THE LI TIM-OI FOUNDATION

The Li Tim-Oi Foundation exists to carry on the ministry of the first Anglican Woman Priest by enabling women in the Two Thirds World to train for Christian work in their own countries

thanks to three years' support
from the Foundation
Faith Grace
ALIDRI
graduated as a Bachelor in Social Work and Social Administration in August 2006 at Uganda Christian University.
“On 3 September 2006 the Bishop of Lainya Diocese appointed me as the Diocesan Trinity Women training Centre Manager and as well to act as the Diocesan Planning and Development Officer because the Diocese lacks trained manpower to help run the Diocese administration.
God willing I am shifting to the Sudan on Tuesday 12 September 2006 to start on this new job where I have to begin from scratch with no proper accommodation, no salary and yet I have to be on ground to see that the Kingdom of God is established in that part of the world.
Nevertheless this means leaving my husband in Uganda where he is helping as a tutor in a Sudanese Theological College which was shifted to Uganda when there was war in Southern Sudan. Pray that the college should be brought back to Sudan as soon as possible.”

What the Foundation does

In 1994, on the Golden Jubilee of Li Tim-Oi's priesting, Archbishop Donald Coggan launched the Li Tim-Oi Foundation in St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, London.

It has so far helped 200 women from 67 dioceses in 11 provinces of the Anglican Communion - in Africa, Brazil, Fiji and Pakistan. These women have been trained for such positions as : Evangelist, Church Army Sister, School Chaplain, Social Worker, Trainer of Midwives, Youth Leader, Bishop's Secretary, Theologian, Legal Adviser, Diocesan Secretary, Diocesan President of the Mothers' Union, Co-ordinator of Pastors' Wives Agriforestry Project, and Sunday School Teacher.

More than 50 have been or will be ordained. Without the help of the Foundation, they would not have been able to fulfil their vocations to leadership roles in their own countries.

This is the message 10 alumnae in Uganda wrote to the Foundation:
'We are forever grateful for the support you ungrudgingly rendered to many of us, women you have not known, who are so far away and of varied cultures. When many of us had lost hope, were helpless, and stuck in a seemingly impossible situation, you came to our rescue. We are challenged. You have given us a sense of belonging, worthiness and a position in society - things that had almost disappeared. You have truly empowered us and we are committed as change agents to empower many others.'