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Who we are:

We are a Christian non government organisation no.S.F914/7250 and community based organization no. EN/189 based in Kampala-Uganda. We are involved in outreach to people especially children affected by adverse situations, and those who need help, our key concern being people affected by crime such as prisoners, ex-prisoners and families of people in prison especially the children of prisoners. We help people regardless of their religious belief, race.

How we started: Francis Ssuubi in Murchison Bay Prison -Luzira, Kampala founded Wells Of Hope Prison Out reach in 2002, where he was an in mate on remand for 68 days. On the 25th of November 2005, Wells Of Hope Ministries was officially launched by the Minister of ethics and Integrity

Our Work

Education Support: We are providing 120 children of prisoners living with HIV/AIDS and those whose parents are on death row with quality and affordable education by paying school fees and provision of basic needs like blankets, mosquito nets, school uniform, scholastic material, lunch at school, shoes and clothes .We also Carry out programmes aimed at handling HIV/AIDS amongst such children. This includes prevention home based care and handling stigma. Many vulnerable children whose hope was bleak have been helped to attend school.

The principal objective of setting up this project was significantly to reach out to families affected by crime especially children who due to their predicament are placed vulnerable to many social problems in the society such as HIV/AIDS.
Everyday we continue to see a big impact this support has brought in the community around us.

Nutrition Boost and Psycho-Social Support for Prisoners Living with HIV/AIDS: Wells of hope ministries is supporting over 480 HIV + prisoners in Uganda and donating food supplements such as Soya flour and sugar. We are also providing psycho-social support programmes to over 1000 in-mates with the aim of promotion of prevention of HIV/AIDS, handling stigma associated with both HIV/AIDS and crime and Also Care for People Affected by HIV/Aids.

• We Provide psychosocial support to HIV+ prisoners and their families.

o We Provide spouses of HIV+ prisoners with voluntary counseling and testing. Through the group and individual counseling provided by Wells of Hope to the spouses of the prisoners.

• Promote awareness on the prevention of crime and HIV/AIDS and sensitize community leaders, prison staff, schools and communities on the plight of HIV+ prisoners and their families through music dance and drama events at two schools and one community.

• We Support income generating activities for caretakers of prisoners’ children, providing them with start-up  capital and training. The activities will include, but are not limited to the following: handcrafts (necklaces making, mats, baskets,); farming (to include poultry farming, rearing of pigs, vegetable growing, backyard farming, mushroom growing); small businesses in the market for those who own a market stall (e.g. selling of foodstuffs); hairdressing; and tailoring.

LIVES OF CARE TAKERS CHANGED BY SMALL GRANTS-SUPPORTING INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES : The biggest number of people in prisons are breadwinners whose predicament has adversely affected their families and entire community. Children and spouses of prisoners living with HIV/AIDS are usually left in a vulnerable and worrying situation without any one to provide for them.Through support of our partners we are empowering families of prisoners living with HIV/AIDS through various income-generating activities by providing them with boosting capital of Sh.100,000/= each and training . Read more