Father Kingsley's Korner
Some of Our Accomplishments
2011 – 501c3 Status attained, Widows sustenance grants begin, Ophan educational scholarships begin
2012 – 1st Widows occupational training
2013 – Fresh Water Project
2016 – 1st Annual International Medical Mission
2017 – Clinic Project launched
Join us and sow seeds that will remain forever in the heart of history and in the hearts of mankind.
Words from Father Kingsley
Their Stories
Blessing
Blessing is 8 with a single mom and six siblings. This squalor and another hut only a little different than this is the only comfort that she, her siblings and their mother know. No doubt her mother had all the good wishes and best expectations for her at birth hence she named her Blessing. How ironic! We are committed to making her life truly a blessing and we appeal to you to help us rewrite the history of this poor little girl’s life. With any amount of a hundred dollars or more per year ($100USD) we can provide a tuition subsidy. A six-hundred dollar donation ($600 USD) allows us to fund her entire expenses for the school year, alleviating this cost from the family.
Remigius
When I went to Obike in August 2018 for the Medical Clinic groundbreaking I met many people who impressed me greatly. No one impressed me more than a young man whose name is Chigaemezu (Igbo), and Remigius (English). Most of the people in Obike have both an Igbo name and an English name.
Remigius was close-by the entire time we were in Obike. He was fascinated by his American visitors and was always watching out for us and wanted to help in any way he could. Remigius struck me as being bright, friendly and – like so many of the people I met in Obike – extremely devout. Oh, and did he ever love soccer!
Remigius made such an impression on me that – following a great deal of discussion, consideration and prayer following my return to the US – my wife Mary and I decided to look into adopting him.
Remigius is not an orphan. His mother died when he was three or four but his father is still alive. But his father, a tailor by trade, has not been able to support Remigius financially due to Obike’s poor economy. The last thing Mary and I would ever want to do is separate a father and son, but at the same time we felt this would be a wonderful opportunity for this gifted young man. So Father Kingsley talked to Remigius and his father. Both were all for adoption.
Unfortunately the next day when I contacted the State Department I received some very disappointing news. In order to adopt a child from a foreign country the paperwork must be filed before the child’s fifteenth birthday. And Remigius had recently turned 16.
Even though adoption wasn’t a possibility we still wanted to do something so that Remigius could have a better life. So we are sponsoring his education. Hopefully with a good education Remigius will have opportunities that few villagers of Obike get.
Remigius hopes to become a lawyer one day. Well, what he’d really like to do is become a professional soccer player but that is highly unlikely! He knows that God has blessed him with many gifts and he is working hard to do his best in school. He knows that he must take his studies seriously and take advantage of this opportunity. And he is playing on his school’s soccer team. I talk about Remigius taking advantage of his opportunity. But it is Mary and I who also have had a wonderful opportunity. The opportunity to potentially change the life of someone half a world away!
Bob Hughes, DMIWOO Board