Kisoboka is unique among non-profit organizations.  It is personal, not only for the people in the village of Bakka, but for us who are sponsoring and supporting them.  Our director/founder, Sandy Gannon, goes to Bakka 3 times a year.  She is in daily contact with our Ugandan Kisoboka team, Hope Kalibala and Paddy Walakira.  Donors get pictures and letters of the accomplishments and improvements that their contributions have made.  Sponsors can send and receive personal letters and pictures to and from their sponsored child as well as report cards.  Some of us have visited our sponsored children.  By knowing the villagers these past 15 years, we have been able to gain their trust and persuade them gently to relinquish some less healthy customs, while respecting and maintainingtheir rich culture and traditions.  First it was deworming the children, providing mosquito nets to prevent malaria, giving chickens, pigs, and goats to fight hunger, and digging bore holes for fresh water.  Then it was convincing them to keep their children in school as we started to provide one of the best schools in the district.  Now it is seeking justice and providing counseling for rape victims who previously suffered in silence figuring it was the role of women. Also acting quickly to rescue girls and boys from sexual and other forms of child abuse inflicted by close relatives by providing them a safe and violent free environment at school. Our mission is to raise a village out of poverty by loving one child at a time.  You can hear these stories and be a part of raising this village out of poverty.   You can provide hope to the destitute.  The name Kisoboka means “it is possible”.   Ask the children and the villagers of Bakka.  They will tell you it is true.