Motta Africa has been moved by the ever increasing number of street children in Uganda. The harsh circumstances they go through have triggered the gospel singer, who now wants to help restore hope in the young lives.
Having grown up in Kisenyi, one of the biggest slums in Kampala, youngest brother to Exodus vividly recalls days when their mother was so broke, that it was their neighbors that fed them.
She died when Motta was 5 years old. At this, he was separated from his brothers, taken up by his maternal family.
After senior six, Motta left home in search of his elder brothers, following rumors that they were living at an orphanage at Miracle Center Cathedral.
Joined up, they afterward left the orphanage and begun renting a small room they could afford.
“Days did surface where we had nothing to eat. What we could do was to buy a loaf of bread, eat just a toss a day, accompanying it with boiled water,” he recalled during a recent interview with UG Christian news.
It was after meeting the late Mama Irene Gleeson that the three saw hope of sunrise.
“She took us in as her children and life changed immediately. God used this lady and she made our lives brand new. That is why I tell please. Never give up,”
Today, Motta together with his colleagues move to slums around town, feeding, clothing and sharing the gospel with the young lives.
He on Tuesday took to social media saying that these children can be anyone’s.
“For the time I have had sharing and loving these children, I have come to realize that if given a chance they can become great citizens,”
Motta says that they are just like any other children from good homes, only that a hard life has turned them into who they are.
“I believe that if we gave these children more time and show them that they are loved and given a chance to education; their lives will change for the good, I beg that we as fellow citizens and parents of this nation will come together with every little we have and bring a change into these kids’ lives,”
According to a 2015 report by UNICEF, there are 17.1 million children below 18 years (over 56% of the population); 11.3% of these are orphans, 8% of children are critically vulnerable, while 43% are moderately vulnerable.
marvin@ugchristiannews.com
