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| Peter Frisby and Manus McDermott present the cheque to David and Helen Skipp |
Following the recent Alternative Benny O’Shea Golf
Classic, Brothers Manus and Peter were able to present a cheque for £1,200 raised at the
event to David and Helen Skipp, co-trustees of the Timios Trust. They asked David for a little information on how the Trust
will use the funds. His reply below gives an interesting insight into
the trust.
Dear Peter,
You asked for info concerning the people we are helping with our bursaries and the type of projects with which they are engaged.
One person whom we will be supporting with a travel bursary is a young doctor who will be going for nine months on board “Mercy Africa”. This is the largest boat of the Christian charity”Mercy Ships”. These are fitted with hospitals and operating facilities and they sail around the coast of Africa providing medical care to some of the world’s poorest people.
The base for this ship will be Cotonou, Benin West Africa where approximately a third of the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25per day. There is a high infant mortality rate and major problems with the management of malaria, tuberculosis, maternal health and HIV.
We will be helping this young doctor with a contribution to enable her to get to Benin so that she can join the ship.
Another recipient of an award is a young man who is going to northern Thailand to work in an orphanage . He will also be working with young people who have moved to the city of Chiang Mai teaching them English communication skills. He is going under the auspices of a well established missionary society.
The applicants that we have are from all backgrounds and Christian organisations. We ask however that they are going to undertake work of a practical nature so showing their faith in positive practical ways, and over the years we have helped some 300 people to travel to their areas of work.
I hope that this gives a flavour of our Trust’s work. There are more stories of the experiences that these volunteers have gained and what they have been able to do on the web site www.timiostrust.com
Dear Peter,
You asked for info concerning the people we are helping with our bursaries and the type of projects with which they are engaged.
One person whom we will be supporting with a travel bursary is a young doctor who will be going for nine months on board “Mercy Africa”. This is the largest boat of the Christian charity”Mercy Ships”. These are fitted with hospitals and operating facilities and they sail around the coast of Africa providing medical care to some of the world’s poorest people.
The base for this ship will be Cotonou, Benin West Africa where approximately a third of the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25per day. There is a high infant mortality rate and major problems with the management of malaria, tuberculosis, maternal health and HIV.
We will be helping this young doctor with a contribution to enable her to get to Benin so that she can join the ship.
Another recipient of an award is a young man who is going to northern Thailand to work in an orphanage . He will also be working with young people who have moved to the city of Chiang Mai teaching them English communication skills. He is going under the auspices of a well established missionary society.
The applicants that we have are from all backgrounds and Christian organisations. We ask however that they are going to undertake work of a practical nature so showing their faith in positive practical ways, and over the years we have helped some 300 people to travel to their areas of work.
I hope that this gives a flavour of our Trust’s work. There are more stories of the experiences that these volunteers have gained and what they have been able to do on the web site www.timiostrust.com
