rapha'S house
RAPHA'S HOUSE FOR ORPHANS AND HOMELESS CHILDREN...FILLED TO THE BRIM!
Rapha House, the group home for orphans and vulnerable children of Mustard Seed Academy, sits on the 13-acre campus of the primary and secondary schools. The home is full with 60 orphans living in 4 large bedrooms, two in a girls' wing, and two in a boys' wing. The central area of the house is a large gathering space where students eat, study and socialize. In the bedrooms are double and triple bunk beds equipped with mosquito nets. For most of the children, these are the first beds they have ever slept in. Most come from situations where children sleep on floor mats and experience the related risks of rats, insects and microbial infection. But not any more! Two matrons living in the house care for the children.
The children receive two meals per day at school and supper is served at the home. The cook provides all meals on the weekends and term breaks. The temporary kitchen (below), is built in the traditional stick and mud style sits in back of the house. The children change into teal casual clothes when they come home so they can wash their school uniforms.
Rapha House, the group home for orphans and vulnerable children of Mustard Seed Academy, sits on the 13-acre campus of the primary and secondary schools. The home is full with 60 orphans living in 4 large bedrooms, two in a girls' wing, and two in a boys' wing. The central area of the house is a large gathering space where students eat, study and socialize. In the bedrooms are double and triple bunk beds equipped with mosquito nets. For most of the children, these are the first beds they have ever slept in. Most come from situations where children sleep on floor mats and experience the related risks of rats, insects and microbial infection. But not any more! Two matrons living in the house care for the children.
The children receive two meals per day at school and supper is served at the home. The cook provides all meals on the weekends and term breaks. The temporary kitchen (below), is built in the traditional stick and mud style sits in back of the house. The children change into teal casual clothes when they come home so they can wash their school uniforms.
Boarding students gather in the central room which is used for dining, study & socializing. Doors to the matrons' apartments are in the rear. In many respects SAC Family children live under better conditions than their classmates whose homes are in the town. At Rapha's House there is safety, a bed, dependable meals, loving adult supervision, and a family of other children. None of these things would be guaranteed in the homes of poor children in Lukaya. It is hard to believe, but in rural Uganda, student boarding is much preferred by nearly everyone.