ACK Kwenda...a church in a Nairobi Slum

Below are some photos taken from inside the ACK Kwenda church in a Nairobi slum. This is an Anglican parish church with a school located in the middle of one of the poorest places in Kenya and probably in Africa as a whole. The children in the photographs live in the slum and attend the church school during the day. ACK Kwenda needs money for rent in order to stay open, to provide rubber boots for the children pictured here who often walk barefoot on unpaved "streets" that are littered with refuse and sometimes flooded with raw sewage, and to provide the children with daily lunches. This is the church I spoke about during Mission and Ministry Sunday (the photo quality is not that great--I think Anne was trying not to use a flash).

 

The woman pictured above is the pastor of ACK Kwenda...I can't remember her name

Volunteers Needed for the Rescue Mission

The Rescue Mission will host a Free Easter Dinner.

Date: Tuesday April 7, 2009
Time: 4:30-7:00 PM
Place: 42 Chenango Street, Binghamton, NY

(First Presbyterian Church)

Our Syracuse Food Services staff will prepare the food, but we will need 40 volunteers to help in other ways. People can get involved as greeters, seaters, servers, kitchen work, etc.

Could you please let people in your church know about this opportunity to serve? If anyone is interested in helping, they need to sign up by calling Lisa, our Director of Volunteer Services. She can be reached at 315-701-3841. If someone is interested, they should call A.S.A.P. Once she gets 40 people she will stop accepting volunteers.

If you have any other questions, feel free to contact me. Thanks so much for your interest in serving the needs of some of our less fortunate neighbors.

Ron Goldberg

Rescue Mission
607-621-6053