The condition he saw touched him, as Joseph himself was orphaned due to the same illness that led his parents to death when he was still a child. Thanks to the help of an Italian family who in 1997 decided to support him remotely, Joseph managed to have the necessary help to grow, study and to graduate. Today Joseph and Silvia, his Italian supporter, who has become a real sister to him, are coordinators of the Rakai Orphans Hope Project together.