My name is Avery Bailey. I am a 23-year old Special Education Teacher from Atlanta, Georgia. By the grace of God, I am setting off to spend a year working with Ekisa Ministries, a non-profit located in Jinja, Uganda. The mission of Ekisa is to improve the quality of life for those living with special needs in Uganda, to keep working till no more children are institutionalized, and to tirelessly dream until the negative stigma towards those living with special needs in Uganda is changed. While serving as a teacher here, I will be working daily at both Ekisa's children’s home and Special Education Academy. The Home provides around the clock love and care for the 19 children with special needs living there. The end goal is to see these children resettled into families filled with unconditional love. The school exists to empower each student (from both the surrounding community and the children's home), through individualized, inclusive, special education. Would you prayerfully consider joining my support team, to stand in the gap for those living with special needs in Uganda. Together, we can change the negative stigma towards disabilities one child at a time.