Mission Statement for Rosemark Africa 2008

As many of you may know, Dr. Danny and Rev. Kathy Dickriede are planning on traveling to Africa for 2008.  Danny is an emergency room physician with the Cleveland Clinic and Kathy is an ordained deacon appointed to Mentor UMC.  They will be leaving sometime in January and returning in mid December.  Kathy and Danny are traveling on behalf of The United Methodist Church and interfacing with a variety of existing aid working institutions.
   
  Goal: 

Work with and learn from aid workers who dare already established with hopes of joining with or establishing our own orphanage and/or healthcare facility in the future.
   
  Objectives for 2008:
  • To visit several existing health care facilities and orphanages.
  • To learn how to establish and implement plans for long term existence.
  • To meet with current medical and administrative aid workers to glean from their experience.
  • To understand the infrastructure behind local and international support.
  • To gain confidence and experience in travel and life in Africa.
  • To build relationships with people in Africa.
   
  Possible Outcomes of this trip:
  • Working with one of the health care facilities and orphanages that we visit.
  • Using this information to start our own project in the future.
  • Deciding that this is not al all what we are supposed to be doing!
   
  Spend 2008 in Covenant with us:
  • Following us on our journey Rosemarkafrica.blogspot.com and getting to know us. 
  • Praying for us and the continent of Africa
  • Educating yourself on the Millennium Development Goals.  A great resource for that is a book called "What Can One Person Do?"  by Sabina Alkire and Edmund Newell
  • Do book studies about Africa, many suggestion can be found in the 3 C's brochure that the East Ohio Annual conference office created to educate about the Bishop's initiative around clinics in West Africa, churches in Russia, and classrooms in Zimbabwe
  • Have discussions on a regular basis about current events in Africa and speak those concerns out loud in worship
  Suggested Movies:
  • Out of Africa
  • The Constant Gardener
  • Blood Diamond
  • The Gods Must Be Crazy
  Where Kathy and Danny are going:

January    Tanzania
February   Uganda
March       Tanzania
April         Malawi
May          Zimbabwe
June         Mozambique
July          South Africa
August      Angola
September Congo
October     Sierra Leone/Cote D'Ivoire
November  Liberia
December  Kenya & Home
   

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 www.rosemarkafrica.blogspot.com
   
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