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SEAPATRICK PARISH MEMBERS TAKING TO THE SKIES FOR UGANDAN HOSPITAL



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Published Date:
13 May 2008
FOUR members of Seapatrick Parish are taking to the skies to support Kiwoko Hospital in Uganda.
Curate Adrienne Galligan, together with Valerie Matthews, Neil Keery and William McComb, are taking part in a tandem sky dive in Coleraine in mid June, weather permitting, to raise money to finance the building of accommodation to house the hospital's medical staff.
This is a pressing need for the hospital so the parish has therefore decided to raise money to build a block of five two-roomed houses for medical staff at a provisional cost of £15,000.
The team would be grateful for sponsorship and donations may be made to Seapatrick Parish Office or Norma McNicholl.
Tesco in Banbridge are also holding a 'bag pack' on July 10 and 11 and a large team of volunteers will be mobilised to assist packing at the tills.
Other fundraising schemes have also been undertaken since the launch.
The Buy a Brick Campaign was launched in both Holy Trinity Church and St Patrick's Church in Seapatrick and was very well supported by both parishioners and youth organisations.
The Rathfriland Young Farmers Club Amateur Dramatics Group staged a very professional performance of Leslie Sand's play 'Basinful of the Briny' the proceeds from this went towards the hospital. So far a total of over £10,000 has been raised.
The Parish are confident that the generosity of parishioners and the Banbridge people will enable them to meet their commitments to the hospital this year.
The hospital is situated in a area which used to be known as 'the killing fields of Africa' during the regimes of Militon Abots and Edi Amin.
In response to the great needs of the people there, the hospital was set up in the early 1980's by an Ulsterman, Dr Ian Clarke in partnership with CMSI, its motto being, "We treat - Jesus heals".
Kiwoko Hospital currently serves over half a million people, and since it began has grown and developed into a 300-bed hospital with two busy operating theatres.
During a recent visit to Northern Ireland the Bishop of the area, Bishop Kisekkal, praised the work of the hospital which now has not only one of the best medical facilities in the country but also supports community teams involved in health care, youth work, evangelism, education and AIDS/HIV work.

The full article contains 397 words and appears in Banbridge Leader newspaper.
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  • Last Updated: 13 May 2008 10:01 AM
  • Source: Banbridge Leader
  • Location: Banbridge
 
 
  

 
 


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