The Mercy Montessori School is a Catholic institution under the Archdiocese of Mwanza and the school welcomes children of all tribes and religions in the local community. It provides “head start” education to orphans, children impacted by HIV/AIDS or sickle-cell anemia, those affected by extreme poverty, oppressive situations or discrimination.

A safe environment such as the one offered by Mercy Montessori School is invaluable to the children the school helps and the goal is to help them learn self-confidence and self-empowerment to learn to love themselves, take initiative and become good leaders. The children are currently eating their meals in their classrooms, however, as graduation and other events and activities are held outside.

Your gift can help to build a dining hall for the children to give them an opportunity to eat in a space separate from the classroom and have a large indoor area for a variety of events including Mass during the rainy season.