AFRICAN TEAM MINISTRIES, INC



AFRICAN TEAM  MINISTRIES, INC

P.O.  BOX 115 - Sierra Madre,  CA  91025

Phone (626) 359-5075 Fax: (626) 359-8075

E-mail: atmm@

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Serving the Churches of East Africa

December 12, 2017

Dear Reverend, Church Contact Person:

Thank you for hosting the craft display at your church. We are pleased to send you information on projects being helped by your support.

1. Water changes lives

What does having clean, abundant water mean to a rural community in the arid area of Kenya?

It means they can grow enough food for both people and animals so that cattle don’t look like living skeletons and so people don’t sicken and die as they are weakened by malnutrition.

It means they have enough water for cattle dips so their livestock can be protected by tick-borne diseases.

It means the reduction and even elimination of water related diseases. These include diseases such as typhoid, cholera, dysentery, diarrhea and infectious hepatitis. They result from germs ingested through drinking contaminated water or by washing food, utensils, hands or face with it.

Although so many lack water, it is the most common substance on earth. In America, we often take this most common substance for granted. It’s always there, plentiful and clean at the turn of a faucet when we are thirsty or want to wash—clean fresh water!

In Kenya, the job of finding and carrying water falls to women and children. Journeying to and from the water hole can be debilitating, often burning 90% of food consumed each day as they trek four to six hours to collect supplies.

In response to the drought and as a follow up to providing food for families in the drought and famine areas, African Team Ministries is helping to solve the long term problem of a clean and reliable water supply by providing pumps to communities to pump clean water.

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Solar Powered pump Newly drilled bore hole

Giving water

2. Drip Irrigation systems

Kenya is recovering from the worst drought and famine in 60 years. This resulted in a massive crop failure and the death of the animals which are the community’s major source of income. Many thousands of people died.

In response to the drought and the famine African Team Ministries provided 250,000 meals distributed by the churches to the families in the drought and famine areas.

A simple, inexpensive drip irrigation system can bring relief and hope to the thousands of people who are suffering from drought in Kenya. It can also provide a long term solution to the on- going problem of hunger in East Africa.

This drip irrigation system, known as the “Bucket system”, employs the use of a filter and drip lines to provide much needed relief to the water-starved crops. The kit contains 100 feet of drip tape that is connected to a bucket suspended three feet above the vegetable bed. A family needs only to fetch an additional two buckets of water a day to care for their crops with this system. The water passes from the bucket through a filter and is then distributed evenly through 100 watering points throughout the drip tape.

It costs only $15 to provide a Drip Irrigation Kit for a family.

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3. 250,000 meals distributed to families in drought and famine areas.

The worst drought in 60 years has caused a severe food crisis in Kenya and left more than 3 million Kenyans facing malnutrition and starvation. The worst hit areas are mainly in Northern Kenya. This has resulted in massive crop failure, drying up of the few water sources, and death of animals which are the community’s major source of income.

In response to the news African Team Ministries shipped a 40’ container with 250,000 meals. It arrived fully intact with taxes and duty waived.

Food distribution exercise started on Monday the 16th of July 2012, with the Secretary for relief and Development inspecting the packed food ready for distribution. He acknowledged the good work done by Keith Jesson and African Team Ministries USA for their love and kindness to the needy. Rev. Mutahi said, “If Christ himself was present physically on earth today, He would do the same thing the church and our friends in America are doing. We therefore thank our friends who have generously given their contributions towards helping the needy.”

Residents of Mutha location assist in offloading food

After the distribution residents were interviewed. They were very grateful for what the church is doing for them. “We are very happy with what the church is doing. In fact, were it not for the assistance, our situation could be much worse.

4. Appreciation from Archbishop Livingstone Nkoyoyo.

On behalf of Chain Foundation Board, Staff and my own behalf, I would like to extend my appreciation and gratitude to you for the generous support you extend to Chain Foundation Ministry. Than you for all the arrangements you made during my visit last year.

The integrated school for the blind opened in February. This is an inclusive school for both blind children and those with sight. All the children attending this school are vulnerable children who come from very poor families, others are orphans. Most of them come from the community and others from the Chain Foundation. We have registered 200 children. We started with four classes (Primary 1-Primary 4). We shall add on more classes with time. At the moment, we have got a total of 8 teachers in the school, two teachers specialized in teaching blind children, and others are teaching formal subjects such as mathematics, English, science, physical education among others.

We appreciate your help,

Keith Jesson

African Team Ministries

P.S. African Team Ministries is sometimes asked to provide displays for Women’s Meetings or another church in your area and if you would ever like to help in 2018, please let me know. Thank you.

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