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Our Mission Work in Africa

Food Assistance Program

Food Assistance Program

In two of the counties helped by Father Waldrep, some people are in a food crisis and acute malnutrition affects…
  • Health & Social Welfare
  • Kenya, Africa
Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

The Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Religious group of Brothers in the Archdiocese of Mwanza. Bro….
  • Ministry & Formation
  • Tanzania, Africa
Eastern Deanery AIDS Relief Program

Eastern Deanery AIDS Relief Program

Eastern Deanery AIDS Relief Program is presently one of the largest multifaceted treatment and prevention programs in Kenya. In 1993…
  • Health & Social Welfare
  • Kenya, Africa
Ministry for People with Albinism

Ministry for People with Albinism

The number of people with Albinism is very high in Tanzania–far more than in many other Sub-Saharan African country. People…
  • Health & Social Welfare
  • Tanzania, Africa
Scholarship and Vocation Training for Underprivileged Youth

Scholarship and Vocation Training for Underprivileged Youth

Unemployment and underemployment are extremely high among the youth of Tanzania. This is a program designed to provide academic scholarships…
  • Education
  • Tanzania, Africa
Clinical Pastoral Education at Bugando Medical Center Subsidy, Tanzania

Clinical Pastoral Education at Bugando Medical Center Subsidy, Tanzania

With your help, we will subsidize school fees for the Clinical Pastoral Education Program (CPE) at Bugando Medical Center (BMC)…
  • Clean Water, Construction & Equipment, Ministry & Formation
  • Tanzania, Africa
Aid to Women and Children

Aid to Women and Children

Fr. John Waldrep has developed a system to assist women meet their expenses and start some small on-the-street businesses (fruit…
  • Health & Social Welfare
  • Kenya, Africa
Mission Outreach Programs

Mission Outreach Programs

For several years, the Region has been sending teams of university students to serve in impoverished, pastoralist, marginalized areas of…
  • Evangelization & Catechist Formation
  • Kenya, Africa
Care of Creation

Care of Creation

The reforestation project will take place in 20-30 outstations of St. John the Baptist Parish. Two types of drought-resistant trees…
  • Ecology, Environment
  • Kenya, Africa
Social Hall at Transfiguration Parish

Social Hall at Transfiguration Parish

Fr. John Eybel’s project includes the construction of a social hall adjacent to the Transfiguration Parish church and rectory in…
  • Construction & Equipment
  • Tanzania, Africa
Support Education Major Seminarians

Support Education Major Seminarians

Fr. Dinh’s project is to assist the local church in training and formation necessary to continue our mission to support…
  • Education, Ministry & Formation
  • Tanzania, Africa
Single Mothers & Girls Housing Project

Single Mothers & Girls Housing Project

This project will help with housing for single mothers and abandoned adolescent women at the St. Clare Health Facility, Molo,…
  • Vulnerable Children
  • Tanzania, Africa
Pastoral Ministry

Pastoral Ministry

Bro. Beaudry ministers to people suffering from mental illness. These are people who are outcast in society, and many do…
  • Ministry & Formation
  • Tanzania, Africa
Ongoing Education for African Clergy & Religious

Ongoing Education for African Clergy & Religious

The Africa Region will provide tuition assistance to Africa clergy and male and female religious at institutes of higher education…
  • Ministry & Formation
  • Tanzania, Africa
Training of Catechists in Bukundi, Tanzania

Training of Catechists in Bukundi, Tanzania

There is increased need of involvement of the lay people in evangelization. Catechists have proved to be very useful and…
  • Evangelization & Catechist Formation
  • Africa
Catechist Training

Catechist Training

There is increased need of involvement of the lay people in evangelization. Catechists have proved to be very useful and…
  • Evangelization & Catechist Formation
  • Tanzania, Africa
Ministry to the Elderly, the Infirm and Faith Formation

Ministry to the Elderly, the Infirm and Faith Formation

Fr. John’s project is two-fold. Ministry to the elderly and infirm by participation in outreach at Bugando Hospital or other…
  • Evangelization & Catechist Formation
  • Tanzania, Africa
Construction of Nursery and Primary School in Ikinu Village

Construction of Nursery and Primary School in Ikinu Village

Aside from it being unsafe to walk alone, the public school is not within walking distance for the children so…
  • Construction & Equipment, Construction & Shelter
  • Kenya, Africa
Construction of Boys’ Dormitory for St. Joseph Secondary School, Gidel, Nuba Mountains

Construction of Boys’ Dormitory for St. Joseph Secondary School, Gidel, Nuba Mountains

Fr. Dinh wants to provide a decent and safe accommodation for boys. Having a good dormitory will enhance their learning…
  • Construction & Shelter
  • Africa
Swahili Literature, Theological and Secular

Swahili Literature, Theological and Secular

Although the number of Swahili speakers varies widely (between 60 million and 150 million), its importance as the national language…
  • Health & Social Welfare
  • Kenya, Africa
Outpatient Clinical Service

Outpatient Clinical Service

EDARP (Eastern Deanery) plans to open an inexpensive Outpatient Clinical Service. One of their core targeted patient groups is their…
  • Health & Social Welfare
  • Africa
Scholarships for Orphanage Students

Scholarships for Orphanage Students

It is hard to overestimate the importance of good parenting, but this precious gift is one that most orphans have…
  • Education, Formation & Skill Development
  • Tanzania, Africa
Support the Education of Seminarians

Support the Education of Seminarians

The Catholic Diocese of Shinyanga was formed by Maryknoll in 1950 and Maryknollers have cultivated it with care for more…
  • Education, Formation & Skill Development
  • Tanzania, Africa
Mercy Montessori Dining and Social Hall

Mercy Montessori Dining and Social Hall

The Mercy Montessori School is a Catholic institution under the Archdiocese of Mwanza and the school welcomes children of all…
  • Education, Formation & Skill Development
  • Tanzania, Africa
Widows, Single Mothers and Their Children

Widows, Single Mothers and Their Children

This Apostolic Project supports women who have lost their husbands, have children and have been abandoned by their families and…
  • Health & Social Welfare
  • Kenya, Africa
Smallholder Poultry Project for Vulnerable Youth

Smallholder Poultry Project for Vulnerable Youth

Orphans are a class of people for which Jesus would have had a lot of care. Maryknoll extends this message…
  • Health & Social Welfare
  • Kenya, Africa
Helping Street Children in Tanzania

Helping Street Children in Tanzania

Upendo Daima means unconditional love in Swahili. It is also the name of a program in Tanzania that helps children…
  • Health & Social Welfare
  • Tanzania, Africa
St. John the Evangelist-Lobur Dispensary

St. John the Evangelist-Lobur Dispensary

This Apostolic Project supports a medical outreach program to the pastoralist, semi-nomadic Turkana people who live on the borders of…
  • Health & Social Welfare
  • Kenya, Africa
Protecting Female Adolescents by Building a Dormitory

Protecting Female Adolescents by Building a Dormitory

St. Charles Lwanga Secondary School is a charitable institution which provides education, shelter, medical care, recreation programs and basic needs…
  • Construction & Equipment
  • Kenya, Africa