OUTREACH TO DURUMI INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) CAMP
TESTIMONIES FROM IDP CAMP DURUMI
Community Development Outreach
OUTREACH (Thursday, 24 January 2019)
Praise be to God for giving us the platform and opportunity to reach out to the world through missions. We also thank the Leadership for the support given to the field and missions team all through this outreach.
The Ecclesia Embassy embarked on an outreach to Burum Kachina Community on Thursday, 31 January 2019. It was a refreshing time as we were used by God to provide for some of the most pressing needs of the community: including a 1.5HP water pump and 6.5HP generator set for their water supply, twenty sets of 3-seatter school desks were also provided for the community school.
Drugs were also given to the community under the care of the community leaders and the health personnel to be dispensed for free, as the needs arise. We were also joined by an NGO which provided free medical checks for the people of the community.
PROJECTS CARRIED OUT WERE
BOREHOLE INTERVENTION
The borehole project involved replacing the previous 0.5HP water pump (which did not belong to the community), to a pump with 3 times its capacity (1.5HP), producing a greater speed in water pumping. Furthermore a suitable power generator set was purchased and presented to the community and installed immediately to pump water.
The effect of work on this borehole saves a good number of the Gbagyi people of Burum community from dependence on a very unhygienic stream as their source of water. Thanks be to God!!
DESKS FOR STUDENTS
The staff and students of the Primary and Secondary school waited after school hours to show their appreciation as God used The Ecclesia Embassy to provide desks that would sit about 60 of its over 300 students. Some of these students have had to sit on the floor in their classes.
DRUGS PROVISION
The community also received basic drugs, which ware placed under the care of the leadership to be prescribed by the health centre personnel. These drugs will be dispensed for free as needed and will go a long way in tackling some health matters of those who cannot afford to purchase these drugs.