Kasupe Ministries' Annual Report for 2008

Appreciation

In 2008, Kasupe Ministries was able to accomplish a lot because of generous friends and partners who joined hands to help the children in Malawi. We have fed hundreds of children and needy adults, we have kept our kids in schools (kindergarten, primary, and secondary), we have distributed clothes and blankets, we have assisted HIV/AIDS people, and we have constructed several buildings for Kasupe Secondary School. The secondary school opened its classes in January 2008. All the above activities have been made possible because of your support and we thank you for your generosity. In particular, we would like to thank the following individuals, churches, and organizations for their financial, material, and field services to Kasupe Ministries:

African Bible College Volunteers, Malawi
African Bible College Senior Class, Malawi
Anonymous donors, Louisville, KY, US
Anonymous donor, Boerne, TX, US
Ashland Presbyterian Church, MD, US
Bill & Bonnie Clark, MD, US
Board of Trustees, Malawi
Bob Hensley & Family, MD, US
Franz Creemers VOF, Belgium
Gavin Maguire, N. Ireland, UK
Generation Cooperation, Belgium
Guust Selhorst, Belgium
Emmanuel International Team
Jelle & Illona Creemers, Belgium
Jim Hodge III, US
Thank you very much. Have a Merry Christmas and God be with you in the New Year


Kasupe Village Volunteers, Malawi
Light Street Pres. C. Baltimore, US
Margie Berlin, MD, US
Margie Bowen-Jones, Australia
Michele Pieters, Belgium
Anonymous donors, MN, US
Neil & JoAnn Ruther, MD, US
Osprey Foundation, US
Prof. Sam MacDonald, ABC, Malawi
Robert Beaty, MD, US
Rufus Woods, US
Sarah Beckwith & Family, MD, US
Toni & the Californian Mission team, CA, US
Toni and Tom Clark, CA, US and
Volunteers from Belgium



KM strives to minister to the whole child. To do this, the following activities were carried out from January to December, 2008:

Blankets and clothes Distribution
· More than 350 children were given new blankets
· 330 blankets were donated by members of Ashland Presbyterian church while the rest were donated by other partners
· Assorted clothes were given to more than 700 children, donations came from different people

Education Sponsorship
· More than 80 secondary school orphans were supported with tuition
· More than 60 students were sponsored by individual sponsors

Food for Work Project
· 203 families are being supported with food, the project will run until March 2009
· The households represent about 2000 beneficiaries of the project

HIV/AIDS Support Group
· More than 45 HIV positive people belonged to Kasupe Support Group
· The group conducted an Open Day Program to sensitize people on the dangers of HIV/AIDS

Kasupe Ministries Secondary School
· The school started in January 2008 with about 40 students
· More than 230 prospective students sat for KM’s entrance exams for the 2009 Form I class
· About 60 students have been selected for Form I and this means that the school will have about 100 students in January 2009

Kasupe PEACE Kindergarten
· About 90 students attended Kasupe Kindergarten
· New uniforms were bought for the children
· Meals were provided each day of school

KM’s Incorporation in the US, Setting up a Board of Trustees
· Kasupe Ministries was registered as a charity organization in the USA
· A bank account was setup in US and this will make it easy for people to support Kasupe Ministries
· KM has 4 Board of Trustee members in USA


Proposed Water Project
· Kasupe Ministries wrote a proposal for a borehole (deep well water pump) for Kasupe Secondary School
· The proposal was sent to an organization in Europe that showed interest in the project, and we are waiting for a response

Secondary School Construction
· Two teachers’ houses were constructed
· One two-classroom block was constructed
· Final work on all buildings still to be finished

Spiritual Activities
· 3 Bible camps were done for the kids
· Chapel services done every Monday
· Wednesday prayers and Bible studies were conducted

Visitors

· 14 friends from Belgium came to Kasupe for five weeks
· 9 friends from California visited Kasupe
· 8 people from Emmanuel International and Evangelical Baptist church also visited Kasupe
· Margie Berlin of Ashland Presbyterian Church came to teach at Kasupe Secondary School for three months

Looking ahead

Join us in prayer as we plan to do the following in 2009:
Feed more than 2000 people through the Food for Work Project until March 2009
Continue secondary school construction, our target is to construct 1 classroom block and two teachers’ houses in 2009
Continue paying wages for teachers at the secondary school and kindergarten
Sponsor more than 100 orphans through secondary school
Sponsor 6 orphans to colleges
Continue taking care of kids at the kindergarten
Assist people who are HIV positive and those who have developed AIDS
Searching for more people to be on the Kasupe Board in USA
Install a borehole (deep well water pump) for the secondary school

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Report compiled by:

Fletcher Padoko, Executive Director
Louisville Seminary
1044 Alta Vista Road
Louisville, KY 40205