The Melissa Prandi Children Foundation empowers impoverished communities in Uganda with educational opportunities, vocational training, microloans and donations of food and crucial supplies.
501 (c) (3) # 87-2836825
NGO# 6311NB
Our mission is to give youth access to quality and higher education.
With our “sponsor a student” program, our youth have become the first of their families to graduate from college!
Our vocational training centers & microloans empower young women to be economically independent and stable.
Our newest Sponsor a Village program has been launched in partnership with Rotarian Rob Sittman to sponsor the Katwe Martyrs Primary School in the Katwe slum of Uganda.
We can prevent classroom flooding (currently school closes when it rains), provide food (students often do not eat while at school), a kitchen (it currently does not have one), toilets, hygiene kits (so girls can stay in school), and shoes that grow 5 sizes.
We offer a micro-loan to women (mainly single moms) to start their own businesses to support their families.
Be apart of uplifting lives of 457 children and donate now to help so we meet our goal of $65,000 towards this project.
Through our Sponsor a Village program, we identify high-impact interventions where targeted infrastructure investment produces immediate, measurable, and lasting change for children and families. Katwe Martyrs Primary School serves 457 pupils, 260 boys and 197 girls drawn from families living in extreme poverty in the Katwe slum adjacent to Kibuye Market.
Originally supported by a local Anglican church which withdrew the funding a decade ago. Since then, the school has operated on minimal fees collected from families who often cannot afford two meals a day. The physical environment including classroom flood with rainfall and sanitation issues actively endanger the children it is meant to serve.
Melissa with 21 year old Agatha
2022 vocational student graduate in tailoring
Melissa with 12 year old Abdul
Sponsored student
Our Vision
The Melissa Prandi Children Foundation is a 501(c)(3)and NGO nonprofit organization founded in 2021 to transform living conditions in Kampala, Uganda’s poorest slums.
We empower youth and young women through education, vocational training and economic independence programs.
We protect orphans and vulnerable children from being exploited and protect them from child labor.
Join our annual “Service and Safari for the Soul” trip for a chance offer community service and receive a first hand cross-cultural experience.
501 (c)(3)# 87-2836825
NGO# 6311NB
Service and Safari for the Soul
Travel with a Purpose
Annual Service Trip
2026 Programs and Impact Report
2025
2025 Impact Report
Service & Safari for the Soul with 19 visitors in 2026
5 new students sponsored
Shoes that Grow Program launched
Service & Safari for the Soul with 19 visitors in 2026 5 new students sponsored Shoes that Grow Program launched
Our Programs
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Donate to sponsor a student to fund private boarding school education, all meals and swimming lessons. Funds include cultural activities such as art, dance and music. Education sponsorship ranges from primary school through University.
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In 2024, we launched our newest program Sponsor a Village. This program combines all of our other programs: Hygiene Kits, Garden of Eatin’ and Women Empowerment Microloans, in addition to clean water, latrines and improved school buildings. The Sponsor a Village Program afford us the opportunity to make tremendous impact on a large scale costing an average of 50 cents per person and benefiting thousands of people.
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Our Hygiene Kits Program provides girls and women with in depth education and free reusable hygiene kits which are produced locally in our sewing centers.
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Currently in 4 schools and expanding to 6 soon, the Garden of Eatin’ takes curriculum from North Bay Children’s Center. Children learn to plant, grow, harvest and prepare fruits and vegetables.
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Our training centers teach vocational skills such as sewing, animal husbandry, landscape design and sustainable agriculture. These skills enable long term financial stability.
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We support female empowerment through microloans to young women for businesses including brick-laying, chicken and duck rearing, a retail shop, a beauty shop, a mushroom farm, and a cosmetics shop.
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The Respect & Responsibility Program launched in 2026 for boys 12+ to teach kindness and confidence & provide t-shirts and hygiene kits. The women we serve in Uganda are often single mothers so providing positive male guidance for boys was a critical need and we are excited to fill this void with positive role models.
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On our 2026 Service & Safari for the Soul trip to Uganda, we launched the Shoes Program with shoes that grow 5 sizes! Donate for a child to have shoes for only $15.00 per pair (including transport costs).
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We partner with Uganda’s Wakisa Ministry which provides shelter, food, medical care, counseling and vocational training to girls with unwanted pregnancies who have been abandoned, rejected or abused by their families.
Transforming the lives of this vulnerable group, 19,000+ girls have been served with medical and birth care since Wakisa Ministry’s inception in August 2005.
In 2025, Melissa Prandi Children Foundation built a kitchen for the Wakisa Home, provided a sewing machine, a computer, baby clothes and hygiene kits.
New in 2026:
Our Objectives
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Our Impact
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News
Since our inception in 2022, The Melissa Prandi Children Foundation has made an incredible impact on children, young women and other underprivileged group’s lives thereby uplifting impoverished communities in Uganda.
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Success Stories
Our students have graduated university and our vocational training centers are expanding. Our microloan program continues supporting women empowering them to launch their own businesses to thrive economically and sustainably.
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6 University graduates
12 enrolled in University 2026
4 enrolled in University in 2024
6 enrolled in University in 2023
〰️ 6 University graduates 12 enrolled in University 2026 4 enrolled in University in 2024 6 enrolled in University in 2023
32,356 hygiene kits donated
along with female health education for young girls and are distributed to the schools with the largest need that would be otherwise forgotten.
We built a new sewing center at Janan Schools with 15 employees, 5 of whom were sponsored by MPCF under the vocational skills program. We produce 1500 hygiene kits a month and adjust our production based on the demand. Our Reusable Hygiene Kit Program keeps girls in school by pairing affordable, reusable menstrual hygiene kits with menstrual health education. Each kit is made locally at our vocational sewing center in Uganda, costs just $8, and lasts three to five years, supporting a girl through her basic education and helping her manage her menstrual health with confidence and dignity. A kit consists of 8 pads, 2 shields, 1 soil bag, 2 knickers, soap, and a carrying bag.
Hygiene Kits
Our Student Success in 2026:
3 Students pursuing Master’s Degrees
12 University Graduates
191 enrolled in primary
& secondary level private boarding schools
Students Sponsored
