Seeds of Life: The Kibwezi Seed Project
For small-scale farming families throughout the Kibwezi region of southeastern Kenya, a successful harvest often determines whether a household will…
- Care of Creation
- Kenya, Africa
A Future Reclaimed: Scholarships for Orphaned Students
The death of a parent can derail a young person’s education and future in an instant, particularly in communities where…
- Education
- Tanzania, Africa
Safe Arrivals: Maternity Delivery Service
In many underserved communities in Kenya, access to skilled maternal healthcare remains limited, and the consequences can be severe. Complications…
- Healthcare and Social Justice
- Kenya, Africa
Bread for the Journey: Food Assistance in Kenya
Feeding the hungry stands among the oldest expressions of Catholic Social Teaching’s Option for the Poor and Vulnerable, and this…
- Healthcare and Social Justice
- Kenya, Africa
Harvesting Hope: The Sustainable Food Generation Project
Hunger remains a persistent daily reality for many vulnerable families, children’s homes, and elderly care facilities across the regions Maryknoll…
- Care of Creation
- Tanzania, Africa
Three Decades of Compassion: The Eastern Deanery AIDS Relief Program (EDARP)
HIV/AIDS has affected Kenyan communities for more than four decades, and while significant progress has been made in treatment and…
- Healthcare and Social Justice
- Kenya, Africa
Dignity in the Light: Ministry to People with Albinism
In Tanzania, individuals living with albinism often face profound social and physical challenges that go well beyond the medical realities…
- Healthcare and Social Justice
- Tanzania, Africa
Skills for the Future: Scholarships and Vocational Training for Youth
For many young people in Tanzania, poverty is the single greatest obstacle to a stable future, regardless of their ability…
- Education
- Kenya, Africa
Water for Life: The Ndonguni Well
In many parts of southeastern Kenya, clean water remains out of reach for daily life. Families, most often women and…
- Care of Creation
- Kenya, Africa
A Home for Worship: Mutoma Sub-Parish Chapel
For years, Catholic families in the small community of Mutoma have gathered for Mass under difficult and often makeshift conditions,…
- Evangelization and Vocations
- Kenya, Africa
New Beginnings: Assistance to Women and Children
In some of Nairobi’s poorest neighborhoods, many women raise their children largely on their own, with little financial support and…
- Healthcare and Social Justice
- Kenya, Africa
Missionaries in the Making: Outreach for University Students
Kenya’s university students represent a generation with significant energy, education, and potential, yet many have limited opportunity to put their…
- Evangelization and Vocations
- Kenya, Africa
Tending the Land: Care of Creation in Kibwezi
The semi-arid Kibwezi region of Kenya faces a compounding set of environmental pressures: recurring drought, poor harvests, and increasing land…
- Care of Creation
- Kenya, Africa
A Place to Gather: Social Hall at Transfiguration Parish
A Catholic parish is more than a building where Mass is celebrated each week; it is often the central hub…
- Evangelization and Vocations
- Tanzania, Africa
A Growing Call: Seminarian Education in the Archdiocese of Mwanza
The Archdiocese of Mwanza is currently experiencing a remarkable surge in vocations, with more than 130 young men in active…
- Education
- Tanzania, Africa
Building Resilience: Kathyaka Parish Development
Southeastern Kenya is one of the country’s most drought-prone regions, where families depend heavily on rain-fed agriculture and livestock for…
- Children, Youth, and Families
- Kenya, Africa
Roots of Renewal: Pig Farming for Vulnerable Families in Homabay
In Homabay County, along the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya, many families live in deep poverty, struggling to…
- Healthcare and Social Justice
- Kenya, Africa
Lifelong Formation: Continuing Education for Clergy and Religious in East Africa
Formation for ministry does not end at ordination or the taking of vows; effective Church leadership requires continuing education throughout…
- Education
- Kenya, Africa
Teachers of the Faith: Catechist Training in Tanzania
Across much of rural Tanzania, ordained priests are often responsible for multiple parishes spread across considerable distances, making it impossible…
- Evangelization and Vocations
- Tanzania, Africa
Honoring Every Age: Ministry to the Elderly and Individuals with Special Needs
In many Tanzanian communities, elderly individuals and people with special needs face significant barriers to accessing even basic support and…
- Evangelization and Vocations
- Tanzania, Africa
Everyday Healing: Outpatient Clinical Service
Advances in HIV treatment mean that people living with the virus in Kenya are now living significantly longer lives than…
- Healthcare and Social Justice
- Africa
Forming Shepherds: Seminarian Education in the Diocese of Shinyanga
The future vitality of the Catholic Church in Tanzania depends significantly on the formation of a new generation of priests…
- Education
- Tanzania, Africa
Strength in Adversity: Support for Widows, Single Mothers, and Their Children
Widows and single mothers in Tanzania frequently carry the full weight of providing for their families, often without the social…
- Healthcare and Social Justice
- Kenya, Africa
Wings of Opportunity: Poultry Farming for Vulnerable Youth
Orphaned and vulnerable youth across parts of Kenya often face an especially difficult set of circumstances: responsibility for younger siblings,…
- Healthcare and Social Justice
- Kenya, Africa
A Lifeline in Lobur: The Mission Dispensary
Lobur sits in one of Kenya’s most remote and underserved regions, where the nearest hospital may be hours away over…
- Healthcare and Social Justice
- Kenya, Africa
A Safe Place to Learn: Dormitory for Girls at Ntimaru Parish
In rural Kenya, education can change the course of a girl’s life, but for many, simply reaching school safely is…
- Children, Youth, and Families
- Kenya, Africa