{"id":2769,"date":"2013-08-18T10:43:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T08:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/?p=2769"},"modified":"2013-08-18T10:43:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T08:43:48","slug":"zambia-geoffrey-mwamba-donates-k110-000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2013\/08\/18\/zambia-geoffrey-mwamba-donates-k110-000\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia: Geoffrey Mwamba Donates K110, 000"},"content":{"rendered":"<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><cite><a title=\"Geoffrey Mwamba\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/geoffrey-mwamba.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2770 alignleft\" alt=\"Geoffrey Mwamba\" src=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/geoffrey-mwamba.png?resize=158%2C154\" width=\"158\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Times of Zambia\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201308150251.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Times<\/strong><\/a><\/cite><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><cite><a title=\"Times of Zambia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.times.co.zm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2771 alignright\" alt=\"Times of Zambia Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/times-of-zambia-logo.jpg?resize=159%2C79\" width=\"159\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/times-of-zambia-logo.jpg?w=311&amp;ssl=1 311w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/times-of-zambia-logo.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/a><\/cite><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><cite><a title=\"Times of Zambia\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201308150251.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> of Zambia Newspaper August 14, 2013<\/strong><\/a><\/cite><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><cite>By Kaiko Namusa<\/cite><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i><strong>DEFENCE Minister Geoffrey Mwamba<\/strong> has pledged K110, 000 towards helping the Kabwata Catholic Church women&#8217;s group to continue uplifting the living standards of vulnerable groups.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>Mr Mwamba said the Kabwata Catholic Women&#8217;s League from the Good Shepherd congregation had continued in its endeavours of assisting the less privileged and had, among other projects, assisted the <a title=\"Home of Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/2013\/01\/10\/home-of-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saint Lawrence Home of Hope<\/a>. He said the projects being embarked on by the church group required support for them to be <\/i><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>fulfilled, hence his decision to contribute to the effort.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>Mr Mwamba, who was accompanied by his wife, Chama, joined the women after attending church service for a luncheon where he pledged the financial support, saying that assisting vulnerable groups was Government&#8217;s vision. He implored the church to ensure they lived according to the call by <a title=\"Address of Pope Francis\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/2013\/05\/17\/address-of-pope-francis-to-ambassadors-on-the-world-of-finance-and-economics-16th-may-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pope Francis<\/a> to be committed to the call of charity, works and loyalty.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>Mr Mwamba said days of relying on handouts by the church were gone and it was up to the church to embark on various fundraising ventures to raise money for their projects. He said with close cooperation with various stakeholders, the women&#8217;s group would efficiently and effectively implement their projects.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>Parish Priest, <a title=\"Adelarde Munishi\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/aldelarde-munishi.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adelarde Munishi<\/a>, assured that the funds raised from the event would be used for the intended purpose. Father Munishi said it was important for the women&#8217;s group to fulfill its objective of helping the vulnerable in society.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>Note: the value of 100, 000 kwacha is about 18,500 $<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Times of Zambia Newspaper August 14, 2013 By Kaiko Namusa DEFENCE Minister Geoffrey Mwamba has pledged K110, 000 towards helping the Kabwata Catholic Church women&#8217;s group to continue uplifting the living standards of vulnerable groups. Mr Mwamba said the Kabwata Catholic Women&#8217;s League from the Good Shepherd congregation had continued in its endeavours of assisting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22,38],"tags":[606,799,800],"class_list":["post-2769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-zambia-sector","tag-geoffrey-mwamba","tag-kabwata-catholic-church","tag-kabwata-catholic-womens-league"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}