{"id":38,"date":"2016-04-08T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T16:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/08\/kenya-catholic-church-committed-to\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:40:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T09:40:28","slug":"kenya-catholic-church-committed-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2016\/04\/08\/kenya-catholic-church-committed-to\/","title":{"rendered":"KENYA: The Catholic Church committed to alleviate poverty through agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n<\/div>\n

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Rev. Fr. Celestino Bundi,<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nThe Universal Church is committed to improve food security in
\nAfrica through the promotion of Agriculture with the desire to increase food
\nproduction, improve livelihoods through positive social impact, make best use
\nof available idle underutilized Church owned farms and generate income to
\nsupport evangelization work of the Church.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIn her endeavour to feed the world hungry, the Church seeks to
\nimprove the lives of parishioners and communities through successful
\nagricultural enterprise and has therefore begun 40 pilot projects in Ethiopia,
\nNigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Kenya.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIn an interview with Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) –
\nPontifical Missionary Society (PMS) National Director Rev. Fr. Celestino Bundi,
\nThe Catholic Church is thought to have elaborate structure and capacity to play
\na part in human existence-food security hence the initiative to produce food on
\nits farm to bridge the food deficit.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nFr. Bundi said it is high time Kenyans are convinced, to embrace
\ndiversification of food crops to curb over reliance on maize that can only
\nproduce high yield in some parts of the country and to consider mass production
\nof food crops that do well in semi-arid areas and to also do irrigation in arid
\nlands.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nHe said, following direction made from The Pontifical Missionary
\nSociety (TPMS) USA on the<\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n

first roll out of project implementation, Kenya
\nproposed Little Sisters of St. Francis and St. Augustine Senior Seminary
\nMabanga in Bungoma Diocese, St. Mathias Mulumba Seminary Tindinyo in Eldoret
\nDiocese, Dimesse Sisters in Nairobi, Sisters of Mary Mother of God in Mombasa,
\nCaritas Kilgoris project in Ngong Diocese and Sisters of St. Joseph of Tarbes
\nin the Archdiocese of Nyeri.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n
\nThe initiative was conceived by Rev. Fr. Andrew Small, OMI,
\nNational Director of Pontifical Mission Societies, USA, after the address of
\nPope Francis to the Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) delegates in Rome in
\n2013.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\nBy Rose Achiego, Waumini
\nCommunications KCCB<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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