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Save the Islamic Society Uganda (SISU) Orphanage center

the sisu
orphanage

Save the Islamic Society Uganda (SISU) is a non-governmental organization based in Ndejje, Kampala. It was registered in 2013 and started to fully operate in 2014. Their focus areas are; education, welfare of the elderly and Islamic seminars. Their mission is to provide opportunities to the vulnerable groups of people.

SISU started shortly after a team of members performed charity by visiting the sick, visit people in villages and found out that most children were being neglected by their mothers because of their lack of capacity to sustain them and decided to register as SISU with focus on children in 2018. They started with 6 children and currently have 60 with the least age being 5years.

These children all go to schools with in Ndejje-Kanyanya. Initially, all the children stayed in one home but the number became big to be managed where chicken pox broke out and all the children were affected and treating them became hard which resulted into separation to another home, they currently have two branches.

why the orphanage?

  1. Residential Conditions:
    – Residential conditions of the residents of SISU orphanage are poor.
    – Physical structure of initial orphanage is very old, windows have no glasses, some rooms have no doors on. Boys’ dormitories have no glasses.
    – Girls have only two beds and the rest lay on the floor as boys share 6 double decker beds sleeping a pair per bed.
    – They have one latrine and a bathroom, no kitchen, they instead use open space to cook.
    – Sanitation and hygiene are also a problem since there is congestion in their dormitories.
    – Safety and security are a problem.

  2. Education services:
    – All the children go to schools but the distance from home to these schools is very far.
    – They are paying SHS 150,000-250,000 for primary and secondary but schools are expensive whereby they pay money for exams, lunch, and for every Saturday extra lessons.
    – Three children have got accidents so far on their way to school as they cross the roads.
    – School fees is still a big challenge with some children being requested to stay home while others go to school.

  3. Healthcare services:
    This stands a big challenge for they entirely depend on donations for medical care.
    On an annual basis, they spend not less than SHS 20,000,000 on medication of children.

  4. Staffing and well-being:
    Nutrition is also lacking. They feed on posho and beans from month to month, year to year and can only change in case they have donations. They prepare food that leaves some children wanting and unsatisfied resulting into malnutrition. These children only get two meals per day.
    Rent is a challenge as they pay 1,000,000 shillings per month followed by warning letters because they sometimes fail to pay on time.

Our Approach

Collaborations with charitable organizations and NGOs to volunteer, support and extend resources to SISU. With the available resources, I we donate clothes and food exclusive of posho and beans to these children since it is essential for their well-being and also given the fact, they are feeding on the same meal more frequently.

As Alwaasi Charity, we consider a scholastic materials campaign for these children as well as sponsorships for at least 25 children come next year.
As our long-term impact, we also consider mobilizing and fundraising on behalf of SISU to enable them build a permanent home to avoid living under pressure and unpleasant conditions.

Our Achievements

  1. Feeding orphans at Kiburara Islamic school in Kasese on a monthly basis with help from Kingdom rice ltd.

  2. We managed to reach out to Awal Sharif and his family in Kisugu, he was affected by untreated epilepsy and as a result got weak bones that affected his health and growth. We delivered basic needs like food items, diapers, soap and medical support.

  3. Visited school in Jinja that had been affected by fire out break and delivered items that included mattresses to the affected students.

  4. Participated in Hijab walk on 1st February, 2023 with an aim to create awareness of the muslim woman’s dress code.
  5. Donated scholastic materials that included bags, books, pens and pencils to orphans at Habibah-Nakifuma.

  6. Proper record keeping, filling system and back up were created and put into use by all management members to help us keep and maintain proper foundation records.

  7. We carried out a Ramadan campaign that was spearheaded by our chairman board to raise thirty million Uganda shillings (30,000,000 UgShs) to provide the less privileged families suhoor and iftar during Ramadan period. All members actively participated and we were able to raise a total amount of seven million two hundred, twenty-seven thousand shillings (7,227,000 UgShs).

  8. We received 1,000 Kgs of rice donated from Kingdom Rice ltd and distributed it to over 200 less privileged people including orphans, the elderly and education institutions.

  9. Delivered eid packages in partnership with I&M Bank and kingdom rice to over 50 families in areas of Luwero district.

  10. New departments that is finance/ admin, research and policy, programs, religious affairs, marketing and communication, business and partnerships were introduced so as to improve our mode of work thus change the way we were operating as a foundation. We also introduced 5 committees (social Affairs, Education, Health, Resource Mobilization and Religious Affairs respectively) and these were assigned different heads and their deputies to help the foundation focus on the core pillars of Alwaasi.

  11. The foundation managed to hire 2 people with 1 full time under the marketing and communications department, that is to say social media and media who have gradually improved our presence to be felt within the community through content creation and campaigns.

  12. We managed to fully establish a Think Tank group or committee that has managed to embrace some of the changes within the foundation as they still commit to working with the foundation.

  13. Committees’ heads, deputies and management team were oriented and briefed about their roles and responsibilities in order to promote efficiency among members.

  14. A pilot study was made to Kasese on 15th and 16th July,2023. A budget amounting to one million seven hundred fifty thousand shillings 1,750,000Shs was drafted and approved. The team managed to carry out the pilot study and made a report with status of the projects with recommendations.

  15. The foundation has also managed to participate in different campaigns of Hijab Diaries and mothers of children of development delays. Al waasi managed distribute basic needs to these mothers and their children of disabilities.

  16. Launched a documentary for the first time of single mothers of children with developmental disabilities to attract donations. The documentary was launched on Tuesday 29th August,2023 and with 4 mothers involved with our team that included the media personnel and social affairs officer along with moms@heart.

  17. The first time Al waasi managed to carry out Qurban campaign where eight cows were distributed different to widows and the vulnerable people of kisenyi and kamwokya respectively. Different mosques were also part of the beneficiaries which showed us we can always handle such campaigns going forward.