Uganda · Established 2025

Where Passion Leads to Compassion

Inspiring hope and dignity for children with cancer through community education, equitable access to treatment and holistic palliative care.

Stand with a little hero Meet our founder

Little Heroes founder standing with a schoolgirl during a community visit

“Every child battling cancer deserves hope, dignity and care.”

Our vision

A Ugandan society where children battling cancer live with hope and dignity.

A nurse’s perspective

Care must reach beyond the hospital walls.

Founder Atuhaire Aurelia is a paediatric palliative care nurse with more than 15 years of nursing experience. Through her work, she saw how poverty, transport costs, stigma and isolation can break a family’s circle of care.

Little Heroes was born to complete that circle—supporting children and caregivers at the hospital, at home and throughout the cancer journey.

700+: Children cared for
15+: Years in nursing

Little Heroes team member speaking with a family during a home visit

Our initiatives

The whole child. The whole family.

Cancer affects every part of life. Our work is designed to answer the full range of needs surrounding a child’s care.

Awareness & advocacy

Community education supports early symptom recognition, referral, diagnosis and access to specialised treatment.

Holistic palliative care

Hospital and home-based care responds to physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs.

Family support

Financial and material assistance, support groups, peer networks and bereavement support help families stay in care.

Childhood beyond illness

Education support and play therapy protect each child’s growth, joy and sense of possibility.

Atuhaire Aurelia sharing a joyful moment with a student at school

Help us carry care into more homes.

Partner with Little Heroes to strengthen awareness, treatment access and compassionate support for children and families across Uganda.

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