LONDON, Dec. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dedicated to
supporting community-based solutions to engrained social problems,
The Nick Maughan Foundation is delighted to support Harpenden
Spotlight on Africa further its
mission to deliver lasting change to the lives of people in
desperate need in Uganda.
Donating £100,000 to Harpenden Spotlight on Africa, this vital funding from The Nick
Maughan Foundation will help
improve access to high-quality education and healthcare in Eastern Uganda.
£80,000 of the donation will be used to fund the construction of
a public secondary school in the Namatala region of Mbale
District, Eastern Uganda.
This school will provide an education for over 1250 vulnerable
pupils, many of whom are internally displaced people that
previously fled conflict and civil unrest that happened in
Northern Uganda in the early
2000's and continues to occur South
Sudan.
Equipping young people with essential skills and learning, many of whom would otherwise be forced to go without, this new secondary
school will help children learn practical science
and mathematics, software engineering, and problem solving,
among other subject areas.
The donation from The Nick Maughan Foundation will not only
ensure construction will begin in February
2022 but that the school will be equipped with a
state-of-the-art computer lab. This will enable young people in the
area the chance to develop the IT skills necessary to meet the
challenges of the modern world.
Meanwhile, £20,000 of the donation from the Nick Maughan
Foundation will be put towards the construction of a new Bukasakya
Maternity Centre in Mbale District, Eastern Uganda. The facility will provide
dedicated pre, post maternal and neo-natal healthcare to mothers
and babies in an area where home births are common due to poor
access to maternal and newborn care services.
Aiming to upgrade healthcare facilities on the site to a
nationally recognised Level 4 Health Centre, this bespoke facility
has been designed with consultation from local doctors and nurses
to ensure the centre meets all patient needs.
The donation from The Nick Maughan Foundation will enable the
completion of Bukasakya Maternity Centre by February 2022.
When open, it is anticipated that; it will be one of the largest
facility for public access, delivering over 2000 babies a year.
Nick Maughan, Founder of the Nick
Maughan Foundation, commented: "The Nick Maughan Foundation is
delighted to support Harpenden Spotlight on Africa further its mission to transform the
lives of some of the most vulnerable people living in Uganda. It is my hope that in bringing these
two projects to reality
– the Bukasakya Maternity Centre and the Namatala secondary
school – we will lay the foundations for a much brighter future for
those living under the poverty line in Eastern Uganda."
Bim Afolami, MP for Hitchin & Harpenden, added: "I had
the pleasure of visiting Harpenden Spotlight on Africa's projects
in Uganda in 2019, where I saw first-hand the tremendous impact the charity
has on the local community. On this visit, I also saw
the extreme difficulties facing many in Mbale, Eastern Uganda. It is within this context
that the generous donation from The Nick Maughan Foundation is
very welcome news, serving to
accelerate the charity's invaluable work in Uganda."
The Nick Maughan Foundation was established in 2020 to further a
range of philanthropic initiatives in the spheres of education, the
environment, and community. The Foundation supports community
projects both in the United
Kingdom and worldwide.
https://nmf.org.
Harpenden Spotlight on Africa
is committed to creating links between communities in the UK and
Africa through charitable projects
relating to education, health, clean water, and economic
development.
The organisation works closely with an experienced team in
Uganda to deliver lasting change to the lives of people in
desperate
need, many of whom have been displaced by generations of conflict.
www.hsoa.org.uk
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