The Adonai Child Development Centre
Today, close to 350 students attend, and fees are covered by families, the church, and a few private donors. A few years later, in 2007, a block of seven classrooms and two offices were constructed by a volunteer team on a large plot of neighboring land, to expand the school. The next year, Adonai began to experiment with programs to develop self-sustaining opportunities for Namugoga families such as “pay-it-forward” livestock farming, a revolving, micro-loan program to support small-scale entrepreneurs, and the establishment of a medical centre. With little other resources available to the community, Adonai has become a critical driver of economic and community development in Namugoga.
The Adonai Child Development Center was founded in 2005 by Pastor Aloysious Luswata and his wife Abby. The growing HIV/AIDS crisis and civil strife has left millions of vulnerable and orphaned children in Uganda. The Luswatas saw a clear need in their community, Namugoga, and they decided to take action. They began by first taking children into their home, and soon enough there were dozens of children who needed more space. Pastor and Abby started the Adonai Centre in their local, church building which has now been expanded and grown into a school, boarding home for disadvantaged children, and medical center. Pastor and Abby are now also working on building an orphanage for disadvantaged older girls, as well as adding additional services to their medical center.
GlobeMed at Northwestern started their partnership with the Adonai Centre in 2012. Their first project was helping to convert the Centre’s volunteer housing into a new medical center when the need for quality healthcare in the community rose to prominence. Since then, GlobeMed and Adonai have worked together to help fund an ultrasound machine, purchase a new plot of land specifically for the clinic, implement the Safe Water project, and more! GlobeMed is now working with Adonai to furnish and finish the Give Her a Chance Orphanage, and expand the medical clinic.
GlobeMed at Northwestern continues to work together with the Adonai Centre to promote growth and health in the Namugoga community. Please visit Adonai’s website to learn more.