SEE's Directors
We started working with James in 1999 when we were conducting eyeglass clinics. In 2016 we started the pad project, along with the Blackburns. We started small, with one sewing machine and making a few pads a day, and in 2017 we contracted with 2 schools to provide pads for about 200 girls, and we then purchased and installed specialized equipment for processing the banana stems and began to add schools and more volunteers.
A unique thing about our pad program is that we have never had paid employees; the volunteers work because the schools are where they live, and they want to help their communities.
Greetings from Uganda!
We love this program contributing to the success of so many girls. We do schedule all the events and are fortunate to be representatives at many educational celebrations, such as graduations and awards ceremonies. It is a real treat when we get visitors from USA, especially George and Diana.
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J.R. & Amy Rudd
We were so excited when it became evident in just a few days that the Holy Spirit had a plan for me and Amy! On Monday we learned about a young couple who had just sold everything and moved to Uganda, and were fascinated by their faith. We watched their YouTube videos till 2 AM, and at 7:00 Tuesday George Franklin and I were assigned to the same golf cart. By the 6th hole, after hearing about SEE Ministries and the fantastic work they were doing, and that they were leaving for Africa on the next Monday, Amy and I agreed that the Spirit had His eye on all of us. The story is too fantastic to detail here, but on that next Monday I left for Africa with George and Diana!
I found that SEE Ministries is indeed a fantastic program! I witnessed how SEE changes girls’ lives. Before the program started, school was a burden for girls, because without sanitary pads, two things were happening - they had low self-esteem, and they were missing up to a whole week of school each month. SEE's free gift of hygiene not only lifts the girls' self-esteem, but allows them to attend school every day, and also builds their faith in Jesus, in whose name these gifts are given.
Africa was a new world for me, and I talked to Amy every day, trying to explain the impact the Spirit was having on all of us.
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George & Diana Franklin and James Luchivya are the founders of SEE Ministries, Inc.
In 1982 George and Diana said to each other 'there must be something we can do to serve God besides putting money in a plate.' We surrendered to God's plan, not knowing what it was. We worked with several internal new convert programs at church, such as cottage studies etc. and then began working with World Bible School. In 1985 God opened foreign travel and He sent George off to Ghana West Africa to help with WBS follow-up campaigns. We've worked in seven African countries since then.
Beginning in 1999 when we met James Luchivya, we conducted free eyeglass clinics in several African countries, mostly with the Mbale Mission Team in Uganda
From 2016 till present, we have manufactured and distributed free disposable sanitary pads to the girls in primary schools in Mbale District, Uganda. Our goal is helping primary schoolgirls stay in school.
Today we have agreements with 14 schools, with 2050 eligible girls.
Dr. Chris Blackburn
We met Chris and his wife Pat in Malawi in 2014. They lived and practiced medicine in U.K. We liked each other and have been traveling together since then. Chris was a head and neck surgeon, and Pat, who passed away in 2017. was an accomplished psychiatrist. Their ministry was addiction recovery, using the 12-Step Program, and they traveled extensively, helping many people overcome their addictions. Chris has continued the addiction recovery ministry in Uganda and Kenya, and has established many support groups. Two years ago, he also became a Director with the British Foundation Jacob's Well and has been instrumental in building an orphanage in Namayingo Uganda.
A humorous happening is that Edith Luchivya wanted to work with Dr. Chris in his recovery program, and one of her groups consisting of about a dozen young men formed a football (soccer) team! It was really a lot of fun when we met them in September 2025 - the boys love Edith like their mother.