With a week left now before I head back to the UK for Easter I thought I must make sure I take the time to introduce you to the 2 newest member’s of the White Eagle family – Kellen and Kelvin.
It’s actually quite a tragic story, as many stories are here in Uganda, but as always God has the power to turn these things round to good! Kellen in 13 years old, and was found by our project manager’s Emily’s husband who is a doctor, at Kitovu Hospital where he works in the paediatric ward. Kellen was raped by 2 men on the way to see her aunt one night and as a result became pregnant.
She had been staying with her grandmother, but it was very clear that her family were not in a position to give her the care she needed as a child herself who was about to give birth to her own child after such a awful assault. We decided to take her into the girl’s home and a week after being taken in she gave birth to little Kelvin on 28th February.
Miraculously, even though Kellen is so young, she had a normal delivery which from start to finish only took 1 hour and 15 minutes! We were concerned about how Kellen would feel about her baby but so far things are going very well and all the girls are very excited to have a new little brother in the girl’s home! Kellen is an absolute star and is settling in very well. Obviously there is a lot of emotional healing that needs to take place, but she’s in the right place for that to happen!
So there you have it, the White Eagle Family grows ever larger!
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