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Sr. Clementina Simataa PBVM

COME WHAT MAY

When I was asked to do the job, I was not sure what I was saying ‘YES’ to but trusting in the Divine Providence I said ‘YES’ with all my heart.

I was asked to be the acting coordinator of Maternal and Child Health for the whole of Kaoma District in Zambia where I am living and working as a nurse/midwife.  I felt sad to leave the maternity ward since I loved my work of delivering new life and being involved with patients.

The new job of acting coordinator is another good experience because by moving from one clinic to another, teaching and offering technical support in the district helped me to know where patients referred to the hospital (Kaoma) are coming from.  Through this new job I learned more and more to accept people as they are, to speak less and listen more, the list is endless.

Do not resist opportunities coming your way whatever they are, you will see things differently. So I end my story by thanking the almighty God for the new experience and chances that come and are still coming my way.  Trust yourself in everything and God will do the rest.

REFLECTION BY NAMATA MUNDIA FROM MONGU

Ms Namata Mundia

I work in the Holy Cross girl’s secondary school canteen.  My life was still very hard because I could not sustain myself from the money I earned.  So I started selling things like tomatoes, sweet potatoes and vegetables.  At that time I didn’t have a house to stay.  I was just feeling very lost.

As days went on I attended a farmer’s conference in Lusaka where I learned about organic farming. Now I know and have the experience in farming, know that I can grow maize, rice, sorghum and vegetables without fertilizer.

After the farmer’s conference, I organized four workshops with different people and shared with them what I have learned from the farmer’s conference.

My goal in life is to work with the poor like Nano Nagle.  I want to start farming too.

Many thanks goes to Sr. Inez and the Sisters at Cheshire Home, Mongu for giving me the opportunity to attend the farmer’s conference, where I have learned to sustain myself with the little money I get.  May God bless you dear Sisters. 

 
MR. JEFF MUKITI SINONGE REFLECTS ON HIS ENCOUNTER WITH THE FRIENDS OF NANO NAGLE

Mr. Jeff Mukiti Sinonge

I am a citizen of Zambia, based in the Western Province, Mongu District, Soopu area. I am really very happy to be part of the Friends of Nano Nagle, which has particularly done a lot of good to us.  There was one moment in life when I used to think as if, there was not a single platform set, to address much desired natural needs of my life.  Those dark and dismal years went away when I met the Friends of Nano Nagle who came to our village.  They came across to me as a group very different from the other NGO’s.  It is the first time I met a group who cares for our tradition, culture and environment.  To me they have brought back our lost glory.

My dream

My dream is to see a society where equal opportunities are very much practiced and all the citizens have access to their basic human rights.  The preservation of our tradition and culture, our native spiritual inclinations, the opening of one closed window concerning our human rights etc to me carry the complete natural right of every living being.  I hope that our environment will be saved from destruction, our traditions and cultures are upheld and our ancestral spiritual traditions are saved from the invasion by the western culture.

The present economic activities seem to reap nothing but more health hazards.  The saving of our planet earth from pollution, which is caused mainly by industrial activities and other economic related activities have proved to be very destructive to our environment.  More measures should be urgently taken to preserve our planet.

The present world I feel is full of greedy people who care for nothing but money.  Whatever happens to the environment is not their concern at all.  Currently our world is limping as people have strayed away from their culture.  They have embraced illicit western culture, which really do a lot of damage to us and to the environment.

Most of the people in the rural areas lack a lot of information due to lack of enabling facilities which can give a positive platform to the people who are poor and have no access to the facilities available to those privileged group of people.  I have witnessed many NGO’s who came to our villages promising many things but so far nothing had happened.  Amazing enough, Friends of Nano Nagle have excelled through this challenging environment and made it to the most desired level, where the stage is really set, to level the scam.

This should be a wake up call to all of us out there who care.  I would love to support a group like this and together I believe we can restore our dignity and work together to save our world from total destruction.  I believe that we can stand and win this fight.  May God bless all of us as we journey together.

[This article was submitted by Sr. Annmary]