Having been asked to write a blog about our Community Fundraising Team, it’s hard to know where to start. Probably the best place is at the beginning – just over three years ago when my daughter Lucy came home and announced that she was giving up her TV career and going to set up a [...] Read More →

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    Last year, we piloted our Mother and Baby Centre to see if we could help prevent abandonment by providing support to vulnerable mothers and their babies. The centre was a success and we learnt a lot, but the main lesson was that the women who came to our centre from the local community benefitted a [...] Read More →

  • Promoting adoption

    Posted by Lucy Buck on August 16th, 2011
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    Promoting Adoption in Uganda … with the help of our worldwide community. Adoption here in Uganda is relatively uncommon and, sadly, there is a real stigma attached to it. A brilliant journalist, Angela Kintu, wrote a very brave article in the Sunday Vision about her personal experiences of adoption and backlash she endured when she chose [...] Read More →

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    I originally came to Child’s i Foundation just over a year ago, after I completed the “Get Involved” form on the website – I got a call asking if I’d like to use my skills and, within eight weeks, I was at Malaika. I was originally due to stay for six months and, in that [...] Read More →