Cudahy Fund Executive Director
Judith L. Borchers, O.S.B.
Africa August 6 - 27, 2002
Mozambique - August 11 to August 14
Technoserve is providing support for this cashew factory in Namige,
Mozambique. It is housed in a building that was bombed and severely damaged
during the civil war in Mozambique and has now been renovated. Miranda, the
owner and creator of the factory hopes to build several more in the same area,
thus providing employment for more people, and an improvement in the
economy of this remote area in the African bush.
Cutting cashew nuts
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Cutting of cashew nuts
Woman peeling cashew nuts
Women sorting cashew nuts
Miranda's Cashew factory in Namige, Mozambique
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South Africa - August 8 to
11, 14 to15
Catholic Relief Services in South Africa is concentrating all of their efforts to deal
with the AIDS pandemic there. They support a variety of organizations
providing services to those affected. Like the St. Francis Care Center, many of
these are multi-faceted, dealing with those infected, their care-givers, and the
many children orphaned by this disease. Mercy Center includes a health clinic,
home visits, and education, especially among the students at the Center.
A young AIDS orphan taking a tentative walk with Judith Borchers at St. Francis
Care Center in Johannesburg, South Africa
A small lonely person in a big world.
Weaving Class at Mercy Center in Winterveeldt, South Africa
Pre-school children at St. Francis Care Center
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Kenya - August 15 to 21
Catholic Relief Services is working with young men living in one of the slum
areas of Nairobi, Kenya. It is an effort at promoting peace and understanding
among the various tribes as they assist them to work on projects that improve
their living area
A weekly meeting of leaders of the various groups
These young men have built a shower house and provided running water
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Tanzania - August 21 to 26
Emusoi is a center for young Maasai women in Arusha, Tanzania, started by
Sister Mary Vertucci, MM and supported through the Maryknoll Sisters. This
Center aims to help these young women realize the value of education for
themselves and their communities. We visited not only the Center in Arusha but
were also privileged to visit the homes of some of their families in the outlying
areas.
Sister Mary Vertucci and Judith Borchers from the Cudahy Fund
Anna Simini, a Maasai woman who is the co-director of Emusoi Center with her
son.
Sion, a student at Emusoi, with her sisters in their home
Maasai children in one of their villages
Maasai woman at a ceremony
Emusoi students at boarding school in Arusha
Students posing with the Emusoi Center van.
Staff and students at Emusoi Center in Arusha, Tanzania
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