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Registered Charity No. 1111805

The Madventurer Foundation helps people in some of the world’s poorest countries to help themselves, by working with them at a grassroots level to develop much needed community resources.

By enabling sustainable projects and facilities, focusing on key areas such as education, child welfare, primary healthcare, health education and employment skills, the Mad Foundation supports indigenous communities in creating better opportunities and scope for further development.

Every penny raised by the Madventurer Foundation directly benefits communities in the developing world, with all monies going directly to community projects for the purchase of building materials and equipment. All our running costs are absorbed by a small number of key partners and by our trustees.

To date the Madventurer Foundation has helped build and renovate over 20 schools and pre-schools, built orphanages, clinics, workshops, water and sanitation systems, provided scholarships throughout Africa, South America, and South East Asia, life-changing projects which are not or can not be funded by government.

The Madventurer Foundation is constantly challenged by the need to raise funds to allow us to assist more communities in the developing world.

Without the support of donators, sponsors, supporters and volunteers our valuable work would not exist. Giving to charity can take many forms and whilst a monetary donation will always be most welcome there are other ways in which you can support us. Please help us to keep the developing world helping itself; in any way that you can.

E-mail  team@madventurer.com for information on how you can fundraise and make a donation.

Past projects

Uganda : The expansion of an outpatient clinic for children living with HIV

Madventurer Foundation supported an Aidchild project in Mpigi, Uganda. With the help of UK volunteers from Madventurer and the expertise of Aidchild we assisted in the renovation an old building for use as accommodation and eventually as consulting and treatment rooms.

The project is based in a town called Mpigi. This is the head town of Mpigi district in which 42,300 people reside. It is a rural area where agriculture is the main source of income; the centre, where the project is based, is located at the top of a hill a short walk from the town.

AidChild Uganda is an organisation seeking to provide care, nurturing and education to some of Uganda’s most destitute orphans suffering with the HIV/AID’s virus. So far there are two centres providing inpatient care to children suffering with the virus; however AidChild recognise that there are many children within the country suffering with HIV/AID’s who, whilst having the support of their family don’t have the access or money for the necessary medication. Thus, the development of this outpatient clinic.

The three rooms to be converted will initially serve as living accommodation for the nurses working in the outpatient centre, with the view to be used as consultation rooms for the clinic on expansion. All the necessary funds have been raised and the project was completed in the early part of 2006.

Kenya: The building of urgently needed classrooms for a rural community.

Ngecho primary school has 252 children in attendance, and is situated on the road between Gilgil and Nyharuru in the base of the Rift Valley.

The school is a run down mixture of old wooden and temporary buildings. The school faces increasing overcrowding issues and the poor facilities are not only detrimental to educational achievement but are potentially dangerous. The objective of this project was to build a new two class block, which will both accommodate the growing amount of pupils attending the school, and replace the temporary class buildings.

Whilst this is a government run primary school, the government pledge only to provide free primary education teachers and very restricted and rarely seen funds are available for even basic facilities, leaving communities in dire need and their children ill-educated.

With the average Kenyan wage of one to two dollars a day, most communities find it difficult to find the funds needed to repair schools and build further facilities which are necessary for a standard learning environment. In this area especially, where agriculture is very difficult due to lack of rainfall, communities must rely on a few cattle to fund an entire family. This makes funding anything other than daily life for a family impossible.

We successfully raised the £5692.30 needed to complete the classrooms so thank you to all the volunteer and contributors. We are proud of a building that now houses and educates the brilliant minds of the children of Ngecho.