4HIM VISIT TO TOGO. His Healing Helping Hands International Ministries, partners in the Lords vineyard with the Mission Baptiste De La Delivrance, Badougbe, Togo sent a team on a fact finding mission to Togo from January 30th to February 3rd 2009. The team comprised 4HIM president, Steve Hollingsworth, Chance Jackson, 4HIM Oklahoma city, Pastor Abraham S. Conteh, 4HIM Sierra Leone, Pastor M.S.Emess, 4HIM Sierra Leone and Pastor Kenneth Amuzu who is in charge of 4HIM activities in Ghana and who is also coordinator of 4HIM microfinance projects in Togo. Though the programme of the trip was very tight, the team had a full day to visit the Alleluia family ministries. This aspect of their visit took them to see and interact with some beneficiaries of the 4HIM microfinance project. They were taken round the facilities at the Alleluia bakery. They also inspected some vegetable gardens near alleluiakope. The team was later taken across the river in a canoe, to Badougbe where they visited more microloan recipients. At Badougbe they visited the church where they inspected on-going work on a temple to replace the old one that had been blown off by a storm. The last stop of the team was at the Kalvaria school where the team had to give 1st aid treatment to one of the little kids who apparently was having some acute seizures due to dehydration. Latter, the team interacted with the pupils and their teachers. Steve, in a talk to the pupils reassured them that they have a special place in the hearts of his wife Nancy and daughter Leia who are also teachers and take care of kids like them. They and also 4HIM and its sympathisers who know about them pray for them regularly. He urged them to pray for their parents to play an active role in ensuring the success of the school as it is their future which is at stake. Another member of the team who talked to the pupils was Pastor Abraham. He also told them stories of their school work in Sierra Leone. The head teacher of the school, Jean Tsevi Houmkpey thanked the 4HIM for its support in the creation of the school but gave a catalogue of challenges facing the school. These range from inadequate classrooms to the inability of the parents to sufficiently discharge their parental responsibilities towards their children due to prevalent poverty in the hamlets. A typical result is the case of the dehydrated child who, we later learnt had to come to school without taking lunch. He also hinted of the inability of the school management to pay them living wages. Later, in a discussion with the staff, Steve praised their efforts and sacrifices. He assured them of the continues support of the 4HIM in the area of infrastructure. He however advised Pastor Ransome to contact some organisations like the UNICEF to help in instituting a feeding program for the children. The team inspected latest infrastructure development at the school. They were happy to note that the 1st classroom block comprising three classrooms have been completed with doors and locks. The latrine comprising five cubicles is also almost complete. Pastor Ransome, in a final discussion with Steve, impressed it upon him the need to start another block of classrooms fast to decongest the present three classrooms that house five classes. Also the next academic year is just around the Conner and more classrooms will be needed to cater for primary 5 and 6 classes. On the payment of living wages to the staff of the school, Pastor Ransome is making a general appeal to individuals and organisations to partner with the alleluia bakery to discharge this task as the bakery alone is not adequately up to it The 4HIM team left Lome for Accra Tuesday 3rd February en route to their bases in Sierra Leone and Oklahoma city, U.S.A.
4HIM VISIT TO TOGO.
His Healing Helping Hands International Ministries, partners in the Lords vineyard with the Mission Baptiste De La Delivrance, Badougbe, Togo sent a team on a fact finding mission to Togo from January 30th to February 3rd 2009. The team comprised 4HIM president, Steve Hollingsworth, Chance Jackson, 4HIM Oklahoma city, Pastor Abraham S. Conteh, 4HIM Sierra Leone, Pastor M.S.Emess, 4HIM Sierra Leone and Pastor Kenneth Amuzu who is in charge of 4HIM activities in Ghana and who is also coordinator of 4HIM microfinance projects in Togo.
Though the programme of the trip was very tight, the team had a full day to visit the Alleluia family ministries. This aspect of their visit took them to see and interact with some beneficiaries of the 4HIM microfinance project. They were taken round the facilities at the Alleluia bakery. They also inspected some vegetable gardens near alleluiakope. The team was later taken across the river in a canoe, to Badougbe where they visited more microloan recipients. At Badougbe they visited the church where they inspected on-going work on a temple to replace the old one that had been blown off by a storm.
The last stop of the team was at the Kalvaria school where the team had to give 1st aid treatment to one of the little kids who apparently was having some acute seizures due to dehydration. Latter, the team interacted with the pupils and their teachers. Steve, in a talk to the pupils reassured them that they have a special place in the hearts of his wife Nancy and daughter Leia who are also teachers and take care of kids like them. They and also 4HIM and its sympathisers who know about them pray for them regularly. He urged them to pray for their parents to play an active role in ensuring the success of the school as it is their future which is at stake.
Another member of the team who talked to the pupils was Pastor Abraham. He also told them stories of their school work in Sierra Leone.
The head teacher of the school, Jean Tsevi Houmkpey thanked the 4HIM for its support in the creation of the school but gave a catalogue of challenges facing the school. These range from inadequate classrooms to the inability of the parents to sufficiently discharge their parental responsibilities towards their children due to prevalent poverty in the hamlets. A typical result is the case of the dehydrated child who, we later learnt had to come to school without taking lunch. He also hinted of the inability of the school management to pay them living wages.
Later, in a discussion with the staff, Steve praised their efforts and sacrifices. He assured them of the continues support of the 4HIM in the area of infrastructure. He however advised Pastor Ransome to contact some organisations like the UNICEF to help in instituting a feeding program for the children.
The team inspected latest infrastructure development at the school. They were happy to note that the 1st classroom block comprising three classrooms have been completed with doors and locks. The latrine comprising five cubicles is also almost complete.
Pastor Ransome, in a final discussion with Steve, impressed it upon him the need to start another block of classrooms fast to decongest the present three classrooms that house five classes. Also the next academic year is just around the Conner and more classrooms will be needed to cater for primary 5 and 6 classes. On the payment of living wages to the staff of the school, Pastor Ransome is making a general appeal to individuals and organisations to partner with the alleluia bakery to discharge this task as the bakery alone is not adequately up to it
The 4HIM team left Lome for Accra Tuesday 3rd February en route to their bases in Sierra Leone and Oklahoma city, U.S.A.