Orphanage Background

Lilly Orphanage Kindergarten was started in 2000 with an object of providing free basic education to young orphans, the needy, destitute and street kids most especially those her vicinity. The charitable organization was started as a small institution by Miss. Namwanje Priscilla (photo on left). Miss. Namwanje is a grade III teacher with 15 years experience in the field of early childhood administration and career guidance.

After a close feasibility study within Lungujja and her neighborhood, Miss. Namwanje Priscilla came up with an idea of starting up an Orphanage and Lilly Orphanage Kindergarten is the name. Priscilla found out that many school age going children in Lungujja –Kikandwa especially orphans lacked assistance and access to education and other aspects in life. This has greatly occurred where the fathers have been reported dead; the relatives and widows have in most cases failed to provide for the children particularly as regards education. Consequently, Priscilla thought it wise to establish an institution that could aid in the provision of orphan services in the area.

Lilly Orphanage Kindergarten has grown to great success despite some ups and downs. It is located on rented land and structures in Lungujja – Kikandwa in Lubaga division, Lungujja Local council I approximately 6 kilometers west of Kampala city off Wakaliga road along Kalema road opposite St. Steven’s church.

The Orphanage Kindergarten has 250 fully registered children of which 130 are orphans and 120 non-orphans who attend classes from Monday to Friday.. Of these 150 are girls and 100 are boys. Nursery section covers a greater percentage of 30%. These are 75 children compared to 175 pupils covering P1-P6. This is the level at which the Orphanage presently operates however there is hope for expansion to Primary 7 standard. Children who have been screened and found to be in a very sorry state i.e. those who live in a distressing state are looked after in a relatively well established home managed by Lilly Orphanage Kindergarten. We so far have 20 children looked after under this initiative. Due to limited finances, we solemnly encourage children to stay with their relatives and it is from here that they receive help. This helps the management do away with the burden of providing shelter to these children in specifically established homes.

We have in place 9 teaching staff and 4 non teaching staff who attend to these children from 8:00am to 10:30pm Monday to Friday.  This period of time applies only to upper classes i.e. from Primary 3to Primary 5. The remaining younger classes up to Primary 2 are only at school for up to 1:00pm. 

Lilly Orphanage Kindergarten (LOK) is currently run on rented premises, which is very costly. Management pays 1,200,000/= Ug shs. an equivalence of 666.67 US$ per annum. It is the income generating projects undertaken by LOK and funds collected from the non-orphans who pay for the services rendered to them that is used to meet operating costs such as these.

The non-orphans registered with LOK pay relatively a reasonable fee of 30,000/= an equivalence of 16.67 US$ per term of 3 months. This subsidizes to what is generated from income generating projects undertaken by LOK. Lilly Orphanage Kindergarten is a fully registered community based, non-religious, non-governmental charitable organization Registration No. LUB 339. The charity offers her services to both orphans and non-orphans irrespective sex, creed, colour, race and tribe. Lilly Orphanage Kindergarten works to promote the rights of children most especially orphans in the country Uganda.