Located in eastern Uganda, in the small village of Dorcas, district of Sironko, the Dorcas Orphanage Home was started in 1997 by several Christian women who were distressed by the increasing number of orphans wandering the countryside looking for something to eat and a place to sleep. Together, they devised a plan for an orphanage and began caring for some of the needy children in the area. Their own families had little surplus, so it was not long before supplies for the orphans ran out and there seemed no way to continue. One woman, Elizabeth Madaba, remained faithful. She asked her husband, Wilber, to become her partner in this work with orphans and she began to pray with deep anguish, beseeching God to help her feed the children.