Digging Wells of Hope for Children of Convicted Prisoners
Global Health Corps fellows at the entrance of Wells Of Hope School in Nakaseke District, Uganda Y ou are not your parents’ mistakes; nothing has ever brought this famous quote to life for me than when we visited a school for children of convicted prisoners. Wells of Hope is a Christian ministry and organization that runs a school in Kyajinja, Semuto in Nakaseke District, in Uganda. It is a 1.5hour drive from Kampala without traffic. The road to Wells of Hope provides the scenic view, one watches through the bus windows (As I did) the landscape start to curve into soft green hills, and lovely shades of brown and green trees flash by. Blue skies with big fluffy clouds reminiscent of giant soft cotton balls float above you in the distance. If you are lucky, like we were and the driver doesn’t play deafening Nigerian tunes, this can really be a wonderful drive. Wells of Hope, as its name infers, is a place of hope. It all started when a young man was falsely convicted...