December 28 2006

MCF Chair Kish Modha Visits Kenya and Uganda

From November 28 to December 16 I traveled to Kenya and Uganda. As an officially registered charity we are required by Revenue Canada to maintain an agent in the countries where our donations will be utilized. We have therefore appointed contacts at the New Life Home orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya and at Kamwokya Primary School in Kampala, Uganda.

New Life Home now has 6 orphanages in Kenya, doubled from only 3 in 2004. Nairobi orphanage is the head quarter of the organization, which is managed by Lee and Ann Marie Pruitt. Lee is a Certified Public Accountant and Ann Marie is a retired nurse and their work is overseen by the founders of New Life Home: Clive and Mary Beckenham. At present, in Nairobi, there are 54 children under their care from newborn to 8 years of age. The facility is registered as a private medical centre with the Kenyan government. There are 2 nurses on duty at all times and a doctor on call 24 hours a day, in addition to various other aides and staff. The New Life Home orphanage strives to find adoptive parents for the children and as of November 2006, 577 (69%) of the 835 children that had been admitted were placed in foster care, ultimately leading to adoption.

Kamwokya Primary School is situated in the largest slum in the northern part of Kampala, Uganda. We have been working very closely with the school’s principal Ms. Jane Kansiime the last few years but have now made her our primary agent at the school and at later date she will most likely become the liaison for MCF’s efforts throughout Uganda. The school has 1400 students in Grades 1 through 7 who struggle to gain an education with very limited supplies and educational resources. Last year, MCF helped Ms Kansiime purchase desks for some of the students who had previously sat on the bare ground whilst attending classes.

A little help goes a long way in Kenya and Uganda:

• $4.00 provided keeps a child fed for one month.
• $75.00 sends a child to school for an entire year.
• In Uganda an average school receives 370.00 shillings (25 cents Canadian) per child per month as a subsidy from the government. Parents have to pay monthly fees to school that they can, in most case, barely afford.

With a desire to help and a willingness to make small sacrifices, we can all provide the help these children so greatly need and provide the sort of hope they have never known.

Tax deductible receipts will be issued for all donations received by:
Mondetta Charity Foundation
1109 Winnipeg Avenue, Winnipeg, MB
R3E 0S2 Canada.
Ph: 204-786-1700

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The Mondetta Charity Foundation is proudly featured on page 3 of the April 2007 edition of the Manitoba Council for International Cooperation newsletter. Click on below image or here to view full PDF newsletter.