Gift Ideas for Christmas Giving

Hello friends, I wanted to give you an opportunity to see the Gift Catalogue for the Missions of Hope.  These gifts might help you if you are still in need of Christmas gift ideas.  For sure if you buy something from this catalogue, it will help the very need here, in  Kenya. God bless!

Orphan & Family Needs

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$155 to $205 US - School Fees per Boarding student

$25 US School Uniforms per student
$15 US School Shoes per student

$25-50 US monthly for Orphan support

$55 US Family Support

 

Farm Animals

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$5 US per chicken
$6 US per rooster 

Just a few hens can help provide eggs and chicks to raise poultry for sale.

$55 US for one goat ($50) + vet inspection ($5)

A goat can provide milk and if two goats of opposite sex are purchased, can provide a simple livelihood for a family.

$800-$1000 US for one high grade cow

A good cow gives quality milk for consumption and for sale.

8 or 10 donors can help to purchase 1 cow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agriculture

 

 

$120 - $250 US for seeds & fertilizer per growing season   For several years, Missions of Hope
has planted communal crops (corn, cabbages, potatoes) and given out the
harvest to the widows and orphans.  We were unable to do this in the
Jan.- March 2011 planting season.  Instead each farmer must find
adequate funds for planting. Help us to help them, with the planting in
Jan.-Mar. 2011.

Other Suggestions

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*corn 30 kg  $22.00 US

* oil 1kg  $7.00 US

* beans 5kg $4.00 US

* flour $2.00 US

* onions 2kg $2.00 US

* royco 500 gr $2.00 US

* veggies $3.00 US

* rice 3kg $4.00 US

* meat 2kg $6.00 US

Based on monthly needs per family of 5 members

* $250 US to sponsor 1 mother for small business start-up or to learn a trade

 

* 300 US/yr to help 1 child attend school

OR

* $3000 US to send 1 youth to college/uni.

OR

* $60 US to buy 1 cell phone for pastor or college student

OR

* $10 US/mo. to buy airtime for pastor or student

* misc. $10.00 US (eg. soap, toilet paper, toothpaste, etc.)

Based on monthly needs per family of 5 members

* 1 pit latrine - $60 US

sponsor 1/2 latrine - $30.

* legal title deeds - This need has been met.

OR

* Build 1 Refuge Centre  $15,000 US OR any amount to help get project underway

* blankets n mattresses

$25-$50 US for 2-3 people

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*day clothes 1 child $15. US

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* medicine n doctor - $20 US

 

NOTE:
All prices fluctuate greatly in this time of incredible inflation. We
have tried to give accurate costs to the nearest rounded up dollar.
These figures will be updated when there is a significant change in
prices.

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Asante (Swahili for Thank You)

hello,

From Relief

it is with great excitement that we write this email.
thank you so much for the gift of food, (unga (flour) wheat flour, sugar, and oil.

From Relief

we want to send our thanks to all of you who participated in this. you became a blessing to us this afternoon. May God really bless you.

From Relief

we are students at Kenya Highlands Bible College. we live outside the school due to tuition problems as we come from not so strong families financially. but we thank God we can study here. otherwise God Bless. this is truly a blessing

***those are the words of the students that i was asked to deliver to u for the gift of food which you made possible. these students usually go without lunch and this is the exam week. what a joy this is to provide a weeks supply of food for them. look at the prayers

From Relief

and the excitement at the same time.

From Relief

food relief continues tomorrow, more into the village. we are going to buy 3 90 Kg. bags of corn. i will write more.

God Bless
Jonah

Click the link to see all the photos http://picasaweb.google.ca/kerichojoy120/Relief?feat=directlink

Thinking Globally

hello friends,

it such a great joy to think globally.

in the photo slide show u will see me posing with some of the gifts that were given to our church through our bishop. i hope u enjoy the pics.



please note that wherever you live, your country is in this picture. we will surely continue to pray for each country to enjoy the peace that He (God) alone can give. it will be our joy to do so.

God Bless
Jonah