The orphanage will be named after C Company, Adair's notorious Shankill Road UDA unit which murdered 43 Catholics.

"It's a great idea and I'm hoping it will help a lot of underprivileged African children. There are a lot of people worse off than us in other parts of the world. I want to put something back into society, " Adair told the Sunday Tribune as he set off for Uganda on a 10day trip last week.

The money for the orphanage has been raised by 'Mad Nick' Greger who has set up a UDA C Company in Dresden, the former heartland of Hitler's Third Reich. It has recruited up to 30 Germans.

Greger was deported from South Africa for an attempted coup against the ANC and was charged with attacking immigrants and making pipe bombs in Germany. He has formed what he calls a 'Praetorian guard', dedicated to protecting Adair and taking revenge if the UDA tries to kill him.