Missionary Newsletter September 2022
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Grace and Joseph |
I was in Kitwe recently and visited Grace and a new (to me) young dependant in her new 2 room home in Ipusukilo, a compound I used to visit many years ago to work with HIV+ women. I can't remember if I told you, but sadly Gift, the youngest child Grace was looking after, was killed in a road accident earlier this year and more recently 12 year old Kelvin fell off the roof where he was trying to fix an aerial, and died of his head injuries. The family has had many other tragedies too, including a fire which moved over from the next house and gutted thiers, destroying their clothes, some furniture and the hairdressing equipment we bought her to start a business with. She is still doing some hairdressing (weaves etc) and I also paid for her to go to college for a year to learn food production (catering) as our new president has made schooling free so there was some spare money.
As for a new project to support, I guess CADRO (Choma Alcohol and Drugs rehabilitation Organisation) is most on my mind, and we have little support for the growing work with alcoholics and drug addicts. It is a huge problem, and we are even getting referrals from the courts of teenagers, who have hard drug problems, as an alternative to sending them to prison. We have rented a house in Mwapona, a compound that is heavily peppered with bars, and we hold meetings for 12 steps, a recovering addict support group and a relatives support group (which I run). I am also responsible for the biomass project. Our motto is from addiction to production, so we have decided to make sustainable charcoal briquettes and biochar to give recovering addicts something to do, and a small income.
I have been involved since January and it is slowly building up, but it is time consuming work! Also because we are so small, the majority of the work is falling on 2 - 3 shoulders, but there is so much potential for this project.
The following pictures reflect our work informing the community about briquettes as an alternative to charcoal use which leads to deforestation, as described on the live call to the congregation on 2nd October 2022.
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Deforestation and charcoal |
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Sustainable charcoal |
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Telling community about briquettes as alternative
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Please give my love and best wishes to your congregation, and my thanks for your continuing support.
You can donate directly to Jenny for this project using the details listed for the Choma Alcohol and Drugs rehabilitation Organisation.
Note: At Bennochy church, our 2022 Harvest retiring offering will go to Jenny, to support the CADRO project in Zambia. Thank you for your generosity, Robin.
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