Joan's Story...

Name: Joan Nambubi
Gender: Female
Age: 7
Birthday: April 5, 2000
Nationality: Ugandan
District: Budaka
Grade in School: Primary One
Favorite Hobbies: Hide-and-go-Seek
Religious Background: Christian
Status: Orphan, Resident
Current caregiver: New Hope
Former caregiver: Grandfather

Father: Dead
Occupation: NA
Year died: 2002
Cause of Death: AIDS
Mother: Dead
Occupation: NA
Year died: 2002
Cause of death: AIDS
Number of Brothers: 5
Number of Sisters: 4

My Story
Joan’s parents died of AIDS in 2002, when she was only two years old. Joan was left under the care of a feeble, elderly grandfather earning less than 50 cents a day as a peasant farmer. Joan was not going to school regularly, had no access to healthcare and was sleeping in a dilapidated grass-thatched hut. She spent most days fetching water and working with her grandfather in the family garden.