St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church

» Clinic in Kayoro

St. John’s is partnering with Give us Wings on the clinic. Kayoro Village is located in the eastern part of Uganda, near to the Kenyan border and just outside Tororo, Uganda. [Read more about Kayoro Village at the project website]

Construction on the project began in June 2010.

Update on Kayoro Village, April 22, 2012

The Rev. Keely Franke, Jennifer Kinkead, the Rev. Barbara Mraz, and the Rev. Jered Weber-Johnson with painting that was done showing the Kayoro Clinic in Uganda. The painting was presented to our congregation by Give Us Wings in appreciation for the building and operation of the clinic.

For more photos, please see the photo album located here.

Update – March 7, 2012

Community Meeting taking place near the clinic

Today Therese sent out an update on some of the Give Us Wings projects. One project that is making a great deal of progress is the building of the Mari Village. This village consists of 26 families each with a member of the family that is disabled. Disabled people are often discriminated against and this village will offer them a safe place to live. The village is close enough to St. John’s Clinic Kayoro that they will utilize the clinic. I have attached the photos for you to see the new homes that are being built. The builders are working on the 13th, 14th and 15th houses out of 26. This is a very exciting project and one that will change so many lives.

Therese is working to prepare for the Adult Ed focusing on St. John’s Clinic Kayoro on April 29. I hope you will plan to attend!

Update October 2011
Hello St. John’s Clinic Kayoro Committee,

I hope that you are all doing well and had a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend.

The clinic project is moving along with the recent hiring of the In Charge Clinician. Mary Steiner, founder of Give Us Wings, is in Africa now doing a segment for NPR’s Market Place with Mary Stucky. Mary heads to Kayoro tomorrow to meet with Faith Karakacha, the new In Charge Clinician, and to talk with the community about the borehole for the clinic that Give Us Wings just received funding for.

We have a meeting with Give Us Wings on Wednesday, October 12 at 10:00. The meeting will give our committee a chance to get a full update and to ask questions and share ideas with Clare Burmback, Executive Director of Give Us Wings. If you are interested please join us.

Wednesday, October 12

10:00 AM

Give Us Wings office

450 N. Syndicate Street

Suite 290

St. Paul, MN 55105

In the Bigelow Building

Also we have kicked off two additional efforts to build our relationship with the people of Kayoro.

Patty Byrne Pfalz is organizing a collection of baby gifts for the new mothers of Kayoro Village.

New mothers everywhere appreciate the thoughtfulness and usefulness of a baby gift. On Saturday, October 22, at 10:00 the women of St. John’s and Holy Apostles are invited to gather in the Undercroft to assemble gifts for the new babies in Kayoro. The gifts will be put in zip lock bags for easy transport and cleanliness. We will also include a note for the new mother in each bag. Look for a sample bag in the Undercroft. We have a collection box in the Narthex and would love any contributions and hope you can join us on October 22. It will be a fun get together. If you have questions please contact Patty at 651-224-7784.

The other project that is underway is the collection of first aid supplies for distribution by the Community Health Care Workers of Kayoro. To support the work of the Community Health Care Workers we are gathering first aid supplies and packaging them so that they can be distributed in the community when needed.

The supplies that we would like to collect are:

Bacitracin

Band aids

Tylenol

Motrin

Vitamins

Prenatal Vitamins

Gauze

Rubber Gloves

Imodium

Ace bandages

Triple Antibiotic Ointment

Neosporin

There is a box in the Narthex to collect these items.

We will get together on Sunday, Oct. 30 after the 10:00 service in the Undercroft to put First Aid Packets together for the Community Health Care Workers to distribute.

If you have questions please let me know, Jennifer Kinkead 612-750-2541.

Nov. 6 ~ Give Us Wings will be presenting to St. John’s during Adult Ed at 9 AM in the Fireside Room.

Also, we are in the process of creating holiday cards that will feature a beautiful picture of the front doors of St. John The Evangelist which was taken by Elisabeth Paper and donated to us for fund raising for the clinic! This was very generous of Elisabeth and the cards will be beautiful. I am hoping to have them available to purchase the first week of November.

If you know of anyone that would be interested in this information please forward the email and send me their email address, I will add them to the group email.

Please let me know if you have questions or ideas.

Many thanks,

Jennifer Kinkead

khunterlane@aol.com

Greetings from Uganda!

The Kayoro Clinic in Uganda was dedicated on January 22, 2011. Members of St. John’s included: Cammie Beattie, Jennifer Kinkead, Bob Horn and Shirley Sailors. The framed drawing is St. John’s done by member Ray Frisby.

To see a slide show of the ceramic tiles from St. John’s installed on the walls of the clinic click on this link: Clinic Tiles Slide Show

Dresses made by the “Sewing for Kayoro” group from St. John’s and Holy Apostles were presented during the January visit. For more information on the visit, see the February Evangelist.

Clinic Update from Give us Wings – June 8, 2010, by Mary Albright, Project Coordinator

: David W. instructing brick makers

“The contractor, David Waicha is in Tororo ans says that all is going well with much cooperation from the community and Give Us Wings staff person, Lawi. A total of 23 community members are currently employed to facilitate the construction work, mostly to do the work of making bricks for the building. The brick making process started this week and between June 1-6, they made a total of 3,000 bricks!”

June 23, 2010
“Construction work has progressed well; at the moment they are almost through with the construction of the walls and are working on the rental ring beam. “

: Kayoro Clinic Building

: Laying bricks for the clinic