Fred's Story: A Story of Injustice

" Fred is a small boy. He says his age is ten but he looks to be maybe seven at the most. What he lacks in size he makes up with spiritedness. He seems to hold his own fairly well with the other boys at program although he is definitely smaller then them all. Before he came to the streets Fred reached primary 3 in school. When he grows up he dreams to become a teacher. He explained that teachers teach people new things and help them become what they dream of through education. This is part of his story....

"My mother's name is Coleen. I have never known my father. I came to the streets of Kampala sometime in April and I have been living on them for a month now. I ran away from home because of my mother. She used to beat me and sometimes deny me food. When I left my home in Waskiso and started traveling to Kampala I was helped by a man. He was on a boda boda and he let me ride with him to Kampala. My plan was to visit my uncle. He lives in Kampala. The problem was that when I got to his house it was locked and no one was there. The neighbors told me that my uncle was in prison but they didn't tell me why. I didn't know anyone in Kampala other than my uncle. I came to the streets because I have nowhere else to go. I do not want to go home. Life on the streets is not good. It is hard to get things to eat. I don't have clothes like I did at home. I sleep on the ground with other boys and sometimes we get chased away from where we are sleeping at night.  When this happens we have to walk in the dark to find another place to sleep.

Please pray for me. I want to go back to school. I also want to have a safe place where I can live and be happy.""

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There are over 10,000 children like Fred in Kampala, Uganda. Children without food, education a home or a family. Fred and the thousands of others are such a perfect example of injustice.

If you would like to fight for justice by sponsoring a child, email aperfectinjustice4@gmail.com for more information. 

(This blog is a excerpt from Abby Kaketto's blog. To read the blog in entirety go to http://aperfectinjustice.blogspot.com/ ) 


"Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy." 
- Psalms 82:3