My story

THANK YOU FOR HELPING JOEY


Many of those who follow the Child's i Foundation's story will remember our first major success story: Joey. 


Joey was abandoned in a public taxi park when he was just 4 weeks old. Before Child's i Foundation, Joey would probably have spent his life in long-term institutional care. Instead, after just 6 weeks with us, he was adopted by a Desire and George, a wonderful Ugandan couple. He was cherished by a loving family and a wonderful future ahead of him. Last week we found out that Joey is suffering from a critical stenosis of his pulmonary artery. Joey is relying on the temporary structures of his heart that are necessary for babies in the womb; these should have closed up within days of his birth but have miraculously remained. 

Because there was no-one in East Africa who could perform the surgery on a 4 month-old, we put out this appeal for help. Donations flooded in from around the world and reading all of your beautiful messages of support have kept Joey’s family going over the last few days. More than 250 of you contributed more than 10,000 pounds, and Joey is now in Johannesburg one of the best medical centres in Africa thanks entirely to your kindness and love. 


Joey’s operation is scheduled for Monday and we’ll keep you posted on his progress. We've also linked to our THANK YOU video, which is linked to on this page. After all, it’s you who’ve made everything possible.

My charity

Child's i Foundation

Child's i Foundation

Charity Registration No. 1126212

Child’s i Foundation makes families, not orphans. We work with vulnerable mothers and children, aiming to end child abandonment in Uganda. Our transitional home provides quality short-term care for babies; whilst our social work department ensures every child in our care grows up in a loving family.

Donations 267

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Good luck, Joey

Donation by Anonymous Anonymous on 16/08/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Very Best Wishes George and family.

Donation by Kelly Ferguson on 13/08/10

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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...The Ruhweza' s pray that the Lord will work abundantly and heal the young man...Amen

Donation by Daniel Ruhweza on 12/08/10

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Get well soon little man x

Donation by Annalisa Jones on 12/08/10

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Hope everything goes well

Donation by marina evans on 12/08/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Good Luck with the fundraising!

Donation by Tracy Evans on 12/08/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Good luck

Donation by David Rolfe on 12/08/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Good luck!

Donation by Charlotte Glover on 11/08/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Good luck Joey and family, sending all our love precious boy. xxx

Donation by Shona Egerton on 11/08/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 11/08/10

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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May Joey get all the help he needs and recovers quickly x

Donation by hazel bullen on 11/08/10

£25.00

+ £7.05 Gift Aid

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Good luck

Donation by Alex Hodgetts on 11/08/10

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Hope this helps - good luck Joey love Jo & Steve

Donation by Joanna Gilfoy on 11/08/10

£25.00

+ £7.05 Gift Aid

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Good Luck Joey xx

Donation by Lara Gordon on 11/08/10

£15.00

+ £4.23 Gift Aid

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With our love and prayers for you Joey. Be blessed and be healed in Jesus' name.

Donation by King's Church, Manchester on 11/08/10

£260.00

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Small amount but I really hope he pulls through. Sending lots of love xxx

Donation by Deepti Patel on 11/08/10

£5.00

+ £1.41 Gift Aid

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Donation by Tom Blakeson on 11/08/10

£100.00

+ £28.21 Gift Aid

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Good luck Joey and family. To Joey, you have already proved to be a tough little guy! Hang in there and hopefully soon this will all be over.

Donation by Sandra Mbabazi on 11/08/10

£10.00

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Donation by Nick McCabe on 11/08/10

£50.00

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Good Luck to Joey and his family

Donation by Jonathan Gill on 11/08/10

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Glad to help out! For the record, I wanted the image to the left to be the smiley face but it wouldn't change!

Donation by Richard Semple on 11/08/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Hope it works out :)

Donation by Sarah Wild on 11/08/10

£30.00

+ £8.46 Gift Aid

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Donation by Sophie Butler on 11/08/10

£20.00

+ £5.64 Gift Aid

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Good luck to Joey & his family!

Donation by Susan Anderson on 11/08/10

£10.00

+ £2.82 Gift Aid

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Good Luck

Donation by mark carter on 11/08/10

Donation summary

  • * Online donations£10,235.00
  • Offline donations£0.00
  • Text donations£0.00
  • Total raised£10,235.00
  • Gift Aid£2,223.97

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