Meet Christine, Founder of VEROWGDEC
I great you in the name of Jesus Christ. I'm a mother of 5 children and have been married for 32 years.
I have a very painful background full of lots of pain and tears. I had my first beautiful daughter at 15 years before I met
my husband Robert. At a very young age, I was forced to drop out of school due to finacial struggles and got subjected to child labor for 5 years in Jinja District, Uganda without any
intervention of any human rights authorities at that time. I did all sorts of jobs to survive. Each time I reflect, tears outburst from my eyes. Painful, silent pain and torture
many young girls and women including boy child face up-to-date in Uganda with little or no voice. I clearly know what it feels like to undergo child labor, drop out of school due to finacial failures and above all have
no voice when your rights are being abused.
It is this background that made me to initiate VEROWGDEC (Voice, Rights of women and Girl Child Education Center) as a Non Profit,
Community Based Organization (6828) in 2010. It was from this organization that I started looking after 3 total orphans in a 2 roomed house.
One day, I slept in prison for 3 days due failure to pay a loan in a struggle to raise food supplies when looking after the 3 total orphans under my custody.
Thank God, my husband Robert has never given up on me. He borrowed some money and got me out from prison.
With all the challenges faced, from 2010, we have looked after 368 orphans(Boys and Girls) at Ddembelyabato which is an orphan school under VEROWGDEC. Giving them free housing, medical help, food and education.
As a mother, I greatly belive all children regardless of race, background, gender and health condition deserve love, care and a voice when there rights are abused.
