Our Ongoing School Uganda Service Project

$1 on One

Introducing Elizabeth, Judith And Sam: Our adopted Ugandan students!

As an ongoing international service project, Holy Rosary has adopted 3 Ugandan children providing them with much needed funds for clothing, food, and school. In the $1 on 1 Program, Holy Rosary students are encouraged to bring in $1 a month to the classroom to support our adopted students. The total cost for room, board, and tuition for the entire year is just $500 per student.

The Sisters of the Daughters of Mary operate 5 different boarding schools in a small compound in Masaka, Uganda (map). The students attend school year round and live on the premises St. Theresa primary school and St. Marks VII School for the Deaf. We stay in touch with our students via email through headmistress Sister Noelina and by periodic visits from our Parish sponsored Missions to Uganda over the last 8 years. We have built a unique relationship with the Sisters of the Daughters of Mary in Uganda over the years and look forward to the next mission planned for 2010.

The students are so grateful for our support. The following is a short summary of our students.

Elizabeth Nalukaaga (age 6) is in Primary 2 this year. Her parents work as farmers and have no money for school fees. She has two sisters and her favorite thing about school is playing with her friends.

Judith Mary Nakimbugue (age 8) is in Primary 4. She takes her studies seriously and math is her favorite subject. Jump rope is her favorite recreational activity. Her mother is deceased and she is one of seven sisters. She is an excellent student.

Ssamula (Sam) Charles Dickens (age 6) has special needs and will begin Primary 2. He is thriving in this special school environment. Very few children in Uganda have this opportunity.

Rose Nakato (not pictured) will begin Primary 5. She is sponsored directly by our school BASE program. She attends school a short distance from the mother house property at another Catholic school. She too is doing well in school.

Thank you students and parents for your generous and continuous support of our school wide international mission service project!

Don’t forget to bring in your $1 each month to the classroom jar!