Progett Tama
This is a 5 week missionary experience organized every summer during July-August by one of the Mission Fund sub Committees. This sub-committee is composed of the following members:
| Fr Marcellino Micallef OFM | |
| Charles Decelis | |
| Sylvia Ebejer | |
| Philip Micallef | |
| Joe Mifsud | |
| Frans Scicluna |
Requests
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Missionaries submit requests for assistance in projects involving construction work. Apart from the main project there are always other forms of assistance such as teaching, nursing, sewing etc. After the projects are evaluated, one of the requests is selected and preparatory work starts nearly one year before departure date. |
The group
This always includes a Spiritual Director and about 20 volunteers from all walks of life. The volunteers pay all their travel expenses.
Application Form
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GOD`S WISDOM: He who does something good and expects a reward is serving not God but his own will |
If you feel that you can contribute in any way, join the group of volunteers who will be taking part in this year`s project. View an appeal (in Maltese) by an experienced volunteer by clicking here.
Read about the experience of volunteers who took part in previous missionary experiences - Click here.
Click here to download the application form. For more details please contact Mission Fund on 21 413 664 from Monday to Friday between 8.30 am to 1.00 pm or send an e-mail to: missionfund@global.net.mt.
Preparation
Regular weekly meetings for seven months, group building seminars, a vaccination programme and a number of fund raising events prepare the group for the missionary experience. The funds raised are used exclusively to fund the selected project and to finance a container.
Last year`s project - Tanzania 2009
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The group of Mission Fund volunteers arrived back in Malta from Tanzania on 12 September 2009 after completing their project, which consisted of three phases:
(i) continuation in the construction of the primary school for children suffering from AIDS, which was started last year, and the construction of an adjoining multipurpose hall;
(ii) provision of help at the leper`s village; and
(iii) provision of help at a hospital which is run by Sr Mary Borda, who is also a doctor.
This year`s project - Tanzania 2010
This year`s project consists of the construction of an extension to a hospital in Singida, Tanzania. The hospital, which has 170 beds, is run by Sr Maria Borda, a Maltese missionary of the Medical Missionaries of Mary.
Projects carried out so far
The following projects were carried out by our volunteers:
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1992 |
Algeria | Oran | Refurbishment of a home |
| 1993 | Algeria | Algiers | Works at parish center |
| 1994 | Tunisia | Manouba | Works at Salesian school |
| 1995 | Tunisia | Tunis | Refurbishment of Tunis Cathedral in preparation for Papal visit |
| 1996 | Tunisia | La Goulette | Works at a home set up by sisters of Charity |
| 1997 | Kenya | Ruiru | Museum Trade school; Well, electric and plumbing works |
| 1998 | Kenya | Ruiru |
Museum Trade school; Paving of school yard welding |
| 1999 | Kenya | Ruiru |
Museum Trade school; Septic tank and toilets |
| 2000 | Kenya | Langata | Biogas plant and beds for orphanage |
| 2001 | Guatemala | Jalpatagua | Houses for the homeless |
| 2002 | Guatemala | Jalpatagua | Houses for the homeless |
| 2003 | Guatemala | San Manuel Chaparron | Centre for persons with special needs |
| 2004 | Kenya | Impeketoni | Laboratory for a girls’ secondary school |
| 2005 | Peru | Aplao | School extension and a house for a homeless family |
| 2006 | Kenya | Impeketoni | Works at a secondary school |
| 2007 | Guatemala | San Manuel Chaparron | |
| 2008 | Tanzania | Nyakato | School for children suffering from AIDS |
| 2009 | Tanzania | Nyakato | Multipurpose hall adjoining to the school built in 2008 |
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