Last month, one of our oldest boys, 17 year old Douglas (pictured here), won a national competition that enabled him to attend a weekend camp to promote and learn skills for start-up small business concepts.  The camp brought awardees from the central and southwest regions of Uganda to learn about agriculture, business, and social consciousness.
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IMG_3950 check it out! We will be providing demonstrations and consultations to our community neighbors interested in growing their own garden!  Community building! :)
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With the help of trustee, Raymond Cohen, and life skills program director, Ricque, the boys have planted and cultivated a perma-eco garden that is prospering.  One of our oldest boys, Douglas (pictured here) has shown real leadership in this process. We will soon be taking our produce to the local farmer's market! Read More

One of CYH's very own, Tamasha, the oldest boy in the home at the age of 20, and widely known to be one of the best B-Boys (hip hop dancers) in all of Uganda, has just returned from a 6-week dance tour in China with a dance company that sponsored him.  We are very proud
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CYH is proud to announce that we have opened a medical care program, with sick bay and medical care facilities located in-house at CYH.  We have hired nurse Winnie, pictured here, to run the program.  Please join us in welcoming Winnie to CYH!  This new program will allow us to better meet any medical care
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I am pleased to announce that CYH has received a $10,000 USD grant from AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a private organization based in the U.S. that support efforts around the world to fight the HIV epidemic.  Children living on the streets are a vulnerable population, including for infectious diseases such as HIV. We successfully proposed to
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On the last day of my trip, and before heading to the airport, the boys made some chippati (like Indian Naan bread, or soft tortillas), along with some guacamole that I introduced them too :) afterwards, some of the boys, along with Edward, escorted me to the airport.  Couldn't think of a better way to
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Later in my trip last month, and with approval from the management of Serena Kampala Hotel, we were able to treat all the boys to an afternoon of swimming at the hotel’s luxurious pool. For street boys who are typically thought of as being at the bottom of society, it meant a lot to the
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I was in Kampala a couple of weeks ago, and had the opportunity to spend some real quality with the boys and staff. It was like “food for my soul” as I got to see how the boys really care for each other like brothers, and how the relationship between the staff and boys is
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CYH has started 2017 in style! On December 29, the organization successfully completed it’s registration and received government approval to operate as a home for children. And as of January 1, we entered into a lease with a new, larger residence compound that you can view in the pics attached. We had to leave our
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