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We thank all of our partners especially from PNWAC and our Task Force for your engagement and support since the beginning of our Ministry and throughout this period of pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
May God almighty restore your bodies and shower you with blessings for your families and your activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We thank our dear Missionary Jean-Paul Dietrich for his unwavering guidance and support to our Jamaa Letu family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jamaa Letu wishes you all the best for this year 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A Message from Jean-Paul Dietrich<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Dear friends of Jamaa Letu orphanages<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I was invited to address a greeting to you. Since several years you have been supporting the two orphanages financially and with love. For this I thank you with all my heart. At present, 25 girls and 19 boys find a temporary home. They are fed, enrolled in school, and experience a Christian community of life. In addition, these children and young people are prepared as well as possible for the hard life in Congo once they leave the orphanage. It is obvious that they are not spared from illness and some of them need major medical interventions that can hardly be financed from the current budget. The local parishes, other groups and individuals support the orphanages financially and in kind. The church leadership is also aware that it will have to take on more responsibility in the future. However, Congo is one of the ten poorest countries in the world in terms of income per person, which means that most of the people and members of the Methodist churches here in Lubumbashi are also poor. Therefore, good will might not be enough to bear the burden of the two orphanages in the short and medium term. Dear donors, dear brothers, and sisters in Christ, I appeal to you to continue to support these girls and boys in the coming years and to accompany the two institutions with warmth and advice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cordial greetings, Jean-Paul Dietrich (Switzerland), Global Ministries Missionary, Member of the board of trustees of the Jamaa Letu orphanages.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We had different set of activities during this quarter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n We are sensitizing the girls and employees to pray for our partners and for the future of our orphanage so that God can help us through our Church and partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The pandemic has been hard on many things including the fundraising for the orphanages. For at least a decade, HFCA has been struggling to raise the funds necessary to provide quarterly support to both the CEJAL and BART Orphanages and the pandemic did not help in this struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thankfully the program has had a \u201csavings account\u201d of undesiginated donations to the Hope for the Children of Africa received more than a decade ago. These undesignated funds have been used to make up the difference between the support provided to the orphanages and the donations received each year from sponsorships and the Jars for Jamaa Letu giving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While these reserve funds have helped us maintain provision to the orphanages at $80,000 annually. However, even before the pandemic, we were not raising the necessary funds on an annual basis. The last year we raised the full funding for the orphanages was 2016, the year we hosted Blessings and she spoke at Annual Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In an effort to provide as much stability to the funding as we can with the resources that we have we were forced to reduce the amount we normally provide by 25%. Our reserve funds have been depleted and the pandemic has severely limited some of our normal fundraising avenues such as in person church, Jars for Jamaa Letu offering at Annual Conference, and other in person fundraisers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally, in 2019 we attempted to bring over another former resident of Jamaa Letu and education scholarship recipient. These efforts were crushed when the application for a visa for the student was denied by the US embassy, twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The work of the orphanages continues and our financial support allows the kids to receive shelter, food, clothing, and education. We ask that you continue your support, donate early if possible, and even increase your giving if that is an option. The Jamaa Letu children thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donate Online<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n You can help support our orphans and students by going to our websites www.JamaaLetu.org<\/a> & www.JamaaLetuEducation.org<\/a> and clicking on the Donate links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donate Through Your Local UMC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Local UMC Instructions: Mark donation to Jamaa Letu Orphanages <\/em>& note if it\u2019s for a Child & Youth Sponsorship, Education Schola<\/em>rship, or general Jamaa Letu support<\/em>. Talk with your coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donate Directly to the Pacific Northwest Conference<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Send Donations to Jamaa Letu Orphanages Pacific Northwest Conference Office P.O. Box 13650 Des Moines, WA 98193-1009. Mail donation or direct your bank to send the funds & note if it\u2019s for a Child & Youth Sponsorship, Education Scholarship, or general Jamaa Letu support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We were visited by different groups, foundation, church members and friends:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Laure Foundation (brought loin clothes to our girls for the month of women)<\/p>\n\n\n\n The main activities are still the same concerning the program HFCA: food, shelter, education, health care, religion, social reintegration, and family reunification etc., For The Children Of Africa!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We have celebrated a few birthdays at CEJAL as a new way of pleasing our girls and make them feel valued. We hope to continue to do this for all our girls despite our little means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We have faced a few cases this last quarter among children and employees as well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Choudelle is very sick and anemic (as mentioned in previous reports) just like Victoire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She needs urgently to go through a costly pelvis surgery. Her health is deteriorating quickly and she has lost a lot of weight these last days as you can see on the picture below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The screws form the metallic plate are loose as we can see from the x-ray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her condition is serious but our missionary Jean-Paul Dietrich his following this case despite his many responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Victoire is a young woman with Sickle Cell Anemia. She is too ill to continue in the university. She is recovering from the second surgery for badly broken bones in her hip area, the first being to insert some metal pin, etc., and this one to remove them. Victoire is also experiencing pain from her leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your gifts in support of our orphans are needed and greatly appreciated!<\/p>\n\n\n\n See page three for how you can help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our kindergarten school resumed activities on May 1st 2021 since the confinement that started in December 2021 was lifted again. The school activities were slow since we had only a few kids attending school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet another event came on and disturbed once again the work we are doing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n These confinements are weighing heavily on our finances:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nJamaa Letu Fundraising<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nHow You Help Support Us<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nMarch 8th, 2021 (International Women\u2019s Day)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nCelebrating Birthdays<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Choudelle<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nCEJAL KINDERGARTEN SCHOOL<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Enrolled Pupils:151<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n