July/August
Lead by Rhona, a party of CRU committee members and some enthusiastic students went out to stay in Maria’s Care in the summer holidays. Much work was done towards improving the running of all the educational departments. Some of the group spent time with and took out money for a local secondary school. The whole party were moved by the plight of one old couple who were being helped by the “sponsor a granny” scheme. Their home seen on the right was collapsing. The gaping hole in the back wall was being covered against the rain with old rags. The new structure on the right of the picture is the framework of the new hut, shortly to be filled with mud by the visitors, who had to puddle it first. This was very amusing for the locals and very enjoyable for the group.
- visitors help to replace old hut with new
Rhona stayed on after the group returned home to facilitate another group from Australia who were planning a visit to train “trainers” in evangelism.
February
Barbara took out a dental therapist, Simone. Together they checked over all the Maria’s Care children for dental problems. Audrey Bomford started the task of reviewing educational facilities and working with the staff at KPPS to improve the school.