Your
Support Is Needed
for
Father Boniface's
Catholic Parish
& Orphange
in Buyangu, E.
Kenya!
See below for
contact
information to
send donations
Click
here for Pictures
of the People
&
Community
Year
2011
Father
Boniface visited
the Sacred Heart
Church in Williams
Lake, BC and
continues to
update Fr. Andrew
& Fr. Clinton.
His Buyangu
Ministry remains
in need of
assistance for
basic
infrastructure
& water.The
following is a
letter Father
Boniface wrote for
our
website:
Letter
from
Father
Boniface
&
Contact
Information:
I
am
Father
Boniface
Silayo,
visiting
Williams
Lake
through
the
month
of
September
2009,
for
the
purpose
of
resting
and to
share
my
experiences
of
almost
28
years
of
priestly
ministry
and in
particular
about
Buyangu,
with
warm
greetings
from
the
people
and my
assistant
pastor.
Our
Lady
of
Fatima
Catholic
Church
-
Buyangu
is the
poorest
parish
in the
Kakamega
Diocese
with
roughly
less
than
one
thousand
Catholics,
in a
population
of
nearly
a
million
people.
The
outstations
-
Buyangu,
Khamune,
Chepsoywa,
Mwema,
Massawa,
Chepnyunyi,
Chepsaga,
Mulundu,
and
Hamisi,
ranging
from 7
to 28
kilometers
away
from
Buyangu
-
bring
unity
in the
parish
situated
in
rough
rocky
hills
and
valleys.
The
natives
of the
area
are
called
Tirikis,
a
sub-tribe
of the
Abaluya
people
of
Western
Kenya.
The
major
problem
range
from
the
influence
of
other
Christian
sects
to
infrastructure,
educational,
health
and
social-economical
areas.
These
problems
and
others
are
caused
by
abject
poverty,
disease
(HIV/AIDS),
Malaria
(and
others),
hunger,
lack
of
social
network
because
of it
being
a
rocky
and
hilly
place.
I
bring
to you
these
experiences,
asking
for
assistance
from
individuals,
families,
or
groups
to
improve
the
condition
of my
people.
There
are
needs
to
build
pit
latrines
in the
centers,
to
complete
the
seven
unfinished
churches
in the
outstations
(churches
which
are
also
used
for
social
activities,
nursery
and
literacy
classes),
to
drill
water
wells,
to
provide
school
materials,
to
build
a
multi-purpose
social
hall
and to
provide
food
for
those
affected
by
hunger
and
HIV/AIDS.
However,
I have
grouped
the
needs
into
three
items:
a
hall,
water,
and
machines,
geared
toward
self-reliance.
Firstly,
the
social
hall
unites
them
into
one
community
despite
the
other
sects,
and
will
make
them
aware
of
what
can be
done
by
individuals
as
well
as
groups
or the
larger
community,
in all
facets
of
life.
Secondly,
drilled
wells
provide
the
family
and
the
institutions
with
clean
water
for
domestic
and
irrigation
purposes,
to
increase
productivity
in
their
gardens.
Thirdly,
the
machines
for
breaking
rocks
will
widen
the
spaces
in
their
gardens,
provide
raw
material
for
construction
in our
institutions
and
will
allow
those
who
are
able,
to
build
stone
or
brick
houses.
It
will
bring
in
some
income.
I am
grateful
to Fr.
Andrew
L'Heureux,
the
pastor
of
Sacred
Heart
Catholic
Church,
Williams
Lake,
BC,
and to
Fr.
Clinton
Pendleton,
the
Parochial
Vicar,
for
their
warm
welcome.
I am
personally
grateful
to be
in
your
midst.
In
return,
I
assure
you of
my
prayers
and
the
prayers
of my
people
with
sincere
gratitude
to
each
one of
you.
Sincerely
Yours,
Rev.
Fr.
Boniface
Silayo,
Pastor
EMAIL:
bonsilayo@yahoo.com
(*Please
note
that
Father
Boniface
told
the
Parish
that
he
must
travel
a
number
of
hours
to a
larger
city
to use
the
internet,
but
your
emails
will
be
read
eventually).
Thank
you
for
your
most
needed
and
generous
assistance:
Please
send
donation
cheques
payable
to
the
following:
Mary
Ellison
(or
Germaine
McMillan)
Our
Lady
of
Fatima
-
Buyangu
Catholic
Church
P.O.
Box
559,
Maragoli,
50300
Kenya,
E.
Africa
*Note:
Mary
Ellison
will
help
ensure
your
donation
reaches
the
Buyangu
Parish,
and
has
already
helped
Father Boniface
channel
help
to
education
and
in
a
drastic
situation
of
violence
in
2007.
Father
Boniface
noted
he
was
personally
grateful
to
her
for
her
invitation
and
accommodation.
Talk
to
Father
Andrew
if
you
have
questions!
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Thank-you
so much
from
Father
Boniface
& the
people of
Buyangu
Parish!
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