Our Mission Statement
To provide hope and a secure future, in a Christian environment, for orphaned, abandoned, and other critically vulnerable children of Western Uganda.
Uganda Today
Population : 43 million (2019 census)
Religion : Christianity 80%, Other 20%
Language : Whilst English is officially spoken, Uganda is multilingual with over 40 indigenous languages. Swahili and Luganda are also commonly spoken.
Uganda's Challenge
Infrastructure investment, stronger governance, regional integration, and a focus on social programmes to reduce inequality are all major challenges.
Poverty, high mortality rates, poor sanitation and improvement in education are urgent issues.
|Our only access road needs urgent repair!
https://www.fountainofpeace.net21 Oct 2020
We are urgently requesting funds to re-surface the only access road to the FOP village and school. Currently, it is a significant danger to all who attempt to negotiate the road on any sort of vehicle from boda-boda (motorbike) to lorry.
|Our new baby at Bethel Babies Home
https://www.fountainofpeace.net21 Oct 2020
It was with a mixture of joy and sadness that earlier this month we welcomed this critically vulnerable newborn baby, our 54th child, into our Bethel Babies Home.
|Our latest Family Home nears completion
https://www.fountainofpeace.net06 Oct 2020
Some of our older Babies' Home children are now ready to move on to a Family Home. We are working hard to complete this, our 6th house, in spite of COVID and funding challenges.
Our History and Founder
The Fountain of Peace Children’s Foundation was founded in 2006. It was the inspiration of Peace Ruharuza, to provide for critically disadvantaged children, often left destitute and without hope through poverty or tragedy, in the Kyenjojo region of Western Uganda.
The Kyenjojo region is stunningly beautiful, but also marred by extreme poverty. Unemployment, maternal mortality and malnutrition are all too common in the region and many children are orphaned or abandoned. As a result of the extensive poverty, access to healthcare and education are also real challenges.
