FOUNDING

ELAHISTON ORPHANAGE AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION was founded in February 2019 by Musisi Gerald who grew up in a poor and needy family, became an orphan, an abandoned child. Pastor Nangoli Jimmy, known as Pastor Sureman, was his guide through this time.

At its founding, Elahiston had 13 children, 6 boys and 7 girls. As of now we have a total of 46 needy orphans and village children. We hope to help more children in the future through this program.

ELAHISTON's mission is to teach this generation to fear andserve God.

The vision for ELAHISTON is to be a channel of hope to helpless children, by expressing the love of God to them, making a warm environment to restore hope, and to produce young responsible citizens.

Our emphasis is on being a Christ-centered, loving home to all the children as we raise them.

ELAHISTON's mission is to teach this generation to fear andserve God.

We focus on promoting education, feeding and clothing needy children, and providing health and economic development.

The people involved in the ELAHISTON ORGANIZATION strive to:

1. Love every person for excellence.

2. Help to restore hope in the lives of African needy children.

3. Be a responsible citizen in the community.

4. Respect the equality of all people.

5.Create a warm environment and good education for the children.

6. Be a mother to the motherless and a father to the fatherless.

ELAHISTON ORGANIZATION members strive to
1. Produce psychosocial therapy within self-help groups and self-reliant skills. The children are taught how to relate with others, and how to deal with their emotions at all times of life.
2. Build capacities of poor, vulnerable families to be able to respond to socio-economic challenges.
3. Provide quality education to the poor and needy children of Africa, and to provide formal education/vocational skills training for them.
4. Restore hope to the hopeless in the local community. We look forward to having our own schools, which will be helping our children grow Spiritually as they and their families and community are exposed to the love and redeeming Gospel of Jesus Christ.
5. Feed the needy children, transforming them into people that will grow the community.

Currently the children attend different schools in the area. We help to pay their school fees.
In our own development programs, our children have received goats and pigs, helping them learn how to raise animals. We monitor this project throughout all stages.
Also, we can teach them livelihood skills such as making bags, tailoring, hairdressing, driving, and more.
We conduct prayers every time we meet, both Christians and Muslims. We do not reject non-Christians as we show them God’s love, teaching all children how Jesus loves the World and gave His life for all of us.

ELAHISTON ORGANIZATION does not require a fee to register a child.

The Organization prioritizes total orphans and partial orphans between 3 and 17 years old.

For children not staying at the school, the distance from the school to the child’s home shall not exceed 5km so that the child is able to come for school activities whenever he/she is needed.

Not more than 5 children from one family shall be registered.

Children who have both parents who are unable to meet the basic needs of the children shall also be registered. (Highly vulnerable children)

There shall not be any segregation of children based on denominational background or Serostatus.

Children sponsored by other donor agencies shall not be registered.

Every child is entitled to have a file at the school for record keeping.

Care givers/parents shall always attend Annual Meetings where they shall be taught child protection and child development.

Uganda has a high unemployment rate with many young adults unemployed.

ELAHISTON plans to combat this with an economic development initiative that will tap into people’s creativity and potential by opening the ELAHISTON TRAINING CENTER.

THE CENTER will use businesspeople, Artisans and skilled laborers to help train Ugandans of all ages, educational backgrounds, and economic status, including but not limited to mechanics, builders, carpenters, joiners, woodworks, cooks, clothiers, cosmeticians and more.

We will also developed the merchandising of our products with local and international vendors.

Elahiston Community Medical Center

Access to quality health services has been pinpointed as a challenge that the people of community face. Mirembe Village has no Medical Center and Kangulumira Sub-county has one hospital which is far from our community. It accommodates many patients on a daily basis, making for long waits for service.
Elahiston plans to build a Medical Center that will serve our community and the surrounding area. The intention of the Center is to provide immediate health care, offering a patient-centered traditional and holistic approach as well. The Center shall emphasizevalues such as respect and dignity, quality of care, integrity and accountability, good stewardship and commitment, teamwork, and compassion as Jesus instructs us, and to Glorify God in all we do.
The Medical Center will also reach out to other remote village leaders to organize Health Events, where social workers and Health Practitioners will provide free services including malaria and HIV testing, dental check ups and extractions, prenatal care, nutrition screening, vaccinations, and counseling.