KPPS – Maria’s Care

In 1996, building on the pioneering work of Maria Maw, whose orphanage became the Training School of Life Skills, a Ugandan Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) was established and named Maria’s Care NGO (No. S5914/1376). The NGO promotes education and social welfare in the Kamuli District of Uganda.

The motto of Maria’s Care is “With God all things are possible”

Also in 1996, the Maria’s Care NGO renamed the school Kamuli Parents Baptist Primary School. In 2000, the name was simplified to Kamuli Parents Primary School – Maria’s Care to reflect its role as a school for the whole community. The School enables many children from average income families to receive affordable education as well as disadvantaged children sponsored by donors.

The Mission Statement of Kamuli Parents Primary School (KPPS) is:

To prepare children for life-long learning, valuing the uniqueness of every child and providing for their needs.

Kamuli Parents Primary School on the Maria’s Care compound is the base for:

• Education for c. 350 Pre-School and Primary fee-paying and sponsored pupils.
• Integrated education for deaf and hearing impaired pupils. They are all taught together in integrated classrooms.
• The school has qualified teachers for every class and sign language teachers for deaf children.
• All primary pupils who remain at school in the afternoons receive lunch freshly prepared in the school kitchen.
• Provision of boarding for those children from families who want the service. There are currently around 100 boarders.
• Provision of wellbeing need for CRU sponsored children.
• The school seeks secondary school placements for able primary school graduates, and liaises with CRU to seek sponsorship, where the need is greatest. In special cases, some students are subsequently placed at vocational training centres in the Kamuli area or at higher education institutes in Iganga, Jinja or Kampala.
• The provision of relief in the locality to people who are destitute, deaf or elderly and others where appropriate.

The members of the Maria’s Care NGO Board of Trustees are:

Rita Mijumbi – Chair since 2015
Rita has wide experience in working with charitable and health organisations in Uganda.

Judith Babirye – joined 2025
Former pupil at Maria’s Care. State Attorney in Uganda working in Kampala with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Moses Katagwa – joined 2025
Former pupil at Maria’s Care. Health Centre Manager and Infectious Diseases Specialist based in Kampala.

Caroline Kwaza – joined 2025
Former vocational student at Maria’s Care. Former secretary at Uganda Baptist Seminary, now Evangelist, Women’s Leader at Breaking Ground Baptist Church and Pastor’s wife in Kamuli.

Nevil Mugono – joined 2025
Former pupil at Maria’s Care. Global Tender Manager for a large insurance and financial services company. Lives in Munich, Germany.