South Sudan and St. Barnabas
Fundraiser Update 7/26/2020
ST. BARNABAS RAISED $22,000 FOR SOUTH SUDAN!!
We set out to raise $8,000 to help the medical clinic in Renk, South Sudan transport their much needed and life saving ambulance by air from Juba to Renk, a distance of 8,000 km. We raised $22,000 – and this in the midst of the worst global pandemic in 100 years. Thank you St. Barnabas and friends! Your generosity is absolutely breathtaking. The clinic will not only have an ambulance but also much needed medical supplies.
Upon hearing the news, Bishop Joseph said, “May mercy, peace, grace and love be multiplied to you.” “Thank you so much,” it is “joyful and a blessing” to receive this good news. He “highly appreciated” the “unlimited support” which the “sisters and brothers of St. Barnabas” have offered “for so many years and especially at this difficult time of COVID-19.” He concluded, “We … in Renk diocese are thankful for your generosity. May God bless you all.”
We are still running the virtual “taste” of our annual benefit concert, “Hope for Health in South Sudan,” on our YouTube channel. This beautiful concert, with performances by Cathy Kuna, Marcia Lehe, Karol Sue Reddington, Phoenix Hamilton, Henry McDaniel III, and Sandra Carey, was our chief fundraising activity. Please invite your friends to watch.
South Sudan
In the border town of Renk, South Sudan, a three-room health clinic supports the medical needs of a large city, the surrounding areas, and the never-ending stream of people passing through this border town. There are low food supplies and high rates of malaria. Medical care comes in the form of a midwife, a physician, and medicine.
There is never enough medicine.
Some years ago, members of St. Barnabas visited Renk, South Sudan and struck up a personal friendship with its Bishop, Joseph Atem. This has led to a close relationship with the Diocese of Renk. And so, for the past 15 years, our parish has sponsored a
benefit concert to raise money to help support a clinic in Renk, which is the only healthcare facility for hundreds of miles. In 2020, undeterred by COVID, we hosted the concert virtually – and raised $22,000 – almost triple our fundraising goal.
We are hoping to host another benefit concert in the fall of 2022! Please return to this site for details.