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In Their Own Words: The Kids' Stories
The following are stories of how the lives of just some of the children in our choir have been changed through sponsorship. The children in the choir are no different from any others ICN helps throughout Uganda and around the world. Many have lost one or both of their parents to AIDS and their families are unable to provide for them financially.
Kalongo David
 I am in primary 3 and 8 years old. I am a total orphan, my mother and father died of AIDS, so I stopped studying, I stopped studying, I was then taken to live with my untie who was also poor, so I used to stay home with her helping her in work. Though she was poor, she loved me, so later, I was taken up by ICN, I was catered for to study and I am now in third grade and I also sing in the Matsiko choir and I have new friends and brothers. My life is happy.
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Namuddu
Josephine
 I am 11 years old, when I was 3 years old, my mother dropped me and I was left in hands of my stepmother, for the long time I grew up with her, I was not treated well by her, I did all the house work and also not going to school, but when I was sponsored through ICN, who helped me get back to school, I also sing in the choir and I have new brothers and sisters who love me. I am so glad that I go to school again
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Mpungu Gideon
 My name is Mpungu Gideon, I am 6 years old, and my father was killed by a landmine in northern Uganda in war by rebels. Since there were no school fees, I never went to school and my sister and brother. I stayed home singing and playing. ICN found us and helped us go to school, I was so happy, I love school, I even sing in Matsiko, I even have books and pencils. I am so happy. The sponsors are good people who help us go to school.
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Nanyanjo
Oliver
 My mother died and my father abandoned me and got a stepmother who never liked me and my brother, my father left and I stayed with my stepmother who hated me a lot, she beat us and my brother all the time, she abused us when we did nothing, she hated us so much, she told us to do house work at time of school, we stopped school. Me and my brother cried and worried all the time, knowing they were going to beat us and also make us work when it is time to sleep. ICN got permission to get us from there and now we live with a nice family in Kampala. We are now going to school. I sing in the choir and I love all the other children in the choir.
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Jombwe Eric
 I am 9 years old. My father was sick of AIDS and he died last year, my mother is also sick, and she is just there poor at home, she can not pay for my school fees and yet I loved to study at school because I saw some children going to school and I was not going. But ICN helped me to go back to school, my mother was so happy and cried when she was thanking, I even got a beautiful sponsor who loves me so much. She cares for me and she is also my new mother, my life has changed ever since I was sponsored.
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