KENYA: CAFOD pledges support to AMECEA Justice Peace and Caritas Department
The Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD), the main Partner of AMECEA Justice Peace and Caritas Department has pledged to continue partnering and supporting the Department for the next three years.
According to AMECEA Justice Peace and Caritas Department Coordinator Rev. Fr. Paul Mung’athia Igweta, the support means that the planned activities of the department will be implemented.
“They have promised to give us financial support to facilitate what we are doing as AMECEA, so for the activities that we budgeted for, we are sure of implementing quite a number,” Fr. Mung’athia said adding that among these activities include engaging the Nations Justice Peace and Caritas Coordinators to promote the realization of AMECEA Strategic plan and also engaging the coordinators to ensure that the implementation trickles down to the dioceses.
He expressed gratitude to CAFOD for supporting the department since its inception in 2014 when AMECEA Justice and Peace ceased to be a desk under Pastoral Department but a fully fledged department.
“We truly appreciate CAFOD, which has journeyed with our department since its inception. We also applaud them for supporting hardship dioceses within AMECEA Region such as Lodwar, Marsabit Isiolo, Moroto, Kotido just to mention but a few. They are currently partnering with at least 17 Dioceses and nine counties in Kenya alone and this is something we are truly grateful for,” Fr. Mung’athia explained.
CAFOD is the Catholic aid agency for England and Wales. It is an international aid agency working to alleviate poverty and suffering in developing countries. Among AMECEA Countries, CAFOD is present in Eritrea Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and Zambia.
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By Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Online News
