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Item Evangelization Among the Poor Poverty: A Challenge to The Mission of The Church In Kenya (Makina Makongeni Sub-Parish)(Tangaza University College, 2004) Byaruhanga, AugustusMy objective in writing this long essay is to explore the theological basis for the Church's involvement in evangelizing the poor. This has to be done following Jesus' example during his public ministry on earth. Jesus identified himself with the needy and the poor "as long as you did it to one of these little ones, you did it to me (Mt 25:40)" Jesus acted in solidarity with the poor during his entire earthly ministry. Having done pastoral work among the people of Makina Makongeni Sub-Parish for the last three years, I have come to realize that: 1-The poor need people of faith to teach them the Good News of Jesus Christ, who is the liberator, consoler, comforter and source of love. 2-For the poor to come out of their material, political and economical poverty, they need people to address the oppression and injustice they are facing. 3-The poor remind us of the role they play in God's plan and in the kingdom. The mission of the Church is no other than the mission of Jesus who was sent into the world by the Father and who sent the Holy Spirit to continue and complete his saving work. "The Church on earth is by its very nature a missionary since, according to the plan of the Father; it has its origin in the mission of the Son and the Holy Spirit". The proclamation of the Good News to those who do not know Jesus is in fact the grace and vocation of the Church, her deepest identity. The Church is the hope of the poor, the oppressed, homeless, destitute, orphans and widows of this world. Those who are suffering and weeping truly expect words and actions that bring them Good News. Through evangelization, the poor discover the true love of Jesus Christ who came to comfort and console them. Evangelization confronts poverty, injustice, oppression, exploitation and the conditions and social structures that breed these evils. The Church as Christ's body ought to continue this ministry by preaching the Good News to the poor, proclaiming the Gospel that sets the oppressed free and bringing wholeness to the broken hearted. The Church helps the poor to overcome and transcend the fear of death and believe in the life here after.Item Solidarity with the Poor as a Poverty Eradication Strategy(Tangaza University College, 2001-03-31) Mulenga, ValentineThis research, " Solidarity with the Poor as a Poverty Eradication Strategy: by means of Education," was aimed at investigating to what extent the O.L.N.primary school has influenced the students, parents, teachers and the entire community of Mukuru. In order for us to reach these results we used the See, Judge and Act method with the support of the qualitative and quantitative method of approach. These methods were used so as to collect the data, present it and analyze it and these methods proved to be varied and effective. The research revealed to us that there is a good level of participation and collaboration in eradicating poverty through education for the system of education or methodology used is that of calling all the concerned people in this slum area to be fully involved in the project. With this idea in mind, there were some challenges that came out as a result of this study. The main issue that came out of this study is that O.L.N. Primary School is doing a good job in educating the children for future alleviation from poverty. But this is not responding fully to the objective of the school for there is little done with children who go to form one. Only 5% of the total number of those selected to form one get to secondary school because the majority have no school fees for the same reason that they come from poor families who cannot afford to send them to secondary schools. As a result of this the research at the end has a project proposal. This project will be a secondary school, which will be run on the same basis like. O.L.N. for the poor, to alleviate them from poverty and give them a bright future. The project will be run on two phases with a three-year budget proposal. The first phase is researching (to see ifthis school is really needed) and building structures. The second phase is to begin the school with form ones and each year add the next class. This project is a felt need and was echoed by almost all the people related with O.L.N. primary school.