Carpenter's Kids Message Board
Global Concerns Update: Our Carpenter's Kids linked parishes of Kikombo and Wilunze in Tanzania have posted notes to our parish on the Carpenter's Kids online message board. The Global Concerns Committee will continue to monitor the message board and provide communications from our partner parishes whenever we receive them. We also post messages of encouragement, prayer and support to our partner parishes on a monthly basis.
 The Carpenter's Kids 

The Carpenter's Kids

The first project of the Global Concerns committee has been to involve the Church of St. Barnabas in "The Carpenter's Kids," a program of the Episcopal Diocese of New York (EDNY) to provide primary education for impoverished AIDS orphans in the Diocese of Central Tanganyika (DCT) in Tanzania. A highly successful program with a strong local infrastructure and oversight, The Carpenter's Kids links EDNY parishes with parishes in DCT to provide school fees, uniforms, school supplies and school-based food for an average of 50 children per parish at a cost of $50 per child per year. These are children who would otherwise not be able to attend school, and who lack basic nutrition and healthcare. To date, St. Barnabas parishioners have pledged to support 119 children as well as providing their village with a cow that will supply milk for their nutritional needs. We are in the process of being linked with the Tanzanian village of Kikombo, which comprises two parishes, in an ongoing relationship of communication, support and prayer.

Interesting and Useful Information
Facts about Tanzania

Also, check out the page for the Diocese of Tanganyika.


    The Church of Saint Barnabas
    15 North Broadway
    Irvington-on-Hudson, NY 10533
    Tel: (914) 591-8194 - Fax    : (914) 591-2571
    info@stbarnabaschurch.org

     
    A parish of The Episcopal Church
    in the Diocese of New York