Gifts of Love

Omiyo's Sparrow Fund supports the education of about seventy children. Most are orphans or abandoned, living with elderly relatives. You can sponsor one of these children, or give to help with special needs below. Give more by upping your quantity. Here's what's available now:

Buy a Book for a Child

$10.00
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Most of our Sparrow Fund kids have never owned a book. In May 2019, a group of sponsors will be traveling to Uganda, and would love to take a book chosen specifically for each child. These books will be inspiring, comforting, and feature African or African-American children. If you have a suggestion of a book you would like to donate, please leave a note at check-out. Thank you for helping make this a reality!

Help a Ugandan Family in Crisis

$20.00
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Sometimes the families of our Sparrow children find themselves in crisis: a house burns down, a family member has an accident or gets very ill. If possible, we like to support them to help get them through the crisis. With these funds, we will be able to step in quickly.

Help Donate a Sewing Machine for Moms to Generate Income

$20.00
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As part of our Girls Hygiene Project, we are training older girls and mothers to make cotton sanitary pads. We'd love to see this project grow into a small business as participants make pads to sell on the local market, and for that we need a treadle sewing machine. Donations that help people create income through work are the best way to combat poverty in the long run!

Donate a pair of School Shoes

$8.00
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Shoes wear out, especially when kids have to walk miles to school, or when they have to share with brothers and sisters. Some of our schools require children to have shoes, but often guardians cannot afford them. We buy shoes in the local market, and in that way support the local economy. Please consider giving a child a new pair of school shoes.

New School Uniform for a Child

$15.00
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Schools require a uniform, and most children just have one, with a few approved Tshirts they can wear on days when they are washing their uniform. Each child washes his or her uniform by hand. They wear these uniforms until they are in tatters, as you can see from the second picture. Please help the Sparrow Fund keep our children well-dressed! This donation will also support the local tailor that makes the uniform.

Support our Staff in Uganda

$20.00
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Sponsorship fees pay for everything our Sparrows need to go to school, but payment for our staff in Uganda comes from extra donations (US staff is volunteer). Three dedicated young people give of their free time to visit families, organize events, and of course, pay school fees. 

Support a visit to the doctor for a child

$20.00
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With seventy children, someone is always falling sick and needing to be taken for medical treatment. Your gift of $20 will cover the doctor visit, medicine, staff time and transportation, so that medical costs will not interfere with our budget for education.

Support Girls's Hygeine

$10.00
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Many Ugandan girls lose five days of school a month, due to their menstrual period. Without access to hygienic products, they may resort to using rags or even leaves to stop the flow. Needless to say, these things are not very effective, so to avoid the embarrassment of a leak, the girls stay home from school. Omiyo's children's program, called the Sparrow Fund, supplies washable pads and underwear to girls when they reach the age of menstruation, and our female staff member works to prepare them even before their period starts. Most of our girls are being raised without a mother, so this mentor-ship is important to them. $10 gives a year's supply of pads and underwear for one girl. Increase quantity if you want to donate more.

Pay One Year's Child Sponsorship Online

$310.00
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The Sparrow Fund supports the education of about seventy children in Gulu District of Northern Uganda. If you are already a sponsor, you can pay your yearly fee here. $10 has been added to cover processing fees. Your donation will be processed through the Community Foundation of Wabash County, Indiana, and will be tax deductible. 

​If you're not yet a sponsor, please use the contact form to check into becoming a sponsor. We always have a few children needing sponsors, so we'd love to hear from you! 

Pay One Month's Sponsorship Fee Online

$26.00
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The Sparrow Fund supports the education of about seventy children in Gulu District of Northern Uganda. If you are already a sponsor, you can pay your monthly fee here. $1 has been added to cover processing fees. Your donation will be processed through the Community Foundation of Wabash County, Indiana, and will be tax deductible. 

​If you're not yet a sponsor, please use the contact form to check into becoming a sponsor. We always have a few children needing sponsors, so we'd love to hear from you! ​

General Gift to Sparrow Fund

$50.00
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If you want to give so that we can use the money where it is most needed, this is the place.