{"id":2036,"date":"2025-01-13T11:50:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T11:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vigorous-burnell.178-18-245-218.plesk.page\/?page_id=2036"},"modified":"2025-02-18T18:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T18:33:29","slug":"background","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/florenceforyouthinaction.org\/?page_id=2036","title":{"rendered":"Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2036\" class=\"elementor elementor-2036\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49df18a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49df18a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4e974402\" data-id=\"4e974402\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28e3dc04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"28e3dc04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0bed0ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0bed0ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5ff4fb\" data-id=\"d5ff4fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff87d33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff87d33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Florence Kekibuga<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5c0b39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5c0b39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_29 wixui-rich-text__text\">Florence\u00a0is a Ugandan mother who has dedicated her life to taking care of children and poor people in her community. In 2011, the President of Uganda, Yoweri. K. Museveni honoured her with the President Medal of honor as Hero for her extraordinary humanitarian work to her country and its citizens.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_29 wixui-rich-text__text\">In 2015, her daughter, Penny Leon, renamed her foundation,<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_29 wixui-rich-text__text\">Florence\u00a0For Youth In Action\u00a0in honor of her mother. Her mother saved her from an arranged marriage at 16 by selling her car and sending her on a bus to Kenya to further her education. Penny has been giving other children the same opportunity ever since.<\/span><\/span><\/p><h1 class=\"font_0 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u00a0<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f7bbfc\" data-id=\"1f7bbfc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff6e8c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-slider happy-addon ha-slider\" data-id=\"ff6e8c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation_speed&quot;:900,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;slides_transition&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;arrow&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"ha-slider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hajs-slick ha-slick ha-slick--slider\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-slick-slide slick-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-slick-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ha-slick-img\" src=\"https:\/\/florenceforyouthinaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Florence.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"slick-prev\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-left\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"slick-next\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4359545 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4359545\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Florence Kekibuga<br \/><br \/>Honoree\/ Mom<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c83eb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c83eb2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4fc5535\" data-id=\"4fc5535\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20a96e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20a96e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_29 wixui-rich-text__text\">At the age of nine, Penny told her mother that when she grew up she would not have children of her own, instead, she will take care of those orphans who need help. Inspired by her mother, Florence raised 20 children; Six of her own and 14 from the local neighborhood and families.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_29 wixui-rich-text__text\">She completed the schooling her mother sacrificed her to obtain and moved to the United States, where she resides in LA with her American husband. She held to her promise and adopted and raised five orphaned girls, all of whom have completed university in Uganda.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_29 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_29 wixui-rich-text__text\">Penny listened to God calling her to show the love of Jesus to those hurting and be the voice for the voiceless in her native country and began the\u00a0Florence for Youth in Action,\u00a0a charitable organization. It is in honor of her mother, to whom she gives credit\u00a0for her life&#8217;s work.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da0bf0b\" data-id=\"da0bf0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d22fb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ha-slider happy-addon ha-slider\" data-id=\"4d22fb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation_speed&quot;:900,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;slides_transition&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;arrow&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"ha-slider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hajs-slick ha-slick ha-slick--slider\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-slick-slide slick-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ha-slick-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ha-slick-img\" src=\"https:\/\/florenceforyouthinaction.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Florence.avif\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"slick-prev\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-left\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"slick-next\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-323cbd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"323cbd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Penny Leon<br \/><br \/>President &amp; Founder<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-886d47c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"886d47c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b850cc3\" data-id=\"b850cc3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6960efc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6960efc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3b69cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3b69cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">We are the voice and mouth of Jesus on earth, and we are using it to bring people to the kingdom of God.\u00a0 That is our mission.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background About Florence Kekibuga Florence\u00a0is a Ugandan mother who has dedicated her life to taking care of children and poor people in her community. 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