about us
OUR VISION
A world where widows are empowered through God’s love
OUR MISSION
WCI’s mission is to demonstrate God’s love by empowering widows and orphans affected by land conflict and diseases, restore lives, and rebuild their communities.
OUR TEAM
Mary N. Kabi is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Widows Center International. The goal is to provide widows, single mothers, and orphans with hope, justice, and rebuilding their communities. Mary is also an executive director and founder of Staywell Healthy and Wellness. The mission of Staywell Healthy and Wellness is to go to the root cause of the disease and use food as medicine for healing the body. Mary worked with Cornerstone Development Africa as a receptionist and accounting assistant. Prior to working with Cornerstone Development Africa, Mary was on the Uganda National Women Soccer team (The She Cobs).
Mary holds a degree in Healthcare Management and Human Services from St Mary’s University of Minnesota USA, Associate degree in Business Management from Hennepin Community College Minnesota the USA, Diploma in Hotel Management and Tourism with experience in culinary arts from Gourmet Institute Kampala Uganda. Mary also has experience in healthcare services; Nursing Assistant, Home Healthcare and Hospice, Nutrition, Fitness, Trained Medication Aide, and she is a Health and Wellness Coach.
Simon W. Kabi is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Accountant for Widows Center International, an organizational management position, leading operations and business development around the world. Mr. Kabi worked with Cornerstone Development Africa as the office Manager and Accountant where he led different teams and also worked on Financial Management for the organization. Simon worked as Country Representative and Project Manager with Shelter for Life International where he led teams in South Sudan in constructing shelters for the returnees and overseeing all the Finances of the organization, and worked in Liberia to construct and build camps for refugees from Ivory Coast.
Simon holds a degree in Business Administration and MBA from Cyprus Institute of Marketing in Cyprus. Simon Kabi has experience in Accounting, Marketing, Construction, Project Management and sustainable development.
core values
Everyday as we seek to improve on the lives of the widows, orphans and other vulnerable women, we are guided by a set of values. We stand and uphold them.
Love
Integrity
Compassion
Equality
Where we Work
Widows Center International
WCi works in Uganda, the Pearl of Africa. Uganda where we work is a landlocked country, located in East Africa. The land is mostly a plateau, with a rim of mountains and the tropical climate creating luxurious forests. The “pearl” of Uganda is Lake Victoria, which is the source of the River Nile.
Agriculture employs 85% of the population, and small garden plots dot the landscape. Crops include coffee, maize, bananas, sugarcane, potatoes, cassava and rice.
Poverty, illiteracy, gender inequality and domestic violence are some of the challenge’s women have to deal with every day in Uganda. Malaria and HIV/AIDS are still occurring in high numbers and ultimately infringing on the lives of the vulnerable women and children.