THE PURPOSE OF
ELAHISTON ORPHANAGE AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
To foster education and trade skills
while housing and feeding
the orphaned and needy children of our community
Help to Feed the Children
Emergency Housing Needed
The boys living at Elahiston Orphanage have been given notice after the house they were staying in was sold. Rental costs in the area are too high for the
orphanage to sustain, so Elahiston is working to build a simple permanent home on available land.
Local volunteers are helping with labor, but funds are urgently
needed for building materials including timber, roofing, concrete, doors, windows, and basic supplies.
Our immediate goal is to raise $1,700 to provide safe shelter for the boys before they are displaced.
If you would like to help, please visit the donation page below.
FOOD FUND — 45 CHILDREN (ONE MONTH)
Staples we can track with receipts:
Rice:$570 / month ~
Beans:$244 / month ~
Milk:$645 / month
That works out to:
≈ $32.50 per child / month
≈ $1.08 per child / day
Fresh produce and firewood are additional but essential costs. If you are able to help, any amount is gratefully received.
Suggested Giving Amounts:
$40 — feeds 1 child for one month
$60 — about one day of staple food for all 45 children, plus fresh produce
$100 — helps with staples, firewood, and fresh produce
$250 — a strong “bulk purchase” gift for beans, rice, oil, and firewood
$420 — about one week of staple food for the children
$1,463 — covers one month of staples (rice, beans, milk)
$1,800 — covers one full month of food budget for 45 children ($40 × 45)
Ways You Can Send Support
Pay Online
Credit/debit cards and mobile money payments are being set up.
Or Mail or do a Wire Transfer
Western Union
Internet Transfers
MoneyGram
WorldRemit
Mobile Money
Airtel Money Wallet: +256 757 260329
Exchange rate note:
Exchange rates vary daily. Sending services will calculate the correct amount at the time of transfer.
See how we live and what we do
Our main courtyard
Washing our clothes
This is where we shower - see the insert picture
That rice looks very good! Oh do hurry up!
We eat our meals together on the grass
This is inside our boys sleeping area
This girl is lucky - she gets a mattress to sleep on!
Sunday Worship with community members
Our youth lead the worship
We received new T-shirts with our logo on them!
Pastor Musisi teaches us
The women of the community join us girls to learn to sew and more.
Boys and girls learn to sew on treddle sewing machines
One of our accomplished seamstresses. We make many of our out clothes.
I'm learning to use a knitting machine
We learn how to dress hair by practicing on eachother.
This is the maize crop we planted earlier. It will be ground and used it in our cooking.
