Every child deserves a dignified start.

In the village of Kamusenene, in Central Uganda, the Kamusenene Children's Foundation gives orphaned and abandoned children what every childhood needs: enough to eat, clean water, a safe place to sleep, a seat in a classroom, and adults who believe in them.

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Kamusenene–Bukuya Town Council, Kassanda District

A smiling boy holds two hens from the KCF poultry project

A girl carries a basin of freshly dug sweet potatoes on her head — Sweet potatoes from the KCF farm

90children cared for at a time
6+years serving Kamusenene
5 hafarm feeding the children
1,000+villagers with clean water

A community for children who have lost so much

The Kamusenene Children's Foundation (KCF) is a community-based organization caring for orphaned, abandoned, and vulnerable children in Kamusenene–Bukuya Town Council, Kassanda District. It has been growing alongside its children for more than six years.

Many of the children at KCF have lived through losses no child should face. Here they find the everyday things that let a childhood continue: meals grown on the Foundation's own farm, clean water from the village borehole, safe shelter, school fees and supplies, clothing, and care when they fall ill.

KCF also looks further ahead. Children learn practical skills like farming, brick-making, and crafts, so that when they grow up they can stand on their own and give back to the community that raised them.

“With your support, we can transform these children into productive, healthy and happy individuals who shall later be major influencers to their community, country, and the world.” The KCF team in Kamusenene

Our vision

A world where every child has their basic needs met, an education, healthcare, and the resources to reach their full potential.

Our mission

To foster vulnerable children through a Christian, healthy, fair, safe, and moral start in life.

A crowd of KCF children running toward the camera on a dirt road, laughing — The children of KCF on the road in Kamusenene

Children in pink school uniforms writing in exercise books at their desks — In class, exercise books open

A young girl with red hair ties sits in her wheelchair — Every child is cared for

What the community has built

Each project began with a need and grew through the generosity of supporters around the world. Together they feed the children, keep them healthy, and move KCF toward standing on its own.

A teenage boy in a red shirt stands in a harvested maize field on the KCF farm

Food security, since 2021

The five-hectare farm

Built with donor support, the farm grows maize, sweet potatoes, beans, and more. The harvest goes straight to the children's plates.

What they don't eat is sold, and that income pays for school fees, rent, and supplies. Every good season makes KCF a little more self-sustaining, and farming is one of the practical skills the children learn along the way.

Clean water, since 2021

The Kamusenene borehole

In 2021, KCF drilled a clean water well for the whole village, not only the children. Households here often have eight to twelve people, so the borehole now serves more than a thousand people every day.

People walk from neighboring villages to fill their jerrycans. The water is clean, and it is free.

A girl smiles at a cardboard box full of yellow chicks

Poultry, ongoing

Chickens for nutrition and income

The poultry project puts eggs and protein in the children's diet and earns income from the sale of eggs and birds.

KCF is raising funds to grow the flock. A larger poultry operation would make a real difference to the children's food security and to the Foundation's independence.

Help expand the poultry project