501 (c) (3) # 87-2836825

The Melissa Prandi Children Foundation empowers impoverished communities in Uganda with educational opportunities, vocational training, microloans and donations of food and crucial supplies.

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.

Melissa with 21 year old Agatha

2022 Avocational Student Graduate in Tailoring

Melissa with 12 year old Abdul

Sponsored student

Our Vision

The Melissa Prandi Children Foundation is a 501(c)(3) 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 “Service and Safari for the Soul” trip in June for a chance offer community service and receive a first hand cross-cultural experience.

501 (c)(3) 87-2836825

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Our training centers teach vocational skills such as sewing, animal husbandry, landscape design and sustainable agriculture. These skills enable long term financial stability.

  • 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.

Our Programs

Our Objectives

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Our Impact

  • News

    Since our inception in 2021, 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.

  • 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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176 students sponsored

6 entered university in 2023

4 entering university in 2024

2 university graduates

〰️ 176 students sponsored 6 entered university in 2023 4 entering university in 2024 2 university graduates

Hygiene Kits

Hygiene Kits empower teens and women to continue to attend school & work. Sewing hygiene kits employs young women in our sewing centers.

Students Sponsored

Sponsoring a student provides them with educational expenses, housing, food and necessary supplies. Please consider donating and sponsoring a student.

Our Partners