Sr Irene Balzan of the Medical Missionaries of Mary in Wau, South Sudan.Sr Irene Balzan of the Medical Missionaries of Mary in Wau, South Sudan.

The Malta Mission Fund has presented a donation to the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMM) to help its new mission in South Sudan.

The MMM are serving a community of about 20,000 returnees who have known the ravages of war for a number of years. These people live in grass-thatched huts without the basic necessities of water and sanitation. This makes them vulnerable to many life-threatening diseases.

Their dream for a better life, shared by the missionary sisters, is gradually coming true. The money will go towards financing the drilling of two boreholes and to meet the dire need of this community for water.

It has been a challenging mission in many ways. The MMM now plan to construct a healing centre, part of which will be a clinic and another part a social/counselling department, where the sisters can also help young people.

Donations can be made online or by direct bank transfer to one of the following accounts: HSBC (Account No: 061 197 448 050); BOV (163 007 980 19); APS (200 008 20762); or Banif (000 879 631 01).

More information can be obtained from www.missionfund.org.mt.

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