We have no water piped into my parish instead we collect water from shallow swampy wells. We would like to harvest rain water. Gutters could be used to bring water from the roof into a tank, if we ever get funds for that. Most of the shallow wells we fetch water from are refilled with running rain water from the hill-slopes. These water sources are heavily polluted with human and animal waste, bacteria, rotting debris, and other harmful contaminates. This makes our water sources unsafe mostly during the rainy season. During the dry seasons, these shallow wells quickly dry up and so we hardly have any water in the parish. We have to buy the water which takes a lot of the little money we have. In the parish, we cannot afford to constantly buy the firewood needed to make fire for boiling water. We end up drinking whatever dirty water we come across. This dirty water causes us diseases that are water-borne like diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid, and cholera.I have always suffered from typhoid and it’s attributed to dirty food and water.
Most parishioners cannot afford basics like clothes, food, shoes, medicine. Some fall sick and just die without treatment. Some parishioners who lack the above have only the parish to turn to for rescue. I have always tried to mobilize some items such as food, clothes, shoes and other things that I give to the poor and needy people of God in my parish but it remains a challenge where to get these from. YES, donations in kind can also be mailed to us and they are so welcome. That’s how we can clothe and feed Jesus (Matthew 25:36-40).
Low education keeps most of my parishioners out of the labour market for white collar (good paying) jobs. This leads to the vicious circle of poverty. More children in my parish want to study but they lack funds. The existing schools in my parish are also in bad shape to foster good education. Our parish school is in a really poor condition. I pray for finances to help us put up good schools in future so that our children can acquire good education and improve our social status and break the vicious cycle of poverty.
The very many heartbreaking and painful challenging situations of the people in St Luke Kashorero Parish have hindered its growth and development. On a sunny day, we hide under a small shade for prayers and Mass. Most people remain exposed to the sun. It becomes difficult for us to have Mass on a rainy day and at 6:00 am on Thursdays during the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament it’s always very cold. We already have an architectural plan for the desired church and the foundation was constructed two years ago. We pray that God blesses us with money to complete the construction of our parish church.
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