I am an anthropologist and a professor at the University of Virginia. My research on health, charity, religion and development takes me to Uganda on a regular basis. I am also a CARITAS sponsor. 

While I was in Uganda this summer, I was blessed to find that my regularly scheduled trip coincided with Stella Maris’s Visiting Day. Stella Maris Primary Boarding School is one of the locations where girls are able to attend school through CARITAS’ Uganda child sponsorship programs. I had planned to simply stop by and say hello to Juliet, the eleven-year-old girl my husband and I have been sponsoring since 2012.