French Montana continues his global humanitarian efforts as the “Unforgettable” hit maker recently donated $100-thousand to the Mama Hope Organization in Uganda. The donation has made a huge difference as a new health clinic is being built and the doctors and nurses who were previously helping around 56-thousand people can now help more than 286-thousand people.
As previously reported, French Montana partnered with Mama Hope, a U.S.-based NGO focused on supporting communities in Sub-Saharan Africa and across the globe, to launch an online fundraiser campaign around his viral #UnforgettableDanceChallenge to raise funds to help pay for the build of the maternity ward, ambulances, premature incubators, cribs and a blood bank for the community of Suubi.
French found the inspiration for his “Unforgettable” music video after watching a dance video of Uganda’s Triplets Ghetto Kids on Youtube, inspiring him to visit Africa to witness their moves up close and personal. While there, he was completely moved and energized by them as they showed him around their village, so much so that he filmed the video for “Unforgettable” at the location.
During his visit, French visited the Suubi Health Center, a maternity and child health clinic serving a population of 56,000 people. The founders and the community shared with him about their basic healthcare challenges for new moms and babies. The clinic trains female health workers in preventative medicine to ensure women are educated and have access to basic health care.
Mama Hope Organization director Nyla Rodgers released several videos thanking the rapper for his donations that are affecting thousands of lives and showed off some of the buildings being built to provide health care the people. In the video, she says,
“I just wanted to show you what you’ve been able to help build. This is the staff quarters where all of the doctors and nurses and health workers are going to be able to live. Where before, they were about five miles away. And then also, what we have happening here is the extension that wasn’t built two weeks ago, and soon it will look just like the staff quarters … So I just wanted you to know how much it means to me that you decided to come to this beautiful community and bring healthcare to all of these people.”
Nyla Rodgers also added, “Soon, the first floor of this clinic will be ready to expand services to 286,000 people in rural Uganda! Now, we need to raise $300k more to FINISH the 5-floor hospital – learn more + get involved at mamahope.org.”
If you would like to donate to the foundation, the log on with social using #UnforgettableDanceChallenge and visit the website here.
Salute to French and cop his new album Jungle Rules so he can continue to support great causes like this.
