Don Bosco

DBCF Uganda is dedicated to establishing and operating both primary and secondary schools in service of underprivileged children in the areas of Kiryanjagi, Hoima, Pakanyi, and Masindi. With the help of Church Builder’s International and donors from Our Lady of the Rosary, Boise Idaho, St. Mary’s School, its Science Lab, and dormitories are now finished. Donors to DBCF also built and opened a dormitory for girls at St. Paul’s Parish school to help them stay safe. In Spring 2023, we finished building and opened St. Kizito Primary School in Buhimba, Kikuube district! St. Kizito Primary School has four classrooms for primary k-3 and recently had playground equipment installed! We will be building four more classrooms for the older chidren!

We also have opportunities to sponsor an individual student, or donate any amount to our general St. Dominic Savio School Fund for needy families.

DBCF Uganda ministers to children and families in need in the area of Kiryanjagi, Hoima, and Masindi, providing wells for clean water, and delivering food and medical aid in times of crisis. In response to desperate need, DBCF Uganda finished constructing Evelyn Memorial Health Center, Kiryanjagi, to improve prenatal services and to meet the demand for better family health care in the region. We continue to have a special relationship with 23 families in Masindi who periodically receive food and provisions through our Masindi Easter and Christmas projects as well as at other times of acute distress.

DBCF Uganda is dedicated to providing new and stable economic opportunities for Ugandan families. We help villagers start small businesses and also have purchased land tracts for agricultural projects, including starting a small dairy farm, goat farm, piggery, and poultry farm. As they grow, these farms will provide more jobs for local residents as well as income which DBCF Uganda can re-invest in education and community development projects. We have also just built Don Bosco Traveler’s Inn: three small cottages which will be tended to by locals and can be rented by visitors passing through Masindi. Come for a visit!

Under the inspiration of St. John Bosco who served Christ by ministering to impoverished children, DBCF Uganda is dedicated to bringing Christ to children and families and bringing children and families to Christ. We do this through the regular celebration of Mass and the Sacraments in the midst of the communities we serve, through the joyful observance of liturgical feasts, and by seeking out the vulnerable and forgotten who need to be seen, heard, and loved with the tenderness of the Blessed Mother. Every action by our organization is in the name of Jesus Christ, inspired by his Great Commission.