11 Feb 2025
MSCs uniting a parish in Ecuador
MSCs in the parish of San José de Chilibulo, in Quito, Ecuador, work with a pastoral team and volunteers to minister to the ongoing needs of disadvantaged families in the region.
One of the most important ways in which our MSCs can help is to provide food to these vulnerable families, who often go hungry. Once a month, the pastoral team provide food baskets to 48 vulnerable families, including essential items such as rice, sugar, quinoa, oats, panela, wheat flour, lentils, oil, salt, tuna, cookies, peas, soap, and a chicken at Christmas time.
The cost per month is approximately €1,000, depending on the price and availability of items, and on additional food donations and funds that the parish team are able to collect. Special celebrations are also hosted for families in need on Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and at Christmas, catering to 90 people at a cost of approximately €1,150 per event.
PLEASE SUPPORT HUNGRY FAMILIES IN ECUADOR
MSC World Projects Appeal 2025: Ecuador
MSC World Projects Appeal 2025: Ecuador
MSC World Projects Appeal 2025: Ecuador
Last year, our mission friends here in the Irish Province helped us to raise funds to improve the kitchen and outdoor spaces at the church and pastoral centre in the parish of San José de Chilibulo.
This year, parish priest Fr Marcelo Campoverde Arcentales MSC is asking for our help once again as he and his team work to raise €14,500 to provide a lifeline of food baskets and essentials to 48 families in need, including young children and extremely vulnerable elderly people, for an entire year.
