Our speaker this week was Kathi Evans from Touching Lives Ministry who spoke primarily about providing aid to villages in Kenya primarily in the village of Sanjweru in the western part of Kenya just off the shores of Lake Victoria. Mark and Kathi Evans founded the Touching Lives Ministries organization on June 9, 2009. Kathi, an obstetrical nurse, knew her calling develop a medical delivery program for those lacking access to good medical care. "Touching Lives, Inc. is a Christian ministry committed to supporting communities worldwide through improved health care, education, spiritual and economic development." The ministry is two-fold serving both domestically and internationally. They serve to prep and equip American short term mission teams to serve internationally. Internationally they build and open medical facilities in regions with no quality medical care. Kathi indicated that their community of Sanjweru has unreliable power from the Kenya Power Company (there is only one, providing 210v service). They are planning to add solar power making Kenya Power their backup. Phase one is underway at a cost of about $500,000. Their medicare facility includes a small laundry and a small kitchen for patients. They will only keep patients overnight at a building cost of about $400.000. Construction is delayed while they raise that funding. One of their primary goals assure a healthy community they must provide a reliable source of clean water. This is not an easy task in Africa and particularly Uganda which is experiencing a 2 year plus drought. Fortunately their specific location is floating on top of Lake Victoria. A bore hole was drilled in 2012 and it will probably never run dry. But the hospital needs clean water and while currently they are selling it at a reduced rate to the local villagers one day that bore hole as the medical facility grows will be insufficient and they will need to dedicate all the water from the bore hole to the hospital only and they will not be able to sell water to the villagers. They need a donor when that happens to drill a second well off site and start the Sanjweru power Company. The villagers are already planning running water in their homes and have materials collecteed. In addition to their medical facility, and as part of building their living infrastructure they needed to construct basic things like a morgue with a lime pit.
 They seek support from others. They need help and would love to have partners. For more information contact Kathi Evans at Website: www.touchinglivesministry.org Email: tlministry@verizon.net Phone: 610-320-1881  |
