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| Bishop Alfred Rotich |
The Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa – (ACWECA) held a fundraising dinner in aid of phase one of the building projects of its regional secretariat and development center.
The fundraising dinner that was graced by Bishop Alfred Rotich, formerly of Military Ordinariate was held on 6thDecember 2013 at St Austin's Multipurpose Hall Nairobi and managed to raise a total of Kshs. 1,500, 000/= (about USD 17,647.-)
The guest of Honor during the fund raiser was Mrs. Anne W. Mutahi, wife of the Governor of Nyeri County, Hon. Mutahi Kagwe.
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| ACWECA Sec General Sr. Cathrine Okari, IBVM (left) Chairperson Sr. Margaret Aringo, FSJ |
Speaking to AMECEA Online News Sr Catherine Okari, Secretary General of ACWECA, the building project is divided into two phases: Phase one (Block A) of which the dinner was organized, expects to house the secretariat and administration block. The cost of this phase is estimated to be Kshs. 46,000,000/= (about USD 541,176.-) and so far the Association has managed to receive 31,000,000/=(about USD 364,706.-) from international and local donor funding.
The Phase two of the project is to build Block B, which will house hostel, training and conference center at an estimated cost of Kshs. 143, 364,145/=(about USD 1.5 Million).
Sr. Okari said their secretariat is intended to be located at Kiserian-Rongai in Kajiado County (at the outskirts of the city of Nairobi) where they have acquired a2.9 Acre piece of land which is already approved by the county authorities.
The beneficiaries of this project are over 20,000 Catholic nuns drawn from the nine Countries of AMECEA region with the aim of giving them opportunities for professional skills and building their capacities in different areas of their apostolate in order to fully utilize their potentials in better and complete service to the people of God.
During the same event, the Association launched Friends of ACWECA Association, which is an initiative to opens doors to healthy and wealthy interactions of the Catholic Sisters and the lay in partnership to serve the Church and the World.
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| ACWECA chair person Sr. Aringo |
Founded in 1974 and headquartered in Nairobi, the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) has formed a unity front for Catholic Sisters in Evangelization across Eastern and Central African countries namely: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Republic of Sudan, Republic of Southern Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
The Vision of ACWECA is ‘Consecrated Women United for Evangelization’s
and the Mission is to be an efficient, effective, and faithful regional administrative, facilitative and coordinative arm of the National Sisterhood Associations in support of the integral pastoral mission of the Catholic Church in the Region. Inspired by the mandate of Jesus Christ ‘You shall be my Witnesses’(Acts 1:8)
Source: AMECEA Social Communications