Missionary teaches Milwaukee students about time spent volunteering in Uganda

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- For Black History Month, we're highlighting people making an impact here and abroad. 

On Monday, East Catholic kindergarten in Milwaukee hosted Cynthia Jones-Nosacek to talk to young kids about her time in Uganda. 

Cynthia, who was given the nickname Dr. Cindy, worked at Columbia St. Mary's for 36 years. After she retired, she volunteered to help people in need in Uganda. 

She worked with local physicians to treat people in a town called Padibe. Cindy says her presentation helps give kids a broader view of the world and the people in it.

"I hope they learn about the culture of the Acholi people, which was the people that we worked with, that they learn a little about what it's like to live in Africa," Cynthia Jones-Nosacek said. 

Cynthia and the other missionaries have certainly made an impact. She tells us last year, the town celebrated the 15th anniversary of the missionaries coming there. Four-thousand people showed up, and Cindy says her name is becoming popular for baby girls there.