Richmond church group departs today for missionary work in Sudan
A five-member mission team from Richmond's St. James's Episcopal Church departs today for southern Sudan.
As they spend 12 days in the northeastern Africa country, the mission work they do complements that of the nonprofit group Hope for Humanity.
The missionaries from St. James's will help with projects around Hope and Resurrection Secondary School in the southern Sudan village of Atiaba, do some teaching at the school, and interview teachers and students at the school built with funds raised by Hope for Humanity.
The interviews "will connect the reality of what life is like for them to Richmond," said the Rev. Randy Hollerith, rector of St. James's. "It will bring the two places together."
While in Sudan, the mission group also will work with an interfaith program called "Pads for Power," which seeks to address the needs of adolescent and post-adolescent girls who may not have adequate hygiene products and have to miss a week or more of school each month.
More here-
http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/article/HOPE27S_20090426-221404/264107/
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