Augustine Michael

Below is another profile of one of the kids that will be benefiting from your choices this month.

Augustine Michael, called “Ah-GUS-tin”, age 18



War rocked Southern Sudan throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and many South Sudanese fled to refugee camps in Northern Uganda. Augustine and his father were among those refugees, Augustine just a baby. In the camps traditional society broke down under the pressure of relocation and dependence on aid, so when Augustine’s father died in the hospital, he was left, orphaned and alone. He lived at the hospital until age 4, when a woman took him home to essentially be used as a servant. He was not attending school and often ran away back to the hospital, which he thought of as home.

After being placed in Amazing Grace, Augustine thrived. His grades have always been excellent, and his leadership skills have really developed in the atmosphere of caring for younger children. He is respected by the staff and children alike, and his ready smile and eagerness to help endears him to all.