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Welcome to the website for Daniel’s Promise (DanielsPromise.org.uk)
Finally we have our own registered charity - but we did have to change the name from Daniel’s Dream to Daniel’s Promise.
Daniel’s Promise is a UK based charity which supports a home for 30 orphaned or abandoned boys* aged between six and seventeen, and helps another 55 disadvantaged boys and girls in the community in Kampala, Uganda.
The Ugandan charity KSEM, and the children’s home, was established by a local Ugandan man, Daniel Ntale, who gave up his career as an International football player to dedicate himself to this work. The British charity was founded in 2008 by Denise Gwatkin after a trip to Kampala where she met Daniel and saw the plight of the children he was trying to help; and was so impressed by his commitment and hard work she promised to do what she could to support them by fundraising in the UK.
Uganda has had a turbulent history. Wars and unstable politics have led to thousands of families suffering from economic hardship. Family breakdown and diseases including HIV Aids have also led to many hundreds of children being orphaned and abandoned.
All the children in the home have very sad histories of neglect and sometimes physical abuse. Many of them lived on the streets of Kampala, abandoned and alone, somehow having to fend for themselves by begging and stealing food. Some have parents who have died of AIDS and often the remaining extended family shun the children because of the stigma. Some have been left at the home by parents or relatives to poor to look after them.
Kampla School of Excellence Ministries (KSEM)
Eight years ago Daniel Natle, an International footballer, started a free football club, KSEM, and ran training sessions for local children with the ideal of helping the community through sport and education. It was at these sessions that he met so many children in desperate need of a home that he started to take in some of the children to live at his house. He used his income from his career as an international professional footballer to help them and to found KSEM, retiring prematurely to give himself to this work. Through his enthusiasm and hard work KSEM is now a registered charity.
In Uganda the KSEM charity is run by a team of local volunteers headed by Daniel, who is a committed and practising Christian. Many of this team had the benefit of help when they were growing up from the Rugabe Christian Miracle Centre. They now want to help disadvantaged and rescued street children to have a better start in life by providing housing, emotional and physical support, education, and recreation.
Daniel’s Promise Charity
In the UK, the Daniel’s Promise Charity is seeking to raise funds through sponsorship of the children in the home, donations and fundraising events. The money we raise pays for the running costs of the house (rent, bills etc), food, clothes, medical treatment and education which is not free in Uganda.
*We would like to make it clear that Daniel and the team would love to be able to take girls into the home, but at the moment it is not possible, there are only 4 bedrooms each with 3 triple bunk beds so they could not provide suitable separate accommodation. Our long term aim is to buy land and build a purpose built home to accommodate more children, both boys and girls, and to give as many children as possible a safe home, education and decent start in life.
Please explore this site to find more information about the home, the charity and see ways that you can help.
Thank you for visiting the site and please pass these details on to anyone who you think may be interested in helping.
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