1/ Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group give out second hand clothes to the men held in immigration detention at Gatwick (Brook House and Tinsley House detention centres), currently need Medium t-shirts, Medium & large sweatshirts, Medium & large hoodies, Medium jogging bottoms, Small, medium or large jeans, second-hand trainers. Men’s clothes only. If you have any please place in the boxes at both churches. http://www.gdwg.org.uk/
2/ Live Simply Tip of the Week Drive Less —Talk to friends about sharing a car or vehicle for grocery trips, to and from Church and other opportunities. Bike, walk, or use public transportation whenever possible. Bus fares are only £2 per journey
3/ The Season of Creation 1st Sept to 4th Oct is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation through celebration, conversion, and commitment together. During the Season of Creation, we join our sisters and brothers in the ecumenical family in prayer and action for our common home https://seasonofcreation.org/about/ Watch this space for actions that will be taking place in the Parish
4/ Report from Fr Silvester Warmest greetings from Uganda in the name of our lord. I express our sincere thanks for all the support obtained for the community health centre. I am happy to report that the centre is now thriving with your support and the service-users and the community are much grateful.
Updates 1. The centre has received 3 consignments of medical item from Worthing & Lancing over the past 8 months. 2. The centre is soon to receive from the customs warehouse a big consignment of scholastic materials that you did send in March of this year. We shall be distributing these items to the school pupils as soon as they come back from holidays. We shall send you a detailed report about their distribution. 3. We have obtained financial donations via our website. These have greatly helped the centre to purchase essential drugs and pay the salaries of our nurses. We still face a problem of paying staff salaries. We have made an application for government support (PHC) but this takes time. User contributions are very low. We face a challenge of paying for shipping charges for donated items
Looking Forward. We mentioned the possibility of the registration of a UK Charity to support our work where possible. There is an example in another diocese of Uganda where this has been done successfully with a group of American sponsors.
We want to set up a “Soup kitchen” at the centre to support the local elderly who face malnutrition and isolation. Food items can be donated by the local community. All we would need is support to set up a structure and the purchase of some catering implements.
We need support to set up a maternity ward for expectant mothers. They are currently (inconveniently) mixed up with other patients. We still will be grateful for more physical donations of medical and light school/scholastic items. Used shoes, uniforms, clothes (esp. children), glasses and wheel chairs are all much needed. Those that have been donated have been of tremendous help. We pray for more sponsors to subscribe to our website donation page. The equivalent of “A cup of Costa coffee” per month can help support a Nurse’s salary for the month. We much welcome visitors from the UK/Worthing in view of conducting medical camps in the villages or just visiting to pray for and support our work. https://stfaustinamedicalcenter.com/
Sincerely and gratefully yours Fr Silvester K Bukenya Director
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