On Sunday, December 3, 2006 the First Secretary of Sierra Leone’s UN delegation, Mr. Kpukumu, visited Grace Church and described the horrors of the war in Sierra Leone, especially those heaped upon women. Mr. Kpukumu also carried a message from Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the UN offering to join us at our fund raising events.
Among the most compelling observations reported by Mr. Kpukumu was that, like those in post-apartheid South Africa, the people of Sierra Leone are genuinely seeking reconciliation with one another. Rebel soldiers who kidnapped and abused women and girls of Sierra Leone during the war are now actively seeking the forgiveness of their victims. And in the same generosity of spirit and of God’s love that Nelson Mandella and Desmond Tutu led in Johannesburg, the victims of Sierra Leone are forgiving. Our project is intended to support these remarkable people with prayers and funds.
This project also addresses four of the eight "Millennium Goals" defined by the United Nations and adopted by the Episcopal Church of the United States.
Among the most compelling observations reported by Mr. Kpukumu was that, like those in post-apartheid South Africa, the people of Sierra Leone are genuinely seeking reconciliation with one another. Rebel soldiers who kidnapped and abused women and girls of Sierra Leone during the war are now actively seeking the forgiveness of their victims. And in the same generosity of spirit and of God’s love that Nelson Mandella and Desmond Tutu led in Johannesburg, the victims of Sierra Leone are forgiving. Our project is intended to support these remarkable people with prayers and funds.
This project also addresses four of the eight "Millennium Goals" defined by the United Nations and adopted by the Episcopal Church of the United States.
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