Kellerman Foundation
The Kellerman Foundation is a Christian, U.S. nonprofit organization founded by Scott and Carol Kellerman to help improve the living conditions of the Batwa pygmies. Currently, the goal is being achieved in three ways. First, through the Bwindi Hospital that provides the local Batwa villages as well as other neighboring towns with the necessary medical assistance. Secondly, their community outreach programs help with local education and food supply. And finally, they run a nursing school that works along with the hospital to give the young adults of Uganda a bright future in an ever expanding field.
(This video was created by the Kellerman Foundation (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHD_z4NPsXM))
Bwindi Hospital in Uganda
The Bwindi Community Hospital is working toward a healthy community with no preventable diseases. They provide access to excellent health services for all. It was founded in 2003 by Dr. Scott Kellerman who was working with the Diocese of Kinkiizi to help the marginalized Batwa population. It is funded by the Kellerman Foundation and is a fairly modern hospital that employs many from the Batwa community and some from greater Uganda. They have a strong emphasis on family planning and educating the community about good health practices.
Uganda Nursing School Bwindi
The Uganda Nursing School in Bwindi is an advanced-level program in a very rural region of Uganda. They train health students from the local region and greater Uganda in important professional capacities. This helps support the hospital and the greater community.
What their goals are
As mentioned before, this organization focuses on helping the Bwindi people in terms of their health. To do this, they provide healthcare (even help build hospitals for the Uganda people), help out with the Batwa community development, and even provide nursing education to hire more nurses in the hospitals.
Volunteering opportunities
Believe it or not, the Kellerman Foundation offers many opportunities to volunteer or help out with their goal without even visiting Uganda at all (meaning that you can do the work in your home country)!
Here are some things that you can do to help out in the U.S.:
- Be a part of the Prayer Team
- Help do mailings and/or other things in one of their offices that’s located in Richardson, Texas
- Help sell handmade Batwa baskets
- Be a part of the annual Batwa Challenge 5k fundraiser
Sign up to volunteer in the U.S. with this email link:
VOLUNTEER@KELLERMANNFOUNDATION.ORG
Here are some things you can do to help out in Uganda:
- Be a medical volunteer (medical license required and you may have to go through a screening process)
- Be a community development volunteer and help out with educating young people, building homes, managing local market crafts and goods, doing some woodworking, mechanics, finance, etc.
Click this link to know more about volunteering in Uganda:
https://www.kellermannfoundation.org/volunteer-application
Kellerman Foundation website