Harambee Social Projects and the Beatification

Harambee Africa International, in conjunction with the organizing committee for the beatification of Alvaro del Portillo, is inviting people to assist four African social and educational initiatives begun by Bishop Alvaro del Portillo.

For the the beatification of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, Harambee Africa International is inviting people to contribute to four social initiatives begun under the direct impetus of the first successor to Saint Joseamaria at the head of Opus Dei.

Both those attending the beatification and all those who want to help out are being invited to give a donation to assist the following projects:

1. The creation of a new wing for mothers and children at the Niger Foundation Hospital and Diagnostic Centre (Enugu, Nigeria);

2. The expansion and improvement of three medical clinics and the training of new nurses at the Monkole Hospital and the Institut Superieur en Sciences Infirmières (Kinshasa, Congo);

3. The development of a program to fight infant malnutrition by the Ilomba Rural Centre (Bingerville, Ivory Coast);

4. Raising scholarships for African priests and seminarians who study at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome, Italy).