Amisi's Story...

Name: Amisi Maradiga
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Birthday: July 7th, 2001
Nationality: Ugandan
District: Busia
Grade in School: Primary One
Favorite Hobbies: Football
Religious Background: Muslim
Status: Orphan, resident
Current caregiver: New Hope
Former caregiver: Grandmother

Father: Deceased
Occupation: NA
Year died: 2003
Cause of Death: AIDS
Mother: Deceased
Occupation: NA
Year died: 2003
Cause of death: AIDS
Number of Brothers: 6
Number of Sisters: 5

My Story

At age 2, Amisi lost both his parents to HIV/AIDS. He was then placed under the care of aunt, who works as a prostitute at a truck depot in Busia Town. Unable to support Amisi, his aunt brought him to his grandmother in the Arubaine slums of Busia. Amisi’s grandmother earns less than 50 cents a day from the petty sale of charcoal and is unable to provide Amisi with school fees, healthcare and more than one meal per day. Before coming to New Hope, Amisi slept in a small mud shanty and shared a single papyrus mat and blanket with his siblings.