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Our projects have provided potable water to the people in African villages and slums. Our water prevents villagers from walking miles for contaminated water, allowing them the conveniences of fresh drinking water within their village. |
| When kindreds meet, many hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people come together. Gatherings are held for many different occasions: marriages, birth of babies, deaths, and all religious or holy days. Religion is first in the lives of the African villagers; e.g., In Nigeria on New Year's Eve, families gather to pray the rosary together. New Year's Day is the day of celebration. | |
Completion of the Catholic AIDS Clinic project was funded by one generous couple. Project cost was $34,000. Project Photos coming soon.
Completion of water borehole for orphans in Kenya. Orphans are cared for by the Evangelizing Sisters of Mary in the Kibiko District of Kenya. Project cost $37,000 US. Thanks to the anonymous donor in memory of a loved one, the project was funded in full.
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Our first project, a water borehole for the people of Ibeme village in the Imo State of Nigeria, was completed in January 2006. Boring was achieved manually because funds did not allow for mechanical boring. The soil of Ibeme village is soft without much rock, thus making the drilling easier. Four men drilled for two weeks before they reached water that was not contaminated (watch the video of drilling). The total cost of this project was $12,000 US.
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Our second project, also in the Imo State of Nigeria, was on the grounds of Holy Ghost Catholic Church in the village of Umuanuna. Also a manually-drilled water borehole, it was completed in February 2007. The soil of this village is very rocky, a factor that added to drilling time (one month) and total cost of $16,000 US.
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Our third project was the repair of damaged water tanks at the Catholic parish in the Komuge Village in the Musoma Diocese in Tanzania. Repair of these water tanks, completed in March 2008 for $5,500 US, has improved the water supply at the priest's residence and provided easily accessible, drinkable water for the villagers.
Komuge, situated near the shores of Lake Victoria, is home to the Wasinbiti culture, a specific Bantu tribe that speaks a Wasinbiti language. The greater number of persons in this tribe are women and children who are responsible for the family work. Women, oppressed by their husbands, are forced to work like slaves to feed their families. The repair of these tanks has decreased the number of miles these women and children need to walk for fresh drinking water.
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We also provided funds ($7,3000 US) in 2008 for the purchase of a solar-powered pump and accessory equipment, plumbing supplies and water tank for the Queen of the Apostles Medical Center in Uganda. With this equipment, the existing hand-dug well was utilized to provide clean, non-contaminated water for the patients.
This center is a rural health-care facility with one registered nurse, a midwife, two aides and a doctor (one day per week) that provides medical care to villagers who live a distance from a hospital. The water situation at this clinic had been critical. The closest source of water was the hand-dug well, about 10 yards from the medical facility. To obtain water, the medical staff walked in the dark of night to draw water from the well with bucket on a rope, unaware of the life threatening predators and the strong possibility of contaminants by the well. The availability of fresh, potable water has minimized the probability of hospitalized patients contracting cholera, typhoid fever, malaria and other deadly diseases.
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Seminary in Arch Diocese of Nairobi,Kenya $40,000-$60,000 US - Three hundred seminarians fill the seminary; however, the water supply is for only 50 people. They are in dire need of a large water borehole to prevent these young men from contracting water related diseases.
Namugongo, Uganda $25,000 US - Dominican Sisters staff a school and need to provide water for the whole community.
Nairobi, Kenya - $34,000 US - AIDS Ministry that provides care for hundreds of children with AIDS.
