Light in the darkness

Light in the darknessThere are many homeless people in south-east rural Pakistan who are brutalized by grinding poverty and are still living in grass shacks. St. Elizabeth Hospital, Hydrabad, has built new homes and included solar power, water pumps, bathing and toilet facilities and extensive
tree plantings.

Naajia and other families are now living in new homes for the first time because of the support of Columban and other benefactors. The houses have been built in a traditional style but using
modern materials for roofing, doors and windows. This enables the houses to be easily dismantled and reconstructed elsewhere if a landlord should throw the people off the land.

Families that once sat in darkness now have light and power for fans in months of 45 degree heat. Many still don’t. We can make an “enlightening” difference.

Columban Fr Robert McCulloch SSC is the Procurator General of St Columbans Mission Society in Rome.

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