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| On Tuesday 9th February, the director of KCC, Arnold Muwonge, was watching the primetime national TV news in Kampala and saw some footage of the local
Police and Fire Brigade pulling a newborn baby girl out of a pit latrine where she had been abandoned. They estimated that she was only about 2 hours old and
she even still had her umbilical cord attached. There were no records of any births in local clinics to fit her description and it was speculated that she
must have been delivered at home and then abandoned in the pit latrine soon afterwards. |
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| Arnold felt compelled to do something as he knew that her chances of survival in hospital were better if she had support care with her, in addition to
that of the nursing staff, and was provided with the right milk and medication. So he sent Esther, a KCC House Mother, to go and stay with her in the
Intensive Care Unit where she found the baby sick, unwashed and fed only on water. At this point, the baby's name was simply recorded as 'Abandoned Girl' but
Arnold named her Amy (meaning 'beloved') Joy and she was signed over to KCC's temporary custody. |
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| Esther spent her time in hospital loving Amy Joy, feeding her formula milk, cleaning her and ensuring she was getting the medication she needed to clear
the infections she had picked up while in the latrine. The hospital does not allow mattresses on the floor and no bed is provided for carers, so Esther slept
on the cement floor by night in order to give Amy the love and care she needed to survive her early days. |
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| Now a month on, Amy joy is fully recovered and thriving! She is a very beautiful girl and recently a relative of hers came forward to adopt and care for
her. Although she will never come to live at KCC, she will always have a special place in all our hearts and we feel so privileged to be part of the
beginning of her wonderful life. |
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