{"id":2956,"date":"2020-08-12T12:39:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T17:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/?p=2956"},"modified":"2021-01-26T11:34:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T16:34:36","slug":"uganda-water-project-more-vital-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/combonimissionaries.org\/uganda-water-project-more-vital-than-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Water Project More Vital Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Kathleen M. Carroll<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWash your hands.\u201d We hear it nonstop. With the advent of the Coronavirus, it has never been more important. Yet, for many women and children in desperate circumstances, it has never been harder to do.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Comboni Missionaries partnered with Water with Blessings in 2017 to begin a water filter project in Uganda. We first set to work in Palorinya, a refugee settlement for those fleeing violence in South Sudan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim Wilhite, a tireless volunteer, has been training water women in Uganda ever since. For those forced to drink from ditches, \u201cDeath is always at their doorstep,\u201d Jim says.<\/span><\/p>\n

The program has grown to include the nearby community of Lodonga, where the need is equally desperate. Last year, Jim visited the area with two local Sisters and launched the new effort. \u201cSister Rose and Sister Maureen,\u201d Jim says, \u201care expert water women trainers. At this time, Sister Rose is at the Sisters of the Heart of Jesus Convent in Moyo and Sister Maureen is living in the Comboni House in the Palorinya settlement west of Moyo.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, the pandemic made a challenging situation nearly impossible. \u201cIn the last few months COVID-19 has been in control, not allowing us to travel back to Uganda to bring the water filter kits to the mothers waiting to be trained,\u201d Jim says. But he\u2019s not one to be deterred. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have learned that God doesn\u2019t give us patience, he gives us the opportunity for patience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He and the team are putting that patience to good work, and keeping the good work going. \u201cOur plan at this time is to work to get donations for water filter kits and ship them to the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus convent in Moyo, Uganda. Sister Florence will rally the training team of Sisters and the water women trainers in the villages when it is safe to travel outside the walls of the convent. We would like to get 180 kits for the work in the Palorinya villages and 180 kits for the villages at Lodonga where we also have been working to bring clean safe water.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though travel is impossible right now, Jim remains resolute, \u201cI will never give up nor will I ever quit until the last thirsty child drinks clean, safe water,\u201d he vows.<\/span><\/p>\n

The program has been an answer to prayers for hundreds of women and families who have suffered from the effects of drinking dirty water\u2014 diarrhea, cholera, dysentery, polio, and typhoid. \u201cTears are prayers,\u201d Jim says. \u201cThey travel to God when we can\u2019t speak.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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