09/29/2026
🚨 Urgent Call for Rotary Partners: Rotary Maranatha Maternity Initiative (Global Grant GG2696946)
🚨Fellow Rotarians and friends, we need your help to cross the finish line on a transformative project before our October submission deadline!
The Situation:
The new Maranatha Maternity Ward at Nakasongola Health Centre IV in rural Uganda is fully built—the ward is ready, and now we need to equip it.
Thousands of expecting mothers in this area currently lack access to a fully equipped facility. Our goal is to reduce neonatal mortality in the region by 20%.
The Impact & Extraordinary ROI: Incredible Leverage: Each 40-foot container costs roughly $40k to ship and deliver, but delivers $340k worth of vital medical equipment (sourced through Partners for World Health). That is over $1.3 Million in total market value for four containers!
Sustainable & Ready: Operating and staffing costs are fully covered by the Ugandan government, ensuring long-term sustainability without outside dependency.
Hands-on Training: Funding also covers a medical service training trip to train local staff on the new equipment and obstetric practices.
What We Need Now:
We have an overall project budget of ~$180k and need to close a $40k–$50k gap before submitting this October.
If we don't close this gap, we will be forced to trim the grant by sending one fewer container.
Trimming a container would mean losing $340,000 in life-saving equipment for mothers and babies over a $40k difference—a loss we want to avoid if at all possible!
How You & Your Club Can Help:
District Designated Funds (DDF): DDF commitments and club cash contributions (especially those eligible for World Fund matching) are extremely helpful right now!
Club / Individual Contributions: Direct financial support makes an immediate, high-impact difference. Every pledge helps!
Share: Pass this post along to your club’s International Service Chair or District Global Grant committee.📩
Get in Touch / Commit Funds: To pledge support for Global Grant GG2696946 or discuss DDF/club transfers, please contact us at [email protected].
Let’s pull together as Rotarians and friends of Rotary to get this fully equipped facility open and saving lives! 💙⚙️👶
