Nairobi, 20 September, 2019 / 5:56 pm (ACI Africa).
Financial aid channeled through Small Christian Communities (SCCs) within the Eastern Africa countries in an effort to combat malaria epidemic goes beyond Catholic families to benefit members of society regardless of their religious affiliation, the administrator of the grants has told ACI Africa.
“We are happy to support SCCs buy (mosquito) nets to combat the killer disease malaria,” Fr. Joseph Healey of the Maryknoll Society who administers the grant said.
“The funds which are applied through SCCs benefit anyone in need irrespective of religion,” Fr. Healey disclosed, explaining that “the mosquito nets are given to identified members who need help whether they are Catholics or not.”
Speaking about the recent beneficiaries of the grant he administers, the Nairobi-based Maryknoll Father said, “We received applications from two SCCs, one in Kenya and another in Uganda requesting funds for the same intention to buy treated mosquito nets.”
This particular request coincided with the launch of a malaria vaccine by the government of Kenya, Fr. Healey noted and recalled, “It was such a coincidence that when the SCCs were buying mosquito nets and taking other preventing measures for malaria, the Kenya government launched a malaria vaccine.”
