Abuse. Neglect. Abandonment.
These injustices happen daily worldwide.
But the most extreme afflictions happen to those with disabilities.
Cause 4 Life is on a mission to fight those injustices.
Interns from around the world travel to remote locations
to seek those in greatest need.
They were on a journey to Love
Heal, and Defend those with disabilities.
Bringing the light of hope to those in dark places.
This is their journey.
Here in northern Uganda
you find that
most of the children
that are bortn with
a disability
are usually
given to their grandmothers.
And the grandmother decides
what to do.
If the grandmother wishes to raise a child
with a disability, they might
but it is very rare to find those.
You find very few.
Most of them would do
all the cultural rituals
and then throw the children
into the river.
We just visited a young boy
Jared.
The grandfather said his disability
came from malnutrition
but it really seemed like
he was very possibly born with a disability
and then neglected and
basically starved
because the parents didn't value him.
Jared's grandfather works for the -- he's
a warden at the prison.
He has
taken Jared in
when he was abandoned by his parents.
Now this is
where they sleep.
I put this mat like this.
He sleeps like this. Then we cover him.
It's really hard to think of someone becoming
more disabled because someone
starved them.
The sister is Rebekah and she's seven years old.
She has to stay at home
and care for Jared
because the grandmother
does not want to.
She's been carrying Jared around
She has to carry him, go get water, do all of the care,
the wood, everything. It was a real burden -- a real burden for her.
And that is very unfortunate that
a seven-year old
misses school
and does not
get the opportunity for education
because
they're sacrificing for
their brother who has as a disability.
We gave him a wheelchair recently...
It wasn't good for her to be carrying water, brother,
wood, everything all the time, and so, you
know, for her health and her
empowerment to get that wheelchair, not only helped Jared, but it really
helped Rebekah.
We were also able to
give
a gift to the family that's going to be used
to care for him medically, and also
he's been sleeping on a papyrus mat,
so
that gift is going to also be used for
buying a mattress.
And we believe that through
our Cause 4 Life programs we can educate the
family
we can
advocate for the sister.
I think it really bothered a lot of us 
and we were worried about her and her future
and so we went back the next day to visit her and Jared again.
Before I left my grandma gave me a
bracelet that says "dream" on it, 
because she knew it was always my dream to come to Africa. 
And she wanted me to give the bracelet to someone else, 
and so I was going to give it to Rebekah.
Rebekah I brought you a bracelet. 
And I just want you to have big dreams
and know that God has big plans for you. 
I'm a big sister too 
and I just think it's really cool 
how you take care of your little brother.
What wer're trying to do is
educate the grandmother on the importance of Rebekah
attending school
and not having to
sacrifice her education and future
for her brother who has a disability.
Robert, our translator slash guide slash
everything else, he
talked to the grandpa.
I was wondering because...
We know that the grandmother can do a good job caring for
Jared
so we believe that
Rebekah needs to
take this opportunity to
go to school.
That was really powerful for me because 
Robert just stood up to him and told him
how is was.
Next year, she will go to school. Next year.
I learned a lesson that night that,
you know, sometimes it's necessary sometimes
when someone is experiencing some sort of
injustice or they're not being
given what they needed you have to stand
up and say something.
What do you think about going to school?
Do you want to go to school?
She said yes.
The grandpa said that they would enroll her in school
for next year, so we're just going to keep continuing to pray that that happens.
