{"id":1290,"date":"2021-05-17T10:02:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T08:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koinoniakids.org\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2025-12-05T00:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T23:14:40","slug":"mijn-naam-is-owamalia-ruth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koinoniakids.org\/nl\/2021\/05\/17\/mijn-naam-is-owamalia-ruth\/","title":{"rendered":"Mijn naam is Owamalia Ruth."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/koinoniakids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zr_Omawalia_Ruth-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/koinoniakids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zr_Omawalia_Ruth-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/koinoniakids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zr_Omawalia_Ruth-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/koinoniakids.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Zr_Omawalia_Ruth-1.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ik woon in Kabale, Oeganda, en werk al tien jaar bij het rehabilitatieproject voor straatkinderen van Koinonia Ministries. In het begin werd ik aangesteld als verantwoordelijke voor de kinderen, maar inmiddels ben ik gepromoveerd tot projectco\u00f6rdinator van het project in Kabale.  Mijn motivatie om met kinderen te werken komt voort uit mijn grote liefde en passie voor kinderen. Het maakt me erg blij om te zien hoe kinderen uit moeilijke situaties worden geholpen en vervolgens volledig veranderen in verantwoordelijke kinderen. Ik vind het ook geweldig om te zien dat voor deze kinderen, waar alle hoop verdwenen was, er weer hoop ontstaat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Een van de kinderen bij wie deze grote verandering heeft plaatsgevonden, is Ronald. Hij kwam uit een zeer slechte situatie en leefde op straat. Zijn vader had hem in de steek gelaten. Op straat gebruikte hij drugs. Hij was gekleed in vuile lompen. Het ging zo slecht met hem dat zelfs zijn mede-straatkinderen hem de bijnaam \u2018varken\u2019 gaven.  In 2012 hebben we hem van de straat geplukt en kreeg hij de kans om een nieuw leven te beginnen. Hij heeft zijn opleiding tot lasser afgerond en heeft nu werk, het gaat goed met hem en hij wordt nu bij zijn echte naam genoemd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Groeten en zegeningen,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sr Ruth<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I live in Kabale, Uganda, and have been working for 10 years in the street children rehabilitation project of Koinonia Ministries. 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