Welcome to the Africare website; we are a small Christian organization based in N Ireland, and working mainly in Uganda. The focus of our work there is ACHERU - Afaayo (Luganda for He Cares) Child Health Education and Rehabilitation Unit - where our Ugandan staff provide care and treatment for disabled children. We have been engaged in work with disabled children for 10 years now, formerly under the CHERUB name in conjunction with the Church of Uganda, but now as a completely independent unit, working in cooperation with others who share our aims. If you wish to donate to the work of Africare online you can do so at www.justgiving.com/africare. ** Africare are updating their records - please fill in & return this form ** The book 'The Tree, the Boat, and the Broken Leg' written by Brian Dorman, telling the story of how Cherub came into existence and its place in the work of Africare can be obtained by post from Africare, cost £9.99 plus £1.00 for UK postage and packing. Brian's second book, "The Road to Kabembe" follows on from "The Tree, the Boat, and the Broken Leg" and tells the story of the development of Acheru. It is also available by post from Africare, costing £10.00 including UK postage and packing. Over the past 25 years Africare has engaged in a range of work in Uganda. We were responsible for the development and running of the Besaniya Children's Home at Mukono. From that base we developed a child sponsorship programme, and assisted with a number of community projects. We also set up and developed ECM (Evangelical Christian Ministries, Uganda), training a widespread network of associates to equip them for leadership in their churches and communities. With ECM, we worked on a number of islands in Lake Victoria, running missions, establishing churches and schools, and training leaders. With all of this work we had aims and objectives, so that having attained them we could regard it as a finished work and move on to where our help was most needed. We take the stewardship of donors' money very seriously and believe we must seek to help those people who are most in need, hence our focus now on disabled children, and on northern Uganda where there has been such suffering. Home / News / Besaniya / Acheru / Medical / How to help / Contact / Map All content © Africare unless otherwise stated Africare is registered charity number XN 76448