Today, we talk about the St. Jude community clinic in a deeper way. Health is something we often take for granted—until a moment of crisis pulls us into its importance. For some, it’s a short, haunting text: “Call me. It’s about your son.” The world stops. You freeze & stare at your unfinished pizza order…
A good part of each $5000 MAAP Foundation grant approved by the MAAP Board requires a facility. Generally, this means construction from scratch or remodeling. The host supplies the land. Next, blueprints, engineering, management, labor, and materials come together. Once the facility is approved by our MAAP Uganda Staff (on the ground), an additional $2500…
The Kasese Clinic is making progress! Check back soon for more construction updates! Update 11.16.24 | The roof is being built. (Next, solar panels are needed for power as there is no electricity in this remote mountainous region.) Update 10.15.25 | The walls are getting taller! Update 10.08.24 | Brick walls are starting to grow!…
With a donation of $1000 from the Ruebe Family, three sewing machines costing 2 million Uganda shillings have started a sewing academy in Mbarara, Uganda. This second “Dress a Girl” mission jump-starts a friendship with 300 young Uganda girls. Each will soon have the opportunity to make and sell their own dresses. Microfinancing will be…
In the heart of Uganda, in the district of Kasese, a small act of kindness has blossomed into something much greater than anyone could have imagined. At Our Lady of the Wayside School in the United States, a community of students, led by their teacher Joe Nigliazzo, set out to make a difference across the…
This is how a MAAP Foundation project begins. The Simple Process Often, $2500 is invested to build a poultry barn or livestock facility. When approved, a second $2500 investment is made in livestock feeding and care. Ultimately, eggs, chicks, or piglets go to market in a few months. Profits from the sales create a monthly…
Dress A Girl has hundreds of dresses for girls ages 6 months to 10 years old. The MAAP Foundation has delivered them to Kasese, Uganda! Each dress comes with a pair of underwear and a beaded bracelet. The younger girls receive a hand-sewn doll MAAPF Needs Shipping Donations! We will send these dresses to Kasese,…
$25,800 IS NEEDED to help us build the DEACON PIERCE SHEEHAN MATERNITY & PEDIATRIC WARD for the St. Philomena Clinic in KASESE, UGANDA! The Kasese region of Uganda is a stunning mountainous area, but it is prone to mudslides and floods. The closest hospital is 40 kilometers away over terrible roads and terrain, making it…
Kasia Janus and Maapf making a difference with Girls stay in School Project. Orientation meeting at Kakone primary school Trainers and the students of St. Egidio primary school. Trainers and the Parish pastor on ‘Reusable Sanitary Pads project’ orientation day. Sewing machine and Sanitary pad in progress Girls learning to make reusable sanitary pads Liquid…
olunaku lwa bamaama olulungi (Happy Mother’s Day in Ugandan ) Dear Friend of MAAPFoundation: Mother’s Day is special for the MAAPFoundation as our priority is to address the unmet urgent medical struggles of impoverished mom’s and babies. In rural Uganda we find villages where 75% of those who require medical assistance do not have the ability to…