Overseas Outreach
   
The Uganda Link

For about ten years Holy Cross has had a strong link with Kinkisii in South West Uganda. With the help of another parish, money was raised for the training of the Rev Hamlet Mbabasi. Holy Cross also funded the building of the Holy Cross Training Centre in Nakatari. Nine members of the parish went out to Uganda for the opening of the centre by the Archbishop of Uganda. More recently, there is individual sponsorship of pupils at the Kirima Parents Children's school as well as sponsorship of adults at the Christian University in Kampala. The latest project has been assisting with the obtaining of Lottery funding for another educational development.

For more information please email: uganda@holycrosschurch.co.uk
   
The Tanzania Link
Church Mission Society (CMS) mission partners, Andrew and Susie Hart (pictured with their children, Grace and Rosie) work in Iringa on a six-year contract. Andrew, who has spent all his life in Bearsted, is a veterinary surgeon and works in the rural villages to improve the livestock.
Susie has set up a workshop, Neema Crafts, in Iringa, now employing about seventy disabled people. They make handicraft products that include paper from elephant dung, beadwork, patchwork quilts and weaving. They also run a coffee shop.
There are plans to build a new larger Centre and move out of the rented building that is used at present.
Up to date information can be found on the Neema Crafts website where you can also order the crafts that are made by the disabled people:
www.neemacrafts.com.