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This new Mission Partner, discovered when our Mission Team visited
Africa in 2000, is one of the largest, most effective AIDS service
organizations in Africa. Its name means, "Kilimanjaro Women Against
AIDS," and it was formed a decade ago in the face of the growing
epidemic and social indifference. In addition to an educational
ministry, a supportive ministry with victims and their families
and an outreach ministry that travels hundreds of miles, Kiwakukki
cares for over 1000 orphans. This Spring, Margaret Mshana and Anna
Mgonja from Kiwakukki visited our Family for two weeks, sharing
this ministry with our Family and with the New Jersey Synod at Bishop
Riley's request. They returned home with over $4000 in medical supplies,
and with a larger shipment scheduled to follow them in early summer.
The Family of Faith has committed to a goal of $30,000 to build
a Vocational Training School for the orphans, with the hope of this
becoming a reality this year.
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