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ow it all began Uganda has been my home for over 20 years. I have lived on three continents. I was born in Finland and moved to Canada with my husband in the 1980s. From Canada, we moved as a family to Uganda in 1995. Touched by the poverty around us and in the spirit of the holidays, we planned to host a Christmas meal for 120 poor families in our Kampala neighborhood. We asked our friends and family to help us. We were overwhelmed by the generous donations of people wanting to help. That Christmas, we ended up providing a month’s worth of food to over 600 people. It made me feel so good to see how thankful families were that someone cared about them and wanted to help. However, I soon realized that this was not a long-term solution to their problems. I established Caring Hands to give poor families a chance to get a job, make some money, and find a way out of poverty. Our Livelihood Program gives disadvantaged women and youth the tools they need to become independent and bui

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