WEEPs International  was featured in Kingdom Life Magazine’s, Spring 2013 Issue. ​ “It has been said that there is no poverty in the...

WEEPs first came to Gracie in 2011. She is a widow with several children and is severely physically challenged. When I first visited...

Grace was a widow living in poverty inside one of the biggest slums in Kampala. She had been widowed with two children and struggling to stay alive. She had a small business of growing and drying mushrooms that she would crush into powder and make different products from. Grace was faithful with what she had but it was not enough to be self-sustaining and give the future she wanted to her children.

The children on this island are mostly orphans. HIV and starvation have destroyed the livelihood of many that live there. This island on Lake Victoria has a population of only a few thousand; however, is 95% HIV positive. Known for fishing, this small island has no other industry and faces hunger on a daily basis.

A widow and her two sons who live in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Prior to WEEPs putting her into business, she and her family lived every day wondering where their next meal would come from. Adding to her daily challenge of existence was that one of her sons had special needs; however, there was no one to meet his need.

Momma Helena, 90 years of age at the time she began in the WEEPs program, is a widow with two disabled sons. Additionally, she is responsible for six orphans that belonged to her daughters’. In total she supports 56 children of her family.