PRIORITIES
Identified and submitted by the Leaders and Members of Yei UMC

Other common denominators

·               Health (water, food, disease prevention/treatment, sanitation, environment)
·               Education (leadership & skills training, literature)
·               Construction / Infrastructure Development (schools, orphanage, hospital,
Guest house, church)
·               Project supplies and equipment

Pastor’s Priorities (Revised list)

1.                  Purchasing church land
2.                  Stipends/salaries for pastors
3.                  Construction of schools
4.                  Leadership training
5.                  Bible school
6.                  Ordination information and training
7.                  Hospital and nursing school
8.                  UMC Guest House
9.                  Community Radio – communication system
10.               Computer skills & Internet training
11.               Vocational skills training
12.               Transportation
13.               Loans for micro financing
14.               Tractors
15.               HIV/AIDS health education
16.               Scholarships for children

Youth Group Priorities

1.              Vocational school for skills training
2.              Agriculture program
3.              UMC Youth Business program
4.              Poultry program
5.              Livestock management
6.              Counseling program
7.              AIDS Awareness program
8.              Instruments for youth in the church
9.              Mobile team (Gospel Takers)
10.           Transportation
11.           Sponsorship
12.           Sports and Games
13.           Water program

Women’s Priorities

1.              Transportation services for the produce to the market and for income
generation.
2.              Orphanage
3.              Widow’s program
4.              Relief items such as blankets and clothes
5.              Grinding mill. ( this was bought by the Women of Holston Conference by
is not in use yet because of absence of electricity to run it.)
6.              Farm for vegetables
7.              Sweater spinning machines
8.              Lulu oil processing machines. ( this was bought by the Women of Holston
Conference by is not in use yet because of absence of electricity to run it.)
9.              Sewing machines for school uniforms

The women’s leader: “We need income-generating programs. Our women have the strength to do something for themselves. Classes are needed for the United Methodist Women. We want to help preach the Gospel. I have the widows, orphans, and street boys. This pains me and I cannot arrest the situation. In my mind, and physically, I am burdened. Please help us keep the women busy in the church compound and at home. Please help us with the construction of a church. Our hearts are our temples, but we need a building. Thank you for accepting God’s call to come and listen, and to hear our stories, and to labor with us.”

School/Education Priorities

1.              Classrooms ( Holston Conference has sponsored the construction of nine
class rooms on three blocks)
2.              Textbooks
3.              Teacher salaries
4.              School library and computers
5.              Transportation for teachers (bicycles were bought for the teachers to
facilitate transport.)
6.              Teacher’s lunches
7.              Blackboards ( the new classrooms have fixed boards)
8.              Sport materials (footballs – “soccer” balls, net balls, volleyballs)
9.              Agricultural materials (hoes, axes, seeds, and hand tractor)
10.           School uniforms
11.           Bore hole (water) (Two bore holes have been drilled at the school for the
pupils and the community)
12.            School stores (storage) and kitchen
13.           Latrine (Two latrines have been built at the new campus for the girls and
boys.)
14.           Furniture (chairs, tables, stools) (Desks for the pupils have been bought but
more are needed)
15.           Office for Staff/Teachers
16.           Skills training institute
17.           Health center