Sts. Joseph & Paul Catholic Church

Diocese of Mandeville

Listen to an Interview with Bishop-Elect Neil Tiedemann

Towards a Self-Sustaining Jamaica

           If you wish to donate money for Jamaica or for any of the Small Business Projects, please make your check to the Diocese of Owensboro, indicate what you wish the money to be used for, and that the money is for the Diocese of Mandeville.
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Monetary figures are in US dollars. 

FARM JAMAICA

Livestock
Goal: 10 -20 families each

Kid goat  $50
Recommendation: Purchase a pair – male and female – for $100.
Pigs  $80 for a pair 
Chickens:
Chicken coop that will hold 50 chickens  $100
50 chicks   $120
6 bags of chicken feed    $150

 Agriculture
Goal: as much as we can provide 

Farming seeds: provide “seed money” to purchase carrot seeds, vegetable seeds of all kinds, pumpkin seeds etc.
 A bucket of seed potatoes  $30  

Farming tools
Goal: 10 people per parish x 17 parishes = 170

Machete   $10
Forks       $20
Pickers    $30

 SMALL BUSINESS PROJECTS
The items listed here could be donated and sent on the container rather than purchased in Jamaica.  

Concrete block making machine   $4000
Goal: 5

 Sewing machine $350
Goal: 20

Car wash project:
Goal: 10
    Power wash machine $500
   Vacuum cleaner $300
   Water and other rental facility expenses $200 per month

 Lawn Services
Goal: 20-50
    Lawn mowers $350 
    Grass cutters   $300

 Hair Cutting Business
      Barber chairs
      Hair cutting/shaving implements

Application for Parish Trip to Mandeville

10-3-08