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you in the Printing Business? |
In
a Diocese like Kitui, covering a very wide area with low
population density, limited infrastructure and difficult
travel conditions, effective communications are vital. The
Diocese of Kitui wants to upgrade the capability of it's
communications office, which serves a huge variety of needs
from training course material, parish bulletins, through to
materials for schools and medical centres.
At the present time the Diocese
operates an old Gestetner 211 printing press, shown here.
We will be shipping a
consignment of equipment and machinery for capacity
building in the Diocese of Kitui later this year- around
April or May.
So if you can donate a
more up-to-date printing press than that currently in use,
please contact us. |
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| Are
you in the Engineering Business? |
The
Diocese of Kitui operates a workshop in the Diocesan
headquarters in Kitui. This workshop was originally set up
and run by Fr. Barratt in 1986, one of the Kiltegan
Fathers. Unfortunately due to cash constraints, plus the
death of the founder, the workshop facilities have
deteriorated. |
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considerable demand exists for fabrication of sttel
structures and for repairs. Items such as steel frame beds
for schools, window grilles, doors, chairs are routinely
made. The welding equipment is, like all other equipment in
the workshop, well beyond it's useful life. |
The
existing workshop buildings are very suitable for
development. For example, it has three vehicle inspection
pits, and plenty of useful workshop, office and storage
space.
There is a real
opportunity here to build much-needed capacity in Kitui,
and for regenerating the wonderful work commenced by Fr
Barratt.
We intend to re-establish
the workshop as a capacity building operation within the
Diocesan structure- not only to provide an in-house service
for Diocesan and Parish needs, but also as a source of
income generation by providing basic engineering services
to the district. There are no engineering businesses in
Kitui. By providing this capacity, the opportunity exists
to train young men and women in a trade for which there
will be constant demand in the area. |
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Batteries
for vehicles are another high cost item. The charging and
battery testing equipment is sorely in need of replacement. |
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Workshop
facilities are basic, with only one elderly pillar drill,
and one hand drill- both in need of constant repair. |
We
are looking for any usable engineering equipment suitable
for a light fabrication and repair workshop. In particular
we want to get the following
1. Centre lathe with 1.2
metre bed minimum
2. Universal Milling
Machine such as a Bridgeport
3. Pillar drill, 25mm
capacity
4. MIG welders and Arc
welders
5. Bench vices
6. Hand tools such as
angle grinders, power drills
7. Sheet metal working
equipment (manual) such as box and pan folder, guillotine.
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Vehicle
maintenance is an ongoing issue with the Diocese, due to
the high cost of maintenance, coupled with the lack of
paved roads. This trye fitting machine is in constant use. |
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if you can donate suitable engineering equipment please contact
us.
We would also welcome
any offer of services to set up this equipment after
delivery to Kitui, or for on-going training of the staff. |
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| Other
ways in which you can help: |
| We want
to encourage your support, your enthusiasm and commitment to
support the people of Kitui.
The purpose of this website is to inform you of the situation in
Kitui, and to give you details of the projects we intend to support over the
coming two years. Further projects will be added as current
projects are completed. We hope that you will share our view the
the situation of the people in these areas is not hopeless-
far from it- and there is much we can do to help. |
Your
help can be in many forms- prayer, moral support and
encouragement, attendance at the monthly coffee mornings,
once-off donations, or regular contributions. You may feel
you, or a group with whom you are associated, can
adopt one of the proposed projects and raise funds to see
the project to a successful completion. For certain
projects we would welcome specific technical or business
skills. If you want to help, please contact us |
| If
you are in a position to donate to one of our projects, our
Donation Form allows you to select the specific project
you would like to support. |
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A woman breaks stones by hand for
use in constructing a well. Many women need to do this
hard manual work to earn cash for necessities |
