The following projects were awarded grants in November 2009

No. 2478: This was an application from Our Lady of Consolation Girls Secondary School, Jalingo, Nigeria for the roofing and furnishing of a block of three classrooms. A once off grant of €10,000 was approved.

No. 2488: The sum of €4500 was approved for “Tools for Solidarity” Downpatrick for support and training in Colleges in the Kabale District of Western Uganda.

No. 2489: A grant of €9,540 was approved for the “Nepal Leprosy Trust” for the strengthening of Laboratory Services at Lalgadh Leprosy Centre, Nepal through the provision of vital laboratory equipment.

No. 2493: An application for the provision of a two classroom school at Hingerno, Khipro, Sindh, Pakistan was approved for a grant of €7,500.

No. 2495: A sum of €9,000 for re-enforcement funding to complete a school project at Niahun Village, Southern Sierra Leone was approved.

No. 2496: A grant of €6,000 was approved for the provision of furniture at a Socio – Educational Centre at Addanki, Prakasam DT, India

No. 2499: €8,000 was approved for the construction of eight wells to provide water for St. Mary’s Secondary school (currently under construction adjacent to the primary school) at Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria. Niger State is very isolated from other parts of Nigeria. There is a great need for this secondary school as there are currently only three other secondary schools in this entire area.

Pictured are children from the primary school who look forward to going on to receive their secondary education at the new secondary school when it is completed in 2010.

No. 2501: The sum of €9,674 was approved for the Bashenet Health Centre, Babati, Manyara, Tanzania for a Hospital Development Project.

No.2502: €5,100 was granted to the Bauleni Street Kids Project, Lusaka, Zambia to provide education and skills training to 740 orphans, vulnerable children and children with special needs.

No. 2503: €10,000 was awarded to Christ the King Dispensary, Mbeya, Tanzania for a Rainfall Harvesting System

No. 2507: An application for a grant of €10,000 for wall fencing around the proposed new Serenity Centre, Rehabilitation Home for Alcoholics and Other Substance Dependents in Kampala, Uganda was approved.