KELLERMANN FOUNDATION
PO Box 832809, Richardson, TX 75083 kellermannfoundation.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: To provide resources for health, education, spiritual outreach, and ecomonic empowerment for the benefit of the Batwa pygmies and adjacent communities.

During 2019, the Kellermann Foundation contributed funding, volunteers, and logistical support to our partner programs in Uganda to help accomplish the following:Batwa community programs, through the Batwa Development Program: The Batwa Development Program (BDP), formed to help the Batwa help themselves, continues to alleviate poverty, provide hope and health and promote sustainability. Supported more than 271 children in education at every level from nursery through secondary school with uniforms, shoes, mattresses and other supplies and provided school lunches for nearly 1,000 studentsProvided tuition, tutoring and transportation during breaks for 43 Batwa students at Bishops Primary School (boarding school)Conducted Career Day to guide students to a successful vocationProvided flood relief to Batwa families including food and seed to replant cropsConstructed 6 Batwa homes and introduced interlocking brick-making Built 3 sets of kitchens and pit latrinesBuilt 1 worship banda with water catchmentsRepaired and expanded 2 schoolsTrained Batwa in sustainable agriculture and animal husbandry; expanded gardens in settlements and schools; supplied families with chickens, ducks, pigs, goats and rabbitsSold hundreds of items made by Batwa women through the Batwa Women's Centre including uniforms, dresses, jewelry, baskets and bagsProvided spiritual care in settlements and schools in the form of One-Story Bible teams, reconciliation training, grief counseling and mentoringPurchased 3 parcels of landBwindi area healthcare, through Bwindi Community Hospital, their associated clinics and Uganda Nursing School Bwindi: The Kellermann Foundation makes high-quality, low-cost healthcare available to over 280,000 area residents through Bwindi Community Hospital (BCH) and advanced-level nursing education for 345 students at Uganda Nursing School Bwindi (UNSB): Constructed a 2,352 sq ft teaching theatre, surgical ward, and chapel that can hold 250 peopleDecreased number of dangerous home deliveries from 65% in 2000 to 5%Delivered over 1,800 babies with 97.3% resulting in live births; 95% of newborns completed recommended schedule of newborn check-upsCared for over 1,000 critically ill children with 98% recovery rate for malnutritionTreated 1,065 HIV-positive patients with 91% in viral load monitoring and achieved 100% success in the prevention of HIV mother-to-child transmissionProvided over 1,500 surgeries with less than 1% sepsis rateConducted daily community outreach programs with topics such as mental health, domestic violence, alcohol rehabilitation and health educationProvided dental and eye programs to an average of 80 patients dailyHosted surgical camps for skeletal, urinary and reproductive diseasesContributed 58% of national distinctions from UNSB graduates passing the rigorous national nursing exams, receiving licenses and finding employmentConstructed UNSB's Nursing Skills LabCollaborated with University of Scranton, University of Vermont, EPICS at The University of Texas at Dallas and Dominican University, Mayo Clinic, Mbarara University and Uganda Christian University Mukono.

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