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Here’s a letter from the principal of St. Mary’s Secondary School in Kenya, thanking those who have donated scholarships to help poor girls who would otherwise be unable to receive a secondary education:

Dear St. Michael’s Sponsors:

Many, many greetings and prayers to the sponsors who assisted our girls in completing their education.  Since their family background is very poor they have gone to faraway places to work and earn money for future study.  They are always grateful to you.  Thank you also to the sponsors of the five girls who are presently attending St. Mary’s.  God will bless you for all your assistance for these needy children.

Yours faithfully,

Sister Mary Antony—Principal
St. Mary’s Girls’ Secondary School
Kola, Kenya—Africa

• These girls have graduated:  Carolyne Syevose Mulwa, Mary Matheka, Veronica Mwende Muteti, and Mirriam Ndalana!  Mahalo to Dee Arias and Sandy McIver.

• Thanks to Cecil and Glenda Loera, Jacqueline Cox, Dee Arias, and Larry and Sonia Scadden, these girls are now attending St. Mary’s:  Catherine Wanza, Jane Maweu, Kathrene Mutie, and Dorothy Mwende.

• Four other poor girls need our assistance:  Miriam Mwongli, Joan Mwende Mbittie, Mbatha M. Nzembi, and Theresia Ndana.

If you would like to sponsor one of these needy girls, the tuition, fees, room and board costs are $400 for one year; however, any amount is appreciated.  Please make your checks payable to “St. Michael’s Church” with a notation for “St. Mary’s Scholarship.”  May God bless you always.

On behalf of the Global Solidarity Ministry, we are extremely grateful to St. Michael the Archangel parishioners for their continued support of our two missions.  We wish to share with you how your contributions were used during the past 18 months to further our programs and account to you for your generous gifts.

Click here for the full financial report in PDF format.

Miaani Bore Hole

Thanks to everyone who has been instrumental in bringing clean water to the village of Miaani, Kenya (click on image to see more pictures or click here).   We began our relationship with the good people of Miaani in 2004 when, at the invitation of our JustFaith class, Monsignor John Mutiso Mbinda visited St. Michael’s and spoke of the extreme poverty of the village.  Then, in 2005 a group of our parishioners visited there and saw first-hand their great needs, first and foremost the need for clean water. Now the dream has become a reality and the villagers are extremely grateful. Mary Mackenzie, the administrator of Miaani’a St. Michael’s Medical Clinic, recently wrote this email:

“Greetings from Miaani. The borehole produces 160 jericans of 20 litres per day. The community is very happy and thankful. Thank you and God bless.” And Monsignor John Mutiso wrote: “Dear Friends of Miaani Village at St. Michael Church, Thanks a million on behalf of the people of Miaani who are so grateful that finally they have drinkable water due to your great generosity and patience as well. The pictures of the villagers speak volumes of the gratitude on the faces of those women who no longer have to go to the river bed to get dirty water.  By your generosity you have changed their lives. Thank you for our great contribution and encouragement in this project that has proved that even in difficult situations, we never give up. You are all great guys of great faith. May God bless you.”

A BIG MAHALO from the North Kona Catholic Community’s Global Solidarity Ministry. GOD BLESS YOU!

K E N Y A

We established this special relationship in 2005 as a project of a JustFaith class.  We invited Monsignor John Mutiso Mbinda to visit us at St.. Michael’s.  He told us of the extreme poverty in the village of Miaani: no clean water, electricity or medical care; food shortages especially during the droughts; hundreds of  children orphaned since their parents died of  AIDS and unable to  go to school without uniforms.  Through your generosity we have maintained a  medical clinic there, paid for many orphans’ uniforms, obtained scholarships for more than 20 girls to go to secondary school  and  built classrooms and a dormitory and bought books and a generator for the students at St. Mary’s; and given seed money for the women’s group (Aloha Women) to grow crops..  MAHALO!  We still need you help to continue the clinic (named St. Michael’s Medical Clinic) and would like to offer more scholarships for the needy girls who could not attend high school without your help!

Good News from our Global Solidarity Mission in Miaani, Kenya! The Third Try Is Successful!   The Global Solidarity Ministry thanks everyone for their prayers and donations to provide a source of clean water for our sisters and brothers  in Miaani Kenya.  Our third try in over five years has finally resulted in a well.  The driller had to go down 600 feet through solid rock to reach the aquifer.  The flow rate is less than we had hoped for but it will be a source of clean, healthy water for the village who previously had none.  God bless you for your generosity!

The Global Solidarity ministry wants to especially thank one of our members, Tom Hering, who spearheaded and contributed many hours working for the success of this project!!

Donations from our Global Solidarity Ministers have also paid for a young woman to attend the university in Nairobi.

St. Mary’s Girls Secondary School - Sister Mary Antony, Principal of St. Mary’s sends a greeting to St. Michael’s parishioners:  Dee Arias, Jacqueline Cox, Jack and Zola Ingram, Cecil and Glenda Loera and to Mr. and Mrs. McIver from TX thanking them for sending seven girls to St. Mary’s Secondary School in Kola, Kenya.  Without their help these girls would have been unable to attend school.

Donations from our Global Solidarity Ministers have also paid for a young woman to attend the university in Nairobi.  She will work in  public health in Kenya, serving Miaani and nearby villages.

 

 

St. Michael’s  Medical Clinic - In 2005 five St. Michael’s parishioners set up a medical clinic in Miaani, with your financial help.  We have staffed and stocked medicine and supplies to treat the villagers of Miaani and surrounding villages.   Our hope for the future is that there will be a doctor there.  With the continued help of our community this will become a reality!

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If you would like to contribute to our missions, write your check to St. Michael the Archangel with a notation for Global Solidarity.  If you want to send a girl to secondary school in Kenya, the scholarships  are $365 for one year.  That includes tuition and fees plus room and board.  God bless you!

We encourage our Catholic community to contribute their talents and gifts to our global solidarity missions.