I married very young. I was the second wife to my husband who has now passed away. Together, we had 8 children but I have had to bury 5 of them. All of my daughters are now dead. They were murdered. The youngest was killed just last year while attending university in Nairobi. The others were killed in different ways by their co-wives. I now care for 6 grandchildren on my own. It is difficult to find money for school fees for them all yet I am blessed that two of them have found sponsorship. Still, we struggle. I am still praying for help with the other four. I am too old to work and some nights, I don’t have a place to sleep. After my husband died, my co-wife started abusing me and took away my home so that her children would all have a place to stay. She says I am worthless and cursed since most of my children have died before I have. But maybe she’s right. One of my daughters bodies was dug up after she died by a local witchdoctor. I don’t know what her body was used for but the village has now called me cursed because of it. I am only growing older and my body is failing. I am afraid that my grandchildren will be left alone on this earth. Please pray for me.
-Thank God for grandmothers. It is very common for a grandmother in Uganda to raise multiple grandchildren. The reasons this happens can range from the children’s parents living in other areas to work, death of one or both parents, or abandonment of the child by their parents. We see the grandmother taking in her grandchildren often because of her immense love for them. However, because they are older, can’t work, and must stay home with the children, they can not provide financially. Often times this leaves the only choice to abandon the younger children and put them in an orphanage. As much as this grandmother loves her grandchildren, she simply can’t provide. Please pray for the jjajja’s of Uganda, raising their grandchildren and praying that they will be tomorrow’s leaders, producing change for their country.
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