Sponsor: a new water tank and repairs for the kitchen for Our Lady’s Hospice in Lusaka, Zambia
- At May 21, 2012
- By getchart
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Our Lady’s Hospice was started in 2001 in Kalingalinga, one of the poorest and most populated areas of Lusaka, Zambia, by four religious congregations, one of them the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The Hospice is a faith-based institution that provides palliative end-of-life care for patients with HIV/ AIDS.
Hospice’s services include: (1) an Outpatient Department that offers Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART), Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) and TB treatment. The hospice’s Laboratory can perform blood tests and people testing positive for HIV are then enrolled in an ART program; (2) a Children’s clinic, established in 2004 under the Zambian Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, provides paediatric palliative care; and (3) Inpatient Services, using 30 beds across 5 wards to provide palliative care to HIV patients. The Hospice also admits and cares for patients with opportunistic infections, such as TB or cancers such as Kaposi Sarcoma.
At present, Our Lady’s Hospice needs to:
(1) renovate the water system in the premises. The water tank is integral to the functioning of the hospice to provide clean and uninterrupted water supply to the patients. Water is basic to keep the hospice focused on providing good and hygienic palliative care to patients and a clean and friendly environment. Water is obtained through boreholes in the premises and stored in a tank used to channelize water to the inpatient and outpatient areas.
The tank has become inefficient and is in a dire need of repair because it is resulting in loss. The estimates obtained point towards replacing rather than further repairing the tank. The estimated cost of dismantling the tank and replacing it with a new one is 26 Million ZMK or around US$5,000.
Detailed budget:
| Description |
Total Amount (US$) |
| Dismantling the existing system/ bringing down the tank |
300 |
| Wire brush the steel section to receive red oxide |
100 |
| Supply & fix the timber to support the tank |
400 |
| Supply & fit 12000 ltr PVC tank in place |
1,900 |
| Weld a steel cage around the tank |
400 |
| Paint all the steel section |
500 |
| Test the water supply & hand over |
150 |
| Labor |
500 |
| Mark up, supervision & transportation of tank |
700 |
| Total |
4,950 |
(2) repair the kitchen. The kitchen is used to heat food for patients, prepare food for impromptu patient needs, and to boil water for the wards. The roof requires a coat of paint and also needs to be fixed at several places, the sink and shelving need to be replaced, and the windows need to be replaced along with the meshing. Besides, the kitchen has a pantry area which is not really used as food is not stored here; hence it has been decided to break down the wall separating the pantry to ensure the space is bigger and easier to work in. The kitchen will also get false roofing inside to seal it from outside elements and therefore make it easier to keep clean. The cost of breaking down the pantry and renovating the kitchen is estimated at 27 Million ZMK or around US$5,200.
Detailed budget:
| Description |
Total Amount (US$) |
| Demolish existing blockwork/ shelving/ windows |
200 |
| Redo windows/electrical/shelving/ painting |
4,150 |
| Mark up, supervision & transportation |
870 |
| Total |
5,220 |
The hospice has limited funds available for operational and project expenses and needs external support to replace the water tank and to repair the kitchen.
If you would like to sponsor either of these projects totally or partially please, contact:
Arthur A. Pingolt, Jr., at
Telephone: +1 612- 810-9147
Email: apingolt@oblatepartnership.org
Sponsor: Craft-making and marketing by people with physical disabilities in La Morita, Tijuana
- At April 04, 2012
- By getchart
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Flea Market in La Morita
Jacinto Morales, a young man, paralyzed from the waist down but very talented with his hands, makes bags, blankets, designed T-shirts, and rosaries and sells them to help his family. Jacinto is willing to share his skills and to teach other local “disable” persons to make and sell crafts. Some of these persons are already very gifted at making beautiful embroideries.
The crafts made by Jacinto and his group are currently sold informally to visitors to the San Eugenio Parish or to other local people. Visitors of San Eugenio can also buy coffee and beans from Cristina a physically-disabled woman that sells them from the window of her room. The small profits she makes go to buy diapers or milk for her two small children.
The hope of Jacinto and his friends, as well as of the local Oblates that support them is to have a stall or a booth to sell their items in some open air markets (sobre ruedas) or in flea markets (also called tianguis).
The timing is good. A young American volunteer, Julia Campagna, will be in La Morita May to July to help launching the group. Julia is familiar with the local people. Some years ago, as a student at the University of San Diego, she worked in La Morita as part of the University’s Campus Ministry Program. This fall, Julia returns to the University of San Diego for her graduate degree in Pastoral Theology, but previously she will spend the summer at La Morita.
To launch this craft training project, the Oblate Mission in Tijuana needs only about $1,000 to purchase the initial materials and pay for the transportation of these people with mobility limitations from their homes to the place where the crafts will be made and sold.
Once launched, the project will self-sustain. Some of the income obtained will be used to buy more materials, to pay for the right to have stalls or booths in the fairs, and for transportation. The artisans will have some money left to be able to help their families on whom they depend.
This program will have an additional benefit. The people who would participate in this program are significantly limited by physical disabilities; their ability to even leave their homes is very restricted. They tend to be isolated from contact with other people who are not part of their immediate families. This program will give them an opportunity to learn skills they can use, as well as a chance to meet and interact socially with others who are also severely limited. They will feel more productive as persons.
If you would like to help launching this craft program please, contact:
Arthur A. Pingolt, Jr., at
Telephone: +1 612- 810-9147
Email: apingolt@oblatepartnership.org
Sponsor: Outreach to Zambia Youth
- At March 28, 2012
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Young parishioners from Lukulu
The Oblate Zambia Delegation plans to develop a program directed to all the young members of Oblate parishes in the country.
Under the lead of the Youth Coordinator, Fr. Kapya Kang’ombe, OMI, the program, to be launched this July, is expected to continue with similar gatherings in the coming years.
This year the project will be divided into three phases:
Phase One aims at sensitization, training and conducting a workshop of peer educators for the Youths in all Oblate Parishes, in terms of behavioral change programs, formation of groups, and explanation of the Oblate vision in light of our Founder’s spirituality towards the youth. The cost of this phase is estimated in about $2,350.
Phase Two will gather the youth from all Oblate ministered parishes, for sensitization, workshop and symposium on behavioral change matters/issues, such as (1) HIV and AIDS, (2) Alcoholism, (3) Early pregnancies/ Early marriages, (4) Gender based Violence, (5) Child protection and child rights, (6) Crimes, (7) Spirituality, (8) Civic Education, and (9)Traditions and cultures. This phase is expected to cost around $3,200.
Phase Three will include the monitoring of implementations of behavioral change programs in the parishes, the evaluation, and the way forward and has an estimated
cost of $1,700
We invite you to partner with the Oblate Zambia Delegation in this endeavor:
|
US$ |
|
| Phase One |
2,355 |
| Phase Two |
3,205 |
| Phase Three |
1,700 |
| Totalp |
7,260 ==== |
If you would like to sponsor this project totally or partially please, contact:
Arthur A. Pingolt, Jr., at
Telephone: +1 612- 810-9147
Email: apingolt@oblatepartnership.org
Sponsor: Oblate School of Theology
- At May 06, 2011
- By Admin
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The Oblate School of Theology, OST, is a graduate and professional school founded in 1903 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate to educate young men to serve as Oblate 
priests and brothers in the United States and foreign missions.
At present, OST educates a diverse population of students including those in priestly formation, lay students who will serve as lay ecclesial ministers and others who simply want to deepen their knowledge of theology.
In order for the School to become a national leader in theological education, in 2008, the Board launched a $30 million “Building on Faith” capital and endowment campaign.
More than 70% of the way to the campaign goal has been achieved.
The Oblate School of Theology however, still needs funding to:
(1) complete two buildings: a conference center/education building and a guest house to accommodate visiting faculty and out-of-state students
(2) renovate the existing administration and classroom building built in 1927, and
(3) fund programming for the next five years until the endowment funds cover those expenses.
We invite you to partner with OST in this endeavor.
