The Maine African Partnership for Social Justice (MAPSJ) is a 501(3)c non-profit.

The MAPSJ board of directors collaborates with guidance counselors at Portland High School to award college scholarships to first generation African immigrant high school graduates. Overseas, we coordinate programs in South Sudan and Uganda.

President and Medical Director

Chuck Radis DO is the co-founder of MAPSJ with the goal of developing sustainable Public Health educational projects both in Maine and in Africa

South Sudan Coordinator for MAPSJ and Director of the Partnership for Community Development

Robert Ambrose Owot lives in the Kiryandongo United Nations refugee settlement in northern Uganda.  He is the founder of the non-profit, The Partnership for Community Development, which collaborates closely with MAPSJ and develops innovative peace-building and public health projects.

Vocational Coordinator

Jackline LaJara is the vocational coordinator for the Partnership for Community Development in the United Nations Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in Uganda where she lives. She has recently formed a women’s entrepreneur group that sells their products—body gel, candles, table place settings–in the refugee settlement.

Health Coordinator

Margaret Allo is the health coordinator and secretary for the Partnership for Community Development in the United Nations Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in Uganda.

Treasurer/Secretary

Sandra K Radis, a retired clinical social worker and co-founder of MAPSJ, is the treasurer and secretary of MAPSJ and student liaison for the MAPSJ scholarship in Portland, Maine.

Daniel Crothers MD

Co-founder of MAPSJ, Doctor Crothers assisted in the training of 16 traditional birth attendants in South Sudan in 2012 through an innovative program developed through the Massachusetts General Hospital. A year later, he helped coordinate a First-Aid training program for 50 villagers in the Kit River Region. Dr. Crothers practices in Portland, Maine.

Education Coordinator and Computer Trainer

Benson Komakech is the education coordinator and computer trainer for the Partnership for Community Development, a sister organization for the Maine-African Partnership for Social Justice.

Chomba Kaluba, a graduate from Bates College, coordinates services and follow-up with the Maine-African Partnership for Social Justice scholarship winners in Portland, Maine.