About
Rummage Smile Foundation
Rummage Smile Foundation is more than just a community based organization, it is a family built on love, care, and hope.
Founded in 2022 by Ssekabira Reagan, the foundation was born out of a deep desire to rescue vulnerable children from the streets and provide them with the necessities of life education, food, shelter, healthcare, and emotional support.
Restoring Smiles, One Child at a Time
At the heart of Rummage Smile Foundation lies an unshakable belief, every child deserves to smile. This foundation was born not from wealth, but from pure compassion and the vision of transforming sorrow into laughter. With open arms and a loving heart, Reagan created more than a charity, he built a sanctuary for vulnerable children, many of whom had been forgotten by society. Through every hug, meal, and lesson, the foundation plants seeds of hope, replacing tears with joy and fear with confidence. The impact is not just visible in their brighter faces but deeply felt in their renewed spirits.
A Home To Bring Back Hopes
For many children, life on the streets meant surviving without shelter, care, or even a name spoken in love. Rummage Smile Foundation steps in as a safe haven, a place where these forgotten souls find a new sense of belonging. The foundation doesn’t just offer food, clothing, and shelter, it offers family. Children are given a chance to grow in an environment filled with warmth, structure, and dignity. Every child taken in is treated with the same care and commitment as any beloved son or daughter. The foundation creates a space where dreams can flourish, and where vulnerability is met with strength, care, and empowerment.
Education That Builds The Future
One of the cornerstones of the Rummage Smile Foundation is education. Without it, even the brightest dreams can remain out of reach. That’s why the foundation is dedicated to ensuring that every child under its care receives quality learning opportunities tailored to their needs and potential. From basic literacy to life skills training, the children are nurtured to become future leaders, change makers, and hope carriers in their communities. The Foundation partners with local educators and volunteers to create a curriculum that uplifts not just minds, but spirits transforming victims of circumstance into voices of change.
Healing Hearts and Empowering Souls
The wounds of abandonment and trauma run deep, especially in children. But Rummage Smile Foundation believes in healing through love and consistency. Emotional support is at the core of its daily work, with staff and volunteers trained not only in caregiving but in empathy, patience, and encouragement. Children receive consistent counseling, mentorship, and spiritual nurturing through Unity In Kingdom Worship Ministries (UIKWM) to help them overcome past pains by feeding them with the most satisfying word of God. This emotional scaffolding allows them to rebuild their confidence, discover their self worth, and believe once more in the beauty of their own lives. Every smile that returns is a powerful sign of a heart being mended.
Turning Compassion Into Action Through Our Life Changing Programs
Every rescued child carries a story, not just of pain, but of incredible strength. At Rummage Smile Foundation, we believe that when you meet suffering with love, and vulnerability with opportunity, transformation begins. The children we serve don’t just need a meal or a roof, they need to be seen, heard, and given the tools to reclaim their future.
That’s why our foundation is built around programs that go beyond charity, they create lasting change. We focus on holistic care from education and shelter to healthcare and emotional healing, each initiative is shaped with intention, love, and the belief that every child is full of untapped potential.
Our work is rooted in the everyday reality of children living in unsafe, unstable conditions, and our mission is to reverse that reality with dignity and compassion. These programs are the heartbeat of our foundation, and through them, we’re nurturing future leaders, computer programmers, teachers, doctors, astronauts and healing broken spirits, and restoring joy where it was once lost.
Take a closer look at the life, changing initiatives that are rewriting stories, one smile, one step, one child at a time.
What We Do
Feeding
Hunger is one of the most urgent cries heard from children living in hardship, and it’s met with immediate action. The Feeding Program provides daily nutritious meals that support physical development and emotional well being. For many, this is the first time they’ve experienced consistent access to food, offered in a safe and loving environment.
Beyond nutrition, each meal becomes a symbol of care and belonging. Children sit together, laugh together, and rediscover a sense of family and warmth. Food here is more than sustenance, it’s the beginning of healing.
Education
A brighter future begins with knowledge. Education is offered not just as a tool, but as a gateway to opportunity and self discovery. Children are enrolled in school, supported with scholastic materials, and guided through both academic and life skills development.
Tutors and mentors work closely with each child to help them grow intellectually and emotionally. Whether it’s learning to read, excelling in class, or building leadership skills, education is used as a platform to launch new dreams, and turn them into reality.
Shelter
No child should live in fear or uncertainty. The Shelter Program creates a safe, stable, and nurturing environment where children can rest without worry, sleep peacefully, and experience daily life with dignity. Clean bedding, proper clothing, and compassionate supervision help rebuild a sense of safety that many have never known before.
The space is designed to feel like home, a place where children rediscover their right to peace, comfort, and unconditional care. Here, they’re not just housed, they’re loved, guided, and protected.
HealthCare
Wellness is essential to growth. The Health Care Program ensures that every child receives the medical attention and emotional support they need to thrive. This includes regular check-ups, treatment for illness or injury, vaccination drives, and counseling for emotional trauma.
By partnering with health professionals, care is delivered with both precision and kindness. The program focuses not only on survival, but on restoring full health and vitality, so that children can live, learn, and laugh without fear or pain.
