The Rotary Club of Kennebunk
CLUB PURCHASES MOSQUITO NETS FOR SCHOOL IN UGANDA
The Kennebunk Rotary Club recently completed a project, working with James Kyeyune, Director of The Mbabaali Memorial School for Orphans in Uganda.
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James Kyeyune visited the Kennebunk Rotary Club in September 2018
The Mbabaali Memorial School for Orphans in the Kampala district of Uganda, is a primary school which started in 2000 with a sole purpose of helping Orphans whose parents had died of HIV/AIDS. It started with only 30 students, and currently has 264 students.
Mbabaali Memorial is the only school in the Kampala district that accepts orphans without any tuition. On an average day, they receive 20-25 requests for orphans to attend their school, but their resources are so limited, they turn almost all of them away.
We asked James what we could do to help that would have an immediate impact, and he suggested purchasing Mosquito Nets for every one of the children that lives at the school, along with the netting for the staff that lives onsite.
On the day I communicated with James (January 10th, 2019) that we had successfully raised the funds for the Mosquito Netting, he shared that presently 31 kids at the school, were battling Malaria. He indicated that on average, 8 children a day in his care, get Malaria.
Our club raised and sent $1,200 in January, and the nets were purchased and installed in February. A total of 350 nets were purchased, enough for the children and staff, with some left over for future usage.
Our club is very pleased to be a part of this effort and to share our joy with our fellow Rotarians.
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