Across some parts of Africa, there’s a stigmatization about children born with disabilities or deformities. When the mother gives birth to a disabled child, the baby is seen as a challenge. The infant remains hidden in the out, and it’s not known that he or she lives there. That’s the mentality of some families.

So what happens to the child? The child will not have access to the therapies or medical assistance that he needs. When a little one is born with a bent back, big head, or crab feet, if it’s identified at an early enough age, some of these are reversible with special therapy or surgical treatment.

It’s here where the Siuyu breaks through, as a spiritual and physical home for all these children who aren’t aided by their families. We bring them in,

care for them, feed them, as well as provide medical treatments and education. A wheelchair is $100, and an artificial leg us up to $450. Many things are costly, but these children are like any other children. They have a right for an existence, a right to dressing, a right for everything - just like any other child!

The center itself was founded by Fr. Tommy Ryan SAC, an Irish Pallottine Missionary, in 2007. Then with just one classroom and one teacher, i't’s now run in collaboration with occupational therapist Sr. Rosemary Ombay SAC and a network of laity, where 43 students are served based on the stage of their disability.

“Mercy is the face of God.”
Pope Francis