The Diocese of Ma’di West Nile has launched a fundraising campaign to raise more than Shs600 million required to complete its multi-billion-shilling diocesan office complex. The four-storey Golden Jubilee Office Block is an initiative of Rt. Rev. Charles Collins Andaku and forms part of his legacy projects as Bishop of the Diocese of Ma’di West Nile.
The project was launched in 2019 during the diocese’s Golden Jubilee celebrations marking 50 years of its existence. Bishop Andaku was enthroned in February 2017, succeeding the retired Rt. Rev. Joel Obetia. In a statement issued ahead of his ninth Episcopal anniversary and a grand fundraising event scheduled to take place at Mvara Cathedral, Bishop Andaku today appealed to the faithful and other well-wishers within and outside the diocese to support efforts to complete and commission the office block.
According to Bishop Andaku, his nine years of shepherding the diocese have been largely successful despite various challenges, with most of the plans he set out to implement now accomplished.
Meanwhile, the Diocesan Secretary of Ma’di West Nile, Godfrey Nasa, who has also served in the position for the last nine years, said that once completed, the Golden Jubilee Office Complex will not only house diocesan offices but will also serve as a business centre to generate income for the diocese.
Richard Anguyo, the chairperson of the construction committee for the Golden Jubilee Office Block and the committee organizing Bishop Andaku’s ninth Episcopal anniversary celebrations, said all stakeholders across the diocese have been assigned contribution targets to help realize and possibly exceed the Shs600 million fundraising goal. As part of his environmental conservation strategy, Bishop Andaku has also spearheaded the planting of more than 21,500 trees across the diocese over the past nine years.
The tree-planting initiative is among the key achievements recorded under the leadership of Bishop Andaku, the seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Ma’di West Nile, as the diocese continues to promote environmental stewardship alongside spiritual and socio-economic development. URN