The Mary Wood Trust

Introduction to the Trust

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In 2002, Mary Wood was asked by the Bishop of Kinkiizi, to try and find a way to raise funds for girls secondary education in that area, and as a result Mary Wood set up Nyakabungo Girls Secondary School Scholarship and Development Fund.

Bishop John Ntegyereize, the first Bishop of Kinkiizi, had highlighted Nyakabungo Girls Secondary School as one for particular help. Mary Wood invited two friends, Kath Smith and Ann Gover from the Yorkshire village of Lothersdale where she lived, to join her, and the exempted charity was created. Ann and Kath both have many years of experience in teaching and both shared Mary Wood’s desire to help those less fortunate in this particular area of Uganda.

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Initially the charity was part of the Bradford Diocese, under the auspices of Christ Church, Lothersdale. However, it is now a full charity in its own right, in the name of The Mary Wood  Trust - a wonderful achievement and a lasting memorial to the work that Mary Wood started.

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The charity now has six trustees -

Kath Smith, Ann Gover, Clare Ramsden, Pippa Hutchins, Peter

Wood and Rachel Wood.

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Mary Wood died in December 2008, aged 85. She was comforted in

the knowledge that her dream for the education of disadvantaged

young women in Kinkiizi Diocese would continue.

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                                                                                          Mary Wood and her eldest daughter 

Clare Ramsden in February 2008  

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