Sole Hope Vision
Brighter days begin with health.
We see a Uganda where every child can walk, learn, and grow without preventable pain. Where families are not defined by crisis, but by hope.
Your generosity helps children move from pain to progress. From stigma to dignity. From fear to hope.
What is broken
Children are living with a preventable health crisis.
In parts of Uganda, children live with jiggers and other infections that burrow into their feet and hands. Pain becomes normal. School is missed. Play stops. Many are called curses. Some are hidden away.
The treatment is simple, but access is not. Families often live far from care. Clinics are crowded. Mental and emotional support is hard to find.
It does not have to stay this way. The problem is serious, but it is also solvable.
When a child cannot walk without pain, everything else gets harder. School attendance. Friendships. Family income. Confidence. Hope.
We believe every child deserves the chance to stand tall. To feel clean. To be seen as a child, not as a curse.
Sole Hope staff providing gentle foot care at a village clinic.
Where we are going
A Uganda where every child walks in freedom.
Our vision is simple. Healthy feet. Healthy families. Healthy futures. We see communities where children no longer suffer in silence, and parents have the care and tools they need to protect them.
We see clinics in more districts. Skilled Ugandan staff washing feet, treating wounds, and speaking words of worth. Children leave clinics with clean bandages, protective shoes, and renewed confidence.
We see stronger pathways to care. When a case is severe, hospitals and partners step in quickly. When a family needs food or shelter during treatment, they are not left alone.
We see a fully staffed mental health and recovery clinic where children, teens, and adults receive counseling and support. Shame gives way to healing. Stories of addiction, trauma, and pain begin to change.
We see Ugandan artisans earning steady income by crafting protective shoes. Every pair tells a story of work, dignity, and care.
Children receive rest, nutrition, and care at the Sole Hope Hope Center.
How the vision becomes reality
What we are building together.
Our work is designed to be practical, local, and long term. Each part supports the others. Every step helps a child move from pain to progress.
Clinics
Weekly medical and foot care clinics provide washing, jigger removal, wound care, and protective shoes, along with teaching that helps families prevent future infections.
Residential Care
The Sole Hope Hope Center hosts children with severe cases for intensive treatment, good nutrition, and compassionate care until they are ready to return home.
Education
We teach children, parents, and community leaders how to spot early signs, keep compounds clean, and protect feet so that jiggers do not return.
Shoe Making Jobs
Ugandan artisans are trained and employed to turn recycled materials into durable shoes that protect children from reinfestation and provide income for local families.
Hospital Partnerships
We work with local hospitals to fast track severe cases for surgery, advanced treatment, and ongoing follow up that families could not access on their own.
Mental Health and Recovery
Through our Brighter Days initiative, we are building a clinic focused on mental health and recovery for those who have carried pain, addiction, and trauma for far too long. In a country with about 80 psychiatrists for nearly 50 million people, care like this is rare.
Children learn how to protect their feet through simple, practical prevention teaching.
Ugandan artisans craft durable shoes that keep feet protected and families supported.
Local staff and partners lead the work on the ground in their own communities.
A story of change
From hidden in pain to walking in hope.
A young boy arrived at a Sole Hope clinic with his feet swollen and infected. He had stopped going to school. Other children teased him. His mother felt helpless.
At the clinic he was welcomed by name. His feet were washed. Jiggers were carefully removed. He received medication, clean bandages, and a pair of Sole Hope shoes. His mother received practical teaching on how to care for his feet and protect her other children.
Weeks later he was back in school. The pain had faded. The shame began to lift. His story is one of thousands, and every one is personal.
Why we do what we do.
Hope is not only an idea. It is a person. His name is Jesus.
When we read the Gospels, we see Him kneeling in the dirt. Washing feet. Touching the hurting. Welcoming people who felt forgotten. Jesus did not stay distant from pain. He stepped toward it.
That is the pattern we follow.
We are not registered as a religious organization, and we do not hand out tracts in Uganda. But our faith shapes how we see every child, every mom, every dad. We want our work to look like the love of Jesus. Quiet. Present. Full of dignity.
When we wash feet, we remember the One who washed feet first. When we care for a child in pain, we remember the One who said, “Let the little children come.” When we sit with a family in crisis, we remember the One who never rushed past people.
Prayer guides our decisions. Compassion guides our actions. People come before everything else.
Our faith calls us to serve with open hands and open hearts. To listen. To honor. To help families overcome what once felt impossible.
If you share that desire, you belong in this story. Together, we can bring healing and hope in Jesus’ name. One child. One step. One future changed for good.
We serve every person who comes to us, regardless of belief or background.
Looking ahead
The future we are building with you.
We are committed to children and families in Uganda for the long haul. The need is great, but the path forward is clear, and you can be part of it.
More access to care
Expand clinic reach into new districts so that families do not have to travel so far for treatment. More trained staff. More days of care. More children reached in time.
Stronger Hope Center
Grow our residential capacity so that children with the most severe cases can receive the extended care they need, along with education and emotional support.
Brighter Days Clinic
Launch a dedicated mental health and recovery clinic that offers counseling, support groups, and practical help for those facing addiction, trauma, and long term pain.
Brighter Days represents the future of mental health and recovery care in Uganda.
Your part in this story
You help turn health into hope.
When you give to Sole Hope, you do more than fund a project. You help a real child walk without pain. You help a parent breathe easier. You help a community see that a different future is possible.