Arua Diocese
Greetings and best wishes to you from Bishop's Office - Ediofe
Arua Diocese has Created a Development Forum with the objective of providing a plartform for stakeholders to share ideas, experiences, contribute and participate in the development planning, budgeting, financing and overseeing implementation of the development programs of the Diocese. In the forum, different stakeholders; Individaul, groups or Organizations such as Professionals, business communities, Civic and public leaders; within and diaspora are identified and invited to participate in development presentations and discussions. parishes, The forum aims at establishing a pool of Registered Donors and Ordinary local Donors who continously contribute to and Support the Diocesan development Initiatives. The first donation drive was launched on July 1, 2021 at the second donor's conference held at Bishop's Residence - Ediofe. The Registered Donors have already pledged over 14,000,000 (fourteen million shillings)only. The third Donor's Conference will be on December 30, 2022 at the Bishop's Residence - Ediofe. you are hereby encouraaged to identify more donors to join this cause.
The Jege - Jege Solidarity Day is a donation drive where every Catholic and well wisher of Arua Diocese is required to donate shs. 100 (one hundred shillings) only or more every month to support the Diocesan
Development Projects.
The name of the Day is "Arua Diocese, Our Responsibility". As agreed during the Priests' meeting held on November 29, 2022 at Christus Centre, the first sunday of the month shall be our Solidarity
day for development and thus, second collections from this day will be dedicated towads the Jege - Jege donations.
The First Priority project is the construction of a RETIREMENT HOME FOR PRIESTS OF ARUA DIOCESE ; we aim to provide better accomodation and healthcare to all our priests where need be.
I therefore encourage you all to launch the Jege - Jege Solidarity Day in the Zones, Chapels, Eucharistic Centres and Parishes with effect from January 1, 2023. Your Kind mobilization and appeal is very crucial for the success of this initiative.
All donations/Jege - Jege Solidarity Day collections shall be banked and acknowledged by the Diocesan Treasury. The Account details are;
Account Name: Arua Diocese Local Donors Fund
Bank Name: Centenary Bank
Branch: Arua
Account Number: 3203468362
Currency: Shillings