Dear Frens,
Happy New Year to you and blessings to you and your family in this new faith-filled year!
As some may know, I just came back from a 3 months trip to Poland and Ukraine.
Amidst my vacation, God led me to become closely acquainted with the Canossian Nuns in Eastern Europe. They took it upon themselves to show me their work, their mission and the needs & difficulties of the poor that exists especially in Ukraine.
The poverty in Ukraine is different from the poverty we are used to seeing in Cambodia. Ukraine, being a country whose temperature falls below -30 degrees, the poor there face a whole different set of problems.
As some may know, I just came back from a 3 months trip to Poland and Ukraine.
Amidst my vacation, God led me to become closely acquainted with the Canossian Nuns in Eastern Europe. They took it upon themselves to show me their work, their mission and the needs & difficulties of the poor that exists especially in Ukraine.
The poverty in Ukraine is different from the poverty we are used to seeing in Cambodia. Ukraine, being a country whose temperature falls below -30 degrees, the poor there face a whole different set of problems.
It’s like living in a freezer for many months a year. The nuns told me that just recently a lady missed her train, she then sat herself down to wait for the next train. She had forgotten to move around and her legs froze thus they had to be amputated.
Ukraine also suffered from the 2 man-made famines that killed at least 9 million people, Hitler's insanity and Stalin's cruelty during the communist occupation.
Against this backdrop of violence, the Canossian sisters want to help these poor families transit from the effects and shadows of communism by providing medical assistance to the needy.
The sisters currently provide catechism, host retreats and some counselling. They visit the poor, the sick and are working hard to reduce the high rate of abortion through their existing Pro-Life centre.
The nuns having been praying fervently for assistance in launching their Medical Clinics for the Poor in Vinnytsia.
For 4 years now, a 22 room medical facility located in the Canossian convent has been completed but left unused despite it being fully licensed to operate.
There are now 3 doctors seeing patients but they cannot do much and are unable to fully launch this medical facility.
The Canossian Nuns have managed to raise 70% of the required funds and have managed to set up some of the infrastructure.
Ukraine also suffered from the 2 man-made famines that killed at least 9 million people, Hitler's insanity and Stalin's cruelty during the communist occupation.
Against this backdrop of violence, the Canossian sisters want to help these poor families transit from the effects and shadows of communism by providing medical assistance to the needy.
The sisters currently provide catechism, host retreats and some counselling. They visit the poor, the sick and are working hard to reduce the high rate of abortion through their existing Pro-Life centre.
The nuns having been praying fervently for assistance in launching their Medical Clinics for the Poor in Vinnytsia.
For 4 years now, a 22 room medical facility located in the Canossian convent has been completed but left unused despite it being fully licensed to operate.
There are now 3 doctors seeing patients but they cannot do much and are unable to fully launch this medical facility.
The Canossian Nuns have managed to raise 70% of the required funds and have managed to set up some of the infrastructure.
What they need now is funding to:
1) employ laboratory assistants to test and analyse blood and urine. ( Cost about USD$200-$250 a month each )
2) employ technicians to operate the ultra sound machine. ( Cost about USD$200-$250 a month each )
The medical facility can start to function immediately if we can fund 1) & 2)
In their prayers the sisters also hope to get:
1) a fully equipped dentist's chair - for the urgently needed dental clinic
2) an echocardiogram - for the cardiology clinic to diagnose heart problems
Usually in poor countries, we have to build and fund the medical facility but in this instance they already have the infrastructure - the land, the clinics ( cardiology,gynaecology, pediatric, family and dental clinics) all set up but lack manpower & some equipment ie. perhaps 30% more, to make it fully operational.
Frens, if you feel called to assist the Canossian sisters to enable these servants of the Lord to bring some hope and love this way, pls email me or call me at 96956267.
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