Rodgers's Story

Rodgers has been living at Hands with Hope Orphanage since 2006.  He recently graduated from Candlelight School and has been admitted to St. Matthews secondary school.  Here is the story of how he came to live at Hands with Hope, told in his own words. “I am the second born in a family of five. My father used to take alcohol, and all of his money he spend on alcohol. My mother did not have any job, she also depended on my father who spend his money on drinks. My father used to beat my mother when he was drunk, and my mother had a lot of injuries on her head and even on the body, which made her spend most of her time in the hospital for treatment. My father became more used to that my mother decided to go up country for her to be safe and recover her injuries, and left us with my father. When my father came home when drunk he found my mother had already packed her things and went away, and he started beating us for no reason, until the neighbors came and rescued us from him.​ My father decided to marry another […]

Rodgers’s Story

Rodgers has been living at Hands with Hope Orphanage since 2006.  He recently graduated from Candlelight School and has been admitted to St. Matthews secondary school.  Here is the story of how he came to live at Hands with Hope, told in his own words. “I am the second born in a family of five. My father used to take alcohol, and all of his money he spend on alcohol. My mother did not have any job, she also depended on my father who spend his money on drinks. My father used to beat my mother when he was drunk, and my mother had a lot of injuries on her head and even on the body, which made her spend most of her time in the hospital for treatment. My father became more used to that my mother decided to go up country for her to be safe and recover her injuries, and left us with my father. When my father came home when drunk he found my mother had already packed her things and went away, and he started beating us for no reason, until the neighbors came and rescued us from him.​ My father decided to marry another […]