About CRU

Christian Relief Uganda (CRU) is a UK registered Charity (No. 1055166) which was established in 1996 to raise funds for and support the work of Maria Maw MBE. Maria, who previously attended a church in Macclesfield, was working with destitute children in a small underprivileged community in the Kamuli District of Busoga, Uganda. Maria later established a Ugandan Non-Government Organisation (NGO) called Maria’s Care NGO.

CRU continues to support the work of the School which Maria established – now called Kamuli Parents Primary School – Maria’s Care – by sponsoring the education of vulnerable children and young people, funding School development projects and liaising with trusted representatives to promote social welfare in the Kamַuli District of Uganda,

The current trustees of CRU are:

• Julie Parker – Chairperson
• Paul Roebuck – Treasurer
• Roslyn Smith  –  Secretary
• Rhona Marshall – Visits to Uganda, Fundraising Talks and Events
• Helen Whitehead – Sponsorship, School Links, Special Needs Education
• Meriel Carboni – Newsletter and Fundraising Events
• Charles Parker – Financial Advice and Event Support
• Betaniya Tofik – Event Support
• Kim Harwood – Event Support

Our Annual Reports and Accounts, are all to be found on the Charity Commission’s Register of Charities.

We are motivated by Jesus’ declaration of compassion in the Gospels:

“Anything you did for even the least of my people here, you also did for me” Matthew 25:40