Babelfish
Translation
March 2000
The RNDM Mission Projects scheduled for special financial help in 2000 are in Bangladesh, India South, Latin America, Myanmar, Philippines and Viet Nam. You will find the details of each of these projects on the Donors page on the web site. These are some of the neediest groups amongst whom our Sisters are working. If you have a special interest in one of these mission projects, why not make it your personal mission effort for 2000 ?
Report from India South – Mangad,
Kollam, Kerala State <from
Sister Rose Mary>
Mangad, about five kilometres away from Kollam is a poor village where most people earn their livelihood in cottage industry – mainly manual work with coir, the outer skin of the coconut.
At the request of the local people who wanted to
educate their children to empower them to face the present challenges of their world, our
Sisters, already established in Kollam, began an English Medium School. It is really
encouraging to see how the students are progressing under the guidance of our Sisters.
The Sisters came to Kollam in 1988 to assist with
pastoral ministries e.g. Basic Christian Community work, Family Prayer Units, liturgy and
catechetics and healing ministry. Their vision is to uplift the poor and lower middle
class families by working especially with women and girls.
The work in the school, and in the free homeo dispensary run by the Sisters, is maintained by donations from the agency Emmaus.
Report from Latin America – the Alti-Plano, Turco, Bolivia <from Jiovanna>
Turco is a country parish made up of farmers and shepherds, three hours by jeep
from the nearest city and 4000 metres above sea level. The people are Aymara First Nation
and mainly Catholic. Our Sisters are the pastoral presence in Turco, which is one of the
five parishes served by their parish priest who comes to them about once a month.
The photo [left] shows a group of twelve lay people, representing eight villages of the Aymara First Nation who have gathered with three of our Sisters for a formation programme for catechists and leaders of prayer. The major working language is Spanish but our Sisters also learn the Aymara language in order to be more sensitive to the needs of the people.
Sister
Beth during one of their gatherings
PS : THERE ARE TWO PROJECTS IN TURCO SEEKING FUNDS THIS YEAR ? ? CAN YOU HELP ? ?
Report from Viet Nam – education
of poor students <from Sister M Madalena>
Our Sisters in Viet Nam have chosen, as
a special work, to help poor students whose families can not provide the opportunity for
them to go to school. Several RNDM communities have organised literacy classes ; they
help their students with schooling, with school materials, with clothing, with medication
and basic nutrition supplements for rickets.
[Photo – left] Literacy class for 30 children in Phuong Lam
Photo- right: Literacy class for 80 children in Cu Chi.
COORDINATOR, RNDM
MISSION SOLIDARITY
Sister Mary Rose
Holderness, 4 Rue du President Kennedy, 94220 Charenton, FRANCE
Fax/Phone 00331 41 79 32 82 Convent
phone : 00331 43 76 17 41
Email :
RNDMfundraiser@worldonline.fr