Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Third Ward Medical Clinic

MISSION STATEMENT

As ambassadors of Christ, our mission is to spread The Gospel to all mankind. To provide holistic health care for uninsured and underinsured persons of the Third Ward of Houston and surrounding communities by identifying health problems,assessing needs, and providing appropriate referrals to area healthcare agencies and coalitions.

VISION STATEMENT

Our vision is 100% client access to adequate healthcare.

Third Ward Medical Center



Interior of Third Ward Medical Center


We celebrated our 1 year anniversary on Saturday May 9th, 2007. There was a great turnout of the 3rd ward community. With the partnering of Trinity East UMC, on who's lot the Medical Clinic is located, and Generation One, the 501(c), that also operates in the same neighborhood, we served food, had other resource agencies available to distribute information. The kids were thoroughly entertained as well with jumping houses, ring tosses,and much more.



KBC Kenya Site

KINGDOM BUILDER’S CENTER - KENYA
CHILDREN’S CENTER
Pastor Velosia Kibe



The Children’s Center of the Kingdom Builder’s Center – Kenya (KBC-K) will be a home for orphan children between the ages of 4 to 17 years of age. Most of their parents have died due to HIV-Aids and Malaria. We will take the least, the last, and the lost.
Those children who do not have any living relative left alive to care for them.



In the Republic of Kenya on Africa’s east coast live more than 150,000 orphaned children many under the age of 5 years. With the help of the Ministry of Social Services of the Republic of Kenya, we have established a Community Based Organization (CBO) which will assist us in screening and assessing the needs of these children and learn of their background, their tribe and language and their reason for being orphaned. We will also have access to their medical records which would contain information about any illnesses they may have contracted. Many of the children are affected by Malaria. Some have the HIV virus, but both of these diseases are treatable. Their physical ailments can be controlled and healed with consistent medical attention and nutrition.



With the Lord’s help and favor upon these little ones, we will fill the Kingdom Builder’s Children’s Center with the teaching of the word of God, love, the laughter of children, and hope for their bright future.





Phase One of the Children’s Center is completed, and is being furnished to house 30 children and one live in house mother. There is also a full-time guard living in the guard quarters inside the gate of the stone fence, and a part – time gardener who lives off campus.



Since the KBC-Kenya covers 3.5 acres of fertile farmland, the children will learn to care for the livestock and help the caretakers to cultivate and harvest the crops used for their food.



Free public schools are near the Center. The Center’s staff and volunteers from the community village, as well as Christian missionaries, will come to assist the project.
These persons will teach the children the Holy Scriptures and Christian principles.
The physical needs as well as the spiritual needs of the children will be taken care of.



After Phases 2 through 4 are constructed, the home for the children will be able to support up to 100 children. The children will reside in the home from age 4 throguh17. When they complete their form 4 education at the age of 17, (which is the equivalent of a U.S High school education) they will progress to a trade school center. There they can learn a variety of trades including, but not limited to, mechanics, electrician, plumbing, computer skills, and sewing. Those who demonstrate great academic potential will be helped to find sponsors to support them in University.



Our Phase One immediate needs for 30 children are:

Standard size pillows @ $2 each
18 bunk beds at $60 each
6 cabinets to be constructed in each bedroom at $400 each
18 blankets at $20 each
18 twin sheet sets at $10 each
36 kits for the children (includes, soap, toothpaste and brush, deodorant, lotion) at $10 each
3 dozen bath towels at $15 per dozen
3 dozen washcloths @ $5 per dozen
Washing powder (6 months supply for washing clothes $100
3 Sitting room/office Sofas at $300 each
4 Sitting room/office chairs at $100 each
3 tables @ $50 each
Small desk, chair, and file cabinet for office $300




Kitchen furnishings are being calculated. We will purchase a Hotpoint stove and have the cabinets and countertops built by a professional carpenter in Nairobi.



Contact: Velosia Kibe, Associate Pastor


Windsor Village UMC 6000 Heatherbrook


Houston, Texas 77085


(713)723-8187 extension 224 or by e-mail vkibe@wvumc.com
God Bless you.








mixn at Keck worker - A hired laborer working on the Kingdom builders Center Kenya site in Kenya, pouring the foundation for the children's center this past January 2007.








Orphan children that the KBC will assist in Kenya.













Map of Kenya
















Map of Kenya

Pastor Kibe's Complete Bio

Associate Pastor Velosia Kibe
Pastor Velosia Ann Kibe has served Windsor Village as Associate Pastor and Intern Pastor since June of 1997. Pastor Kibe is an alumnus of the University of Texas at Austin where she studied Music and Classical Voice. She holds a double major in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Houston.
Pastor Kibe completed her Theological education at SMU Perkins School of Theology with a Masters of Divinity degree in 1999. While there, she was the recipient of the Weatherford Award for outstanding student preaching.




Her 19 years of service in the Texas Annual Conference includes:
· Serving as Senior Pastor and Associate Pastor of six churches in the Texas Conference
· Served on the Committee for the Houston South District Annual Conference
· Facilitator for classes in Advanced Preaching and Evangelism
· Facilitator for the Certification School of the Houston South District
· Member of the District Committee on Ordained Ministry
· Presenter for the Conference School of Christian Missions
· Covenant College Coordinating Committee Member 2005
. Speaker for the Annual Martin Luther King community service at South Main Baptist Church, downtown Houston 2007
. Speaker for the Annual Children's Defense Fund ecumenical luncheon Beth Yusheron 2007
· Delegate to the Cote d'Voire "Nothing but Nets" Global Health initiative for the Texas Annual Conference 2007


Pastor Kibe preaches for weekly worship services at Windsor Village, as well as International church revivals, Seminars and Workshops. She has been the key note speaker for numerous women’s conferences, seminars on evangelism and was keynote speaker for the Miracles, Healing and Deliverance Service for the Kingdom Builder Prayer Institute (KBPI), and presenter for the Windsor Village U.M.C. Women’s Advance Conference 2006, “Women mentoring Women”
Globally, Pastor Kibe conducts evangelistic revivals, Leadership Development for Pastors and congregations, and ministries to the needy in the Caribbean, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya.
In addition to preaching at the Windsor Village worship services, Pastor Kibe serves as Missions Pastor responsible for local and global service projects. She is responsible for individual Pastoral Coaching and Marital Coaching.
Pastor Kibe teaches a 10 week Class called the “Ministry Inquiry Process” each fall and spring. This class is intended to assist any person in the United Methodist Church to listen to God’s call to Ordained Ministry, and respond accordingly.

The most recent major projects led by Pastor Kibe are the Medical Clinic in the 3rd ward of Houston, Texas, and the building of the Kingdom Builders Center in Kenya which will house an Orphanage for Aids orphans, a Church, and a Community Center.
Pastor Kibe is the wife of Daniel Kibe Munderu. Their family includes three sons, Evan and Michael Ledet, Dennis Kibe, Evan’s wife Nicole, a grandson Evan James Ledet Jr., and daughter Grace Kibe.