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.

The Catholic Diocese of Shinyanga was formed by Maryknoll in 1950 and Maryknollers have cultivated it with care for more than 70 years. Today the seeds that were planted so long ago continue to blossom with the better part of 100 seminarians in a recent year.

Given the region’s dependence on agriculture and the keeping of animals, however, local contributions to support the Church and the studies of the seminarians are quite low. This dynamic makes Maryknoll’s support even more important to keep the virtuous cycle going for another 70 years.

Your gift can help continue Maryknoll’s mission to raise up the Diocese of Shinyanga.

It is hard to overestimate the importance of good parenting, but this is precious gift is one that most orphans have little experience with. One part of that gift is of the material nature including money for education to help younger people become independent adults who flourish and make contributions to society.

Maryknoll’s goal with this Apostolic Project is to support Vocational Training students and University Students who were orphans. The program helps with their fees and room and board and takes pressure off the students and family that may have been trying to help them.

Your gift can help these young people become self-supporting adults who will be able to share their gifts and help others.