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Where Help Is Needed 

            Father Ed has compiled this list of the Top Areas of Urgent Need.  It is our hope that, as you prayerfully consider contributing to the mission works in Turkana, this list will help guide you if you should choose to earmark your donations for a specific project.  These needs are not listed in any particular order of importance.  Each of these needs is critical and worthy of support.  As always, if you have any questions about these or any projects going on in the Turkana District, feel free to contact Diana and I or Father Ed.  Our contact information can be found on the contact page of our website: www.worshipfilm.org   

1. Digging of wells, especially in the outstations further from the main mission site.   

2. Further development of the irrigation schemes located around the main mission site to assist the Turkana people in developing their own, sustainable food supply.

3. School sponsorship programs to give primary school children the opportunity to attend secondary schools.

4. Continued construction of classrooms to ease the congestion in classrooms.  It is not uncommon to have seventy-five or more students in one class. 

5. Construction of pit latrines in the schools for the teachers and the pupils.  The current situation is unsanitary and poses a health risk to the students and staff. 

6. Renovating and construction new schools in areas where the current buildings are falling down and expanding some existing schools. Many of the current schools in the outlying areas have only enough space for kindergarten through third grade. 

7. Building of small Churches, especially in the outstations, where people currently congregate under thorn trees to protect themselves from the sun and elements.

8. Provision of uniforms for kids with no parents in the primary schools.  For many of these children, school uniforms are the only suitable clothing they own. 

9. Construction of housing for teachers on the school grounds.  Most of the teachers at this mission leave their family homes to serve the educational needs of the children at the mission. This results in teachers living in very cramped, unsuitable housing.  Often times they are forced to rent housing in areas far from the mission.  This adds great burden to an already over-burdened of teachers serving God’s children.

10. Provision of Solar power to more classrooms and school buildings. This will allow the students to study at the school in the evenings.  This important to assist the students in preparing for the national exams that must be passed in order to attend secondary school.

11. Radio Equipment for the Dispensary (health clinic) to call for help in emergency situations
     

“It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving.”  Mother Teresa