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2018 Uganda Maintenance Project
Posted on: July 12, 2018 4:00 pm
This August, volunteers will travel to St. Julie Mission in Buseesa, Uganda to continue a maintenance project begun in 2014. DONATE ONLINE
The August 2018 Maintenance Group
| Bob Simon | Donnie Young | Kevin Arthur |
| Rick Keller | Bill Rawe | Judy Rawe |
| Jodee McElfresh |
The Impact
The immediate impact of the maintenance work is safer and easier day-to-day living at the mission.
- The roof repairs will keep out water during the rainy seasons.
- The ceiling repairs will prevent tiles affected by roof leaks from falling in the classrooms.
- The new screening will keep out unwanted mosquitoes, which can transmit malaria.
- The fresh paint will prevent the metal railings from rusting and the wood doors from splintering and rotting.
- The new security lights will brighten an area where it is difficult to see your hand in front of your face at night.
- The new carport to be built on-site will protect the 4x4 truck from the elements, helping us to extend its lifetime as much as possible.
The long-term impact, however, reaches far beyond daily ins-and-outs. Maintaining and progressing the infrastructure ensures that this twenty-three-year mission continues, that the sisters can remain focused on teaching and social outreach, and that hundreds of children from the rural bush area of Uganda are provided a Catholic education that is truly transformative and empowering.
Partner with the Maintenance Trip
- Donate online at https://sndky.weshareonline.org/maintenance
- Send your donation by mail to:
- Sisters of Notre Dame Uganda Maintenance, 1601 Dixie Highway, Covington, KY 41011
- Checks payable to "Sisters of Notre Dame"
- Please write "UG Maintenance" in the check memo
- Questions? Please contact Jodee McElfresh, Director of Mission Advancement, at (859)392-8228 or jmcelfresh@sndky.org.
Maintenance Volunteers (since 2014)
- Kevin Arthur
- Ruth Averdick
- Fr. Joseph Gallenstein (St. Mary, Alexandria)
- Sr. Mary Rita Geoppinger
- Brian Golden
- Tom Holtz
- Rick Keller
- Beau McElfresh
- Rob Montgomery
- Bob Parsons
- Bill Rawe
- Judy Rawe
- Fr. Gerald Reinersman (St. Joseph, Cold Spring)
- Tom Rowe
- Bob Simon
- Doug Simon
- Sr. Mary Janet Stamm
- Donnie Young
- Jim Zilliox
- Michael Zilliox
SND Mission Fast Facts
- Located in Buseesa and Mpala, Uganda (East Africa)
- 260 primary school students
- 200 nursery school students
- 180 secondary school students
- 3 Covington SNDs at mission (Sr. Anita Marie Stacy, Sr. Mary Judith Averbeck, Sr. Marge Mouch)
- 1 farm that provides food for mission and employment to local residents
