Makerere Muslim community under their umbrella Makerere University Muslim Students Association (MUMSA) has donated an assortment of items to Naguru Teenage Information and Health Centre.

MUMSA members visited Naguru Centre on Friday and delivered items which include clothes, sugar, soap, sanitary pads and scholastic materials to the orphans to help them meet their needs.

Jibreal Akankwasa, the chairman MUMSA said, "Our major intention for this donation is to reach the community and touch lives of young people, give them hope through moral and material support."

Akankwasa further said that MUMSA also intends to establish an environment in society where under-privileged and vulnerable orphaned children have a better life.

Nawudo Shalwa, the MUMSA publicity secretary, said that they get these donations from the association members and other people willing to help the needy irrespective of their religious affiliations.

The occasion was blessed by performaces which included singing, dancing and jumping from children who received gifts from the MUMSA chairman.

"I feel so happy when I receive gifts from these kind people. I now feel equal to the children who have parents," said a visibly excited Aisha Nante, one of the beneficiaries who spoke to this reporter with permission from Miriam Namusoke who manages the centre.  

Agatha Mukisa, another beneficiary said: "I love the clothes and sanitary pads given to me and I am very grateful for these aunts and uncles who brought happiness to us.”

Asked about how the centre is managed, Namusoke said that while it is a government institution, several non-governmental organisations as well as individuals offer a hand to its running.

"This is a government institution, but we also receive support from NGOs and soft-hearted people just like these students from MUMSA," she explained.

She was amazed by the soft hearts of these students and wished them luck in their academics.

"Am so grateful for what these students have done and may God continue blessing them in their studies," she added.

The centre was established in 1994 to increase awareness and adoption of safe adolescent sexual and reproductive health behaviour and practices. It also advocates for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (ASRHR).

MUMSA promised to go back to Naguru center and take more donations to these children as a way of giving back to God by helping the needy. MUMSA also pays school fees for 10 needy children in Butambala district  through their project 'Educate an Arphan '.