Meet Ezra

 These  children from Uganda are older children with significant special needs.  They reside in the Tender Hearts home, located on a beautiful plot of  hilltop land on the outskirts of Kampala. The home is operated by Ken  and Cathy Nganda, native Ugandans who have their own nonprofit (Heart of  a Child) and have dedicated their lives to caring for orphaned,  abandoned, abused, and neglected children. The majority of children at  the home arrive into care in fragile condition, many with medical  diagnoses such as HIV and severe malnutrition. They require ongoing  close monitoring and attention from the home’s specially trained,  live-in nannies. The Ngandas' goal for each abandoned child is for  family reunification whenever possible. Social workers employed by the  home work tirelessly to find extended family members who can care for  the children once they have been restored to health. Foster care options  are being developed, as we believe so strongly in the importance of  family care for children, but the process is slow. Family-based foster  care for a non-relative (versus the common informal kinship care  arrangements) is new in Uganda. The  hope is that appropriate foster families can be found for these children  while they wait for foster care, adoption, or reunification with a  birth family member, but that does not appear to be likely anytime in  the near future, especially for older children with significant special  needs. These children have been designated specifically for Open Hearts  for Orphans, and as you consider sponsoring them financially, we ask  that you please pray for them as well.