Alan Mugisha is a compassionate man. He is a teacher by profession and a preacher of the good news found in the bible. He is also a family man who is raising children and taking care of his family. With a heart full of love and concerns for the children and other vulnerable groups in Uganda, he decided to create this organization to support orphans and vulnerable children de receive basic education in their community. It was back in 2006 while I was severely sick, with little hope to recover from my sickness. It was during this critical time when I started thinking deeply about my life and the life of my dear wife Harriet and our two boys, Joel (4 years) and Jonathan (2 years). We had no money and no income to support the family in case the sickness could continue for months or years. The whole family was dependent on me while I was down on bed very sick. I started to think about the future of my wife and two sons in case I died. Knowing very well that Harriet could not support properly the boys and their needs especially their education, I started to think about adoption organizations and agencies in Uganda where Harriet could place my two boys so that maybe they could get a family to care for them and help them receive basic education. I discussed this with Harriet many times while in tears, convincing her to allow the boys to be adopted in case things turn to the worst about my health.

Few months later, I recovered from my sickness and realized that my children did not need any adoptive parents any more. But at the same time, I came to think deeply about hundreds of children whose parents die prematurely and suddenly and how difficult life is for them, then I decided to start a charity organization that could support such children. I started the organization known as: ADOPTION INITIATIVES CARE CENTRE (AICC) in 2006 with the aim of placing orphans into families instead of keeping them into orphanages. Children need to grow in families not in orphanages. It was registered for the first time in 2007. This organization has created huge awareness about the fate of orphans and vulnerable children in the central region of Uganda in Wakiso District and a great campaign to educate such children. We went from school to school to request free places for orphans and vulnerable children. After two years of such campaign, we decided to start our own school where we could allow orphans and vulnerable children to study free of charge when they have no body to pay their school fees. This is when we started MERCY NURSERY & PRIMARY SCHOOL. This school has helped many orphans and vulnerable children in different communities in which we have operated since the school inception in 2009.

Currently the school is now operating on its own land, more than 80 children are receiving basic education here including orphans and vulnerable children. Many children who attended our school are now in high school or secondary school and many have already finished high school or secondary school.