Bringing Hope to Women
You can help lift widows out of destitution and restore their dignity.For over more than 1.3 million widows in Uganda, life is a desperate struggle for survival.
Blamed for their husbands’ deaths, many are forsaken by their families, shunned by their friends and despised by their communities.
- One in four homes in Uganda is home to a widow.
- Street begging or prostitution often becomes a way of life for younger widows.
- Many are left caring for their children with little help from relatives.
In order to provide for themselves and their children, some resort to begging or gathering food from the trash. Others gain income only from selling their bodies on the streets. Those who cannot bear the shame may turn to suicide as their only escape. Yet as tragic as their current existence is, the greater tragedy is they have nothing to look forward to in eternity, for they’ve never heard of Christ’s love.
You Can Deliver Hope
With your help, that can change. By making a donation, you enable pastors in Uganda to help widows in need and buy them income-producing necessities (like sewing machines and farm animals) and much-needed supplies (like blankets and water filters).Through your gift, women will not only hear that Christ cares for them, but they will also experience His love firsthand and see how He gives them dignity, peace and eternal life.
Deliver hope to some of the most broken women in Uganda.
“Defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.” — Isaiah 1:17
WIDOW CARE
PROJECT LIFE
PRO-grace’s work includes caring for some of the widows that live in extreme poverty. Among this group are those who are HIV positive. Across the globe it is common to find communities where the HIV stigma leaves women abandoned and without income to feed their children. Many become depressed. As their health deteriorates, so too does their ability to care for themselves. Some prefer to end their life rather than to continue suffering.
PRO-grace’s aid to HIV+/AIDS widows and their families empowers our partners and caretakers to provide fellowship, food, prayer, and medical care to HIV widows and the sick and dying within our reach.