Bridge 2 Aid : 'Restoring Smiles - Changing Lives'

We are committed to helping the Maskini community in Mwanza. These people, many of whom are disabled through leprosy, live either on the streets or in Bukumbi Care Centre.

We are working with them to meet their basic needs:

    - Safe, clean water to drink 
    - A nutritionally balanced diet 
    - Hygienic toilets and showers 
    - Separate laundry area 
    - Somewhere secure to store any personal effects 
    - Access to medical and dental treatment 
    - A gathering place 
    - Any means to generate an income of their own

At Bukumbi Care Centre, we:

- provide on-going access to medical and dental treatment for the 300 residents;

- have refurbished the toilet blocks and two of the dormitories, with more renovations planned for 2008;

- have provided new beds, bedding, mosquito nets and secure storage for belongings;

- raised £14,500 to fund a new water system for the Centre;

Hope for the future, and how you can help

Our long-term goal is to empower the Maskini community and give them the chance of a better life. With your help, we can make this a reality.

Would you like to visit Bukumbi and make a hands-on difference to the lives of the people there? We have a few spaces left for volunteers on our September 2008 Work Team – click here!