Important Updates from Chakam School of the Bible

1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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Mr. Rickey Davis, Prince Albert, moved from the position of Treasurer to the position of Vice-President of the Board of Directors.
Rev. Hannelore Fryters, Prince Albert, becomes the new Treasurer.
Mrs. Lorrie Wasyliw, Prince Albert, was appointed as a new Director.

2. EXPANSION OF MINISTRY
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The Board of Directors is taking steps to expand its current outreach to Africa by adding GHANA to its target countries.

President/CEO John Fryters will be leaving for Uganda/South Sudan from August 3rd – 27th, 2011. He will be involved in the following activities :
* official dedication of a new nursery school in Kajo Keji County
* inspection of its Comprehensive Vocational Training Centre, built and
operated with the financial assistance of the Canadian International
Development Agency, the Saskatchewan Government and many
donors in the Saskatoon/Prince Albert area.
* delivery of two courses on the “Theology of Work – Level I” in both
Kajo Keji County and the City of Yei (in collaboration with Bakke
Graduate University in Seattle, Washington).
* meeting with officials of CHAKAM's sub-campuses in Kajo Keji County
and the City of Yei.
* Delivery of a course on Pastoral Counselling in both Mukono
(Kampala) and Busia.
* Explore a number of international development projects in Mukono
and Busia, including outreach programs for women and
children affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as economic development plans
in agriculture in those same geographical areas.

Immediately after the work in Uganda/South Sudan, President Fryters will be leaving for Accra, Ghana to meet with a delegation of Canadian/Ghanian interests to explore the following :
* the opening of a sub-campus for CHAKAM in Accra
* the development of a Maternal and Child Health Care Centre in
Ghana
* the possibility of expanding an existing (new) sanitary project in one of
the suburbs of Accra (building of public toilets with Canadian private
development monies)

3. NEW PROPOSAL TO CIDA
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The Board of Directors officially approved CHAKAM's role in a new project proposal, submitted to the Canadian International Development Agency, to build and operate a new Maternal and Health Clinic and Training Centre in Kajo Keji County. If approved by CIDA, CHAKAM will be operating in a supportive role to SSHADA (South Sudan Humanitarian Action Development Agency) in Saskatoon, who will take on the lead role this time.

Court proceedings

Drugs and weapons bust in Stanley Mission, results in two year sentence

15h ago

health care

La Loche recipient of new portable blood analyzer, printer kit

17h ago

Crime

Dangerous driving report at Red Wing, leads to arrest of man with gun

20h ago

4. PERU
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The Board of Directors made some financial decisions to support a number of partner ministries in Tablada de Lurin, Surco-Lima, and Puente Bolivar, Peru.

CHAKAM is supporting Jubilation Program in Prince Albert with a major fundraiser in Saskatoon to raise monies to build and operate a music school in Tablada de Lurin (for poor children), to develop a financial institution to provide microloans to enable individuals, particularly women, to start small businesses, and to continue with our social housing projects in the coastal communities of Peru. This massive fundraising program will take place in the Fall in the City of Saskatoon.

President Fryters just returned from a very successful outreach trip to its sub-campuses in Peru and had 59 students in its training programs.

For more information about all of the above, please call 922-0100.

SUBMITTED BY John Fryters, President/CEO CHAKAM School of the Bible