The land is donated. The plans are approved. We now need to lay the bricks, raise the roof, and equip a kitchen that will serve 600 children every single school day. Phase one — the classroom block — costs UGX 250M. Construction starts as soon as we hit goal.
Record rainfall has displaced more than 6,000 families along the Ugandan shore of Lake Victoria. Our local teams are already on the ground in Buikwe and Mukono. Every gift today goes directly into emergency rations, clean drinking water and tarpaulins for temporary shelter.
Mpigi has only one health centre serving 30,000 people. Our mobile clinic — a converted Land Cruiser — would run a rotating schedule of antenatal care, vaccinations and child checkups across twelve villages. The clinic is staffed by two Ugandan nurses and a clinical officer, all already trained and waiting.
Mende Primary sits on a red-earth lane in northern Wakiso. Two-thirds of its pupils arrive without breakfast. Our kitchen serves posho, beans and seasonal vegetables every weekday. Attendance has risen 38% since the meals program began. Mid-day fainting has stopped completely.
Our sponsorship program walks with a child from age six to fourteen. We pay the school directly, supply uniforms and books, and provide a daily meal at the partner school. Sponsors receive a photo, a personal letter and a school report twice a year. Many sponsors visit their child during our donor trips in June […]
Kasanje is a hillside village of 1,800 people on the western edge of Wakiso. The nearest safe water is a 4 kilometre walk down a steep ridge — a walk children make twice a day before and after school. Water-borne illness is the single largest cause of missed school days in the area. Our proposed […]