The International Service Committee (ISC) met on January 31. Committee Chair, Steve Jambor, updated the team on the progress of the Program of Scale (PoS) Ugandan Ultra-sound project with the PoS review committee.. The next meeting with PoS review committee is in Uganda, set for February 20th, during which Steve will travel to Uganda.
The budget allocation for the ISC this year is $16,000, plus $2992 in District Designated Funds (DDF). Funds are available for global grants, international projects, and settling refugees in the USA. So far, there are $11,000 in proposed projects, leaving a balance of $5,000 for new projects.
Discussion topics included: funding levels for Building Peaceful Bridges, update on Ray’s Project Cure project, Chitokoloki Mission hospital in Zambia, Puran’s Scholarships for Aktenamit, Guatemala, Steve’s Ultrasound project on the Ssese Islands. Additionally, three potential new projects were presented for consideration.