Raskob Foundation for Catholic Activities, Inc.

Grants Paid

12/31/2002

  • Our Lady Of Guidance Parish
    Barisal District,Bangladesh
    To underwrite expenses of training and awareness seminars (leadership development, gender development, health care, women's rights) and income-generating projects (poultry, gardening, rice husking, fish culture, mat making and nursery/tree planting) for grassroot women.
/ 26,000
  • St. Patrick's Cathedral Parish
    Bridgetown,Barbados
    Toward stipends, materials and transportation of professionals to Barbados to conduct a 2-year program to enhance the development and formation of teachers at St. Patrick's Elementary School.
/ 7,000
  • Sisters Of Mercy-Belize City
    Belize City,Belize
    Toward the needs of the community
/ 500
  • Jesuit Volunteers: Belize
    Belize City,Belize
    Toward operating costs, training workshops, retreats and living expenses of the Volunteer Formation Program
/ 500
  • Daughters Of Charity Of St. Vincent De Paul
    Cochabamba,Bolivia
    Toward the purchase of carpentry tools for Amanecer; a vocational training center for homeless boys.
/ 10,000
  • Archdiocese Of Aracaju
    Sergipe,Brazil
    Toward the cost of bedroom furniture (bed, closet, table, chair) for 124 seminarians at Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Diocesan Seminary.
/ 5,000
  • Diocese Of Quixada
    Quixada, Ceara,Brazil
    To underwrite costs of travel, meetings and office expenses for Pastoral da Mulher Marginalizada, a program ministering to prostitutes and unwed mothers
/ 1,000
  • Irmas De Sao Jose
    Curitiba, Parana,Brazil
    To complete construction of the kindergarten and youth hostel building, specifically to purchase materials to finish the ceiling and floors.
/ 9,800
  • Redemptorist Missionaries
    Fortaleza, Ceara,Brazil
    To purchase a Volkswagen Gol Basico (or similar vehicle) for pastoral work in/around Araturi.
/ 5,000
  • Archdiocese Of La Serena
    La Serena,Chile
    Toward theological formation, retreats, transportation and/or living expenses of seminarians at Santa Cura de Ars Major Seminary.
/ 10,000
  • Catholic Bishops' Conference Of Chile
    Santiago,Chile
    Toward costs of formation workshops for pastoral and evangelizing agents and formation seminars for lay leaders and public workers to study the Social Doctrine of the Church.
/ 16,000
  • Diocese Of San Carlos De Ancud
    Ancud,Chile
    Toward expenses (food, housing, transportation, professional fees, materials and books) of conducting training workshops and retreats for lay leaders in the cities of Castro and Ancud.
/ 8,000
  • Convento De Santo Domingo
    La Serena,Chile
    Toward the needs of the parish
/ 10,000
  • Seminario Conciliar Mayor
    La Serena,Chile
    Toward the expenses of the seminary
/ 2,000
  • Archdiocese Of Olomouc
    Olomouc,Czech Republic
    Toward the needs of the Catholic parish in Zlin
/ 1,000
  • Bernardine Franciscan Sisters
    Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic
    To purchase/furnish a House of Studies near the Mission of San Tomas to accommodate 8-12 native women who are candidates to the Order.
/ 10,000
  • Community Of St.Egidio
    San Salvador,El Salvador
    Toward renovation of the Community's Center, specifically for roofing, ceilings, electrical and plumbing work.
/ 24,000
  • Communidad Camoteteque/Communidad Lapinera
    Albuquerque,El Salvador
    Toward the purchase of art supplies for the schools
/ 500
  • Religious Teachers Filippini
    Asmara,Eritrea
    Toward capital construction of a residence for the Sisters at a new mission compound in Hamelmalo where they will supervise construction and operation of a health center, women's promotion center and a kindergarten.
/ 20,000
  • Caritas Georgia
    Tbilisi,Georgia
    General support of the bakery and the pizzeria projects
/ 5,000
  • Christ The King Church (Baglo)
    Baglo-Buem, Volta Region,Ghana
    To provide skills in agricultural technology and revolving loan funds to enable jobless, poor women to become self-reliant through the efforts of the Dzolu Catholic Women Cooperative Farmers Organization at St. Anthony's Church in Dzolu outstation.
/ 10,000
  • Parroquia Sangre De Cristo
    San Pedro Ayampuc,Guatemala
    To underwrite room and board, transportation, stipends and administrative costs of the Volunteer Program of the Sangre de Cristo Health Care Project: an exchange of health care professionals who come to Guatemala to donate their skills, time and energy.
/ 5,000
  • Sinsinawa Dominicans/Parroquia De Concepcion Tutuapa
    San Marcos,Guatemala
    To complete construction of a convent for the religious Sisters ministering to the Maya-Mam people in 54 parish outstations
/ 10,000
  • Diocese Of San Marcos
    San Marcos,Guatemala
    Toward staff salaries, overhead and workshops in 30 parishes on building a culture of peace based on the "Guatemala, Never Again" report.
/ 21,000
  • Maryknoll Sisters
    Malacatan 12015, San Marcos,Guatemala
    To underwrite courses/transportation/materials to train 60 new health promoters over a 3-year period, provide ongoing education for the 200 currently active promoters, and/or fund radio programs and salaries for 5 staff to expand the Diocesan Health Program's services to 170 villages.
/ 25,000
  • St. JosephMercyHospital
    Georgetown,Guyana
    To purchase laparoscopy equipment and instruments for routine surgical procedures at the Hospital.
/ 15,000
  • Ecole Immaculee Conception (Pilate)
    Cap-Haitien,Haiti
    for the cost of labor/materials to repair the school roof and add gutters over the porch.
/ 1,500
  • Nos Petits Freres Et Soeurs-Haiti
    Petionville,Haiti
    To be used to care for the poor and sick children in Haiti
/ 1,000
  • Ecole Joseph Lepevedic/Holy Cross Brothers
    Cap-Haitien,Haiti
    To purchase an extended-cab Toyota or Nissan pickup truck (or similar vehicle) for use at the boys' school.
/ 15,000
  • Friends Of The Orphans (Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos)
    Tegucigalpa,Honduras
    To be used toward the work of Fr. Reinhart Kohler in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
/ 1,000
  • AnnunciationChurch (Mattampally Parish)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To lay pipelines to supply drinking water for 442 families in RaghunathapalemVillage.
/ 2,300
  • Archdiocese Of Hyderabad
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    Toward construction of St. Joseph's Minor Seminary.
/ 10,000
  • Archdiocese Of Madras-Mylapore
    Madras, Tamil Nadu,India
    Toward the needs of the Archdiocese
/ 1,000
  • Archdiocese Of Madras-Mylapore
    Tamil Nadu,India
    Toward the cost of instructor, stones, tools and provisions to train 25 rural youths in sculpturing as a job skill.
/ 5,300
  • Archdiocese Of Pondicherry & Cuddalore
    Tamil Nadu,India
    Toward the needs of the Archdiocese
/ 1,000
  • Assisi Sisters Of Mary Immaculate
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To construct a multipurpose hall at Little Flower High School for the Deaf at Karunapuram to offer deaf/hearing impaired students vocational courses in tailoring, embroidery, screen printing, greeting card design, etc.
/ 8,500
  • Assumption Parish
    Tamil Nadu,India
    To purchase furniture (chairs, tables, benches, desks and cabinets) for the teachers and students at St. Louis High School.
/ 1,500
  • Blessed MotherJosephineVanniniChurch (Kadakatla Parish)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To renovate/repair the parish church damaged by bombs in June 2000 and construct a compound wall.
/ 6,000
  • Brothers Of St. Michael/St. Michael's Boarding Home
    Tamil Nadu,India
    To purchase hardware, tools and equipment for St. Joseph's Industrial School & Press, providing technical skills in carpentry, fitting, turning and computer operation/programming for orphaned and the poor youth.
/ 4,400
  • Christ The KingChurch (Duvvur Parish)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To construct a new chapel for the newly-converted Catholics in KanaguduruVillage.
/ 4,300
  • Congregation Of Teresian Carmelites (Palnellore)
    Tamil Nadu,India
    To repair the dispensary (roof and walls) at Mother of Health Convent in Palnellore.
/ 3,000
  • Daughters Of Mary Help Of Christians (Salesian Sisters)
    GuwahatiAssam,India
    To rebuild the garden wall destroyed by flooding at Holy Child Girls' School.
/ 9,000
  • Daughters Of Mary/St. Joseph's Mission Hospital
    Tamil Nadu,India
    Toward expenses (salaries/transportation for medical personnel, medicines, teaching aids, food for participants) to offer free classes in health, hygiene and nutrition to the inhabitants of Panachamoodu and nearby villages.
/ 6,200
  • Diocese Of Amravati
    Amravati District, Maharashtra,India
    To buy a 4-wheel drive Jeep (or similar vehicle) and a motorcycle for activities and programs at Jeevan Vikas Sanstha, the DiocesanSocialCenter.
/ 9,700
  • Diocese Of Guntur
    Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh,India
    Toward the needs of the diocese.
/ 500
  • Diocese Of Guntur
    Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh,India
    Toward the needs of the diocese.
/ 1,000
  • Diocese Of Nellore
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    Toward the cost of doors, windows, flooring and paint to complete the elementary school in Karamchedu Parish.
/ 2,500
  • Diocese Of Nellore
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    For books and educational supplies, supplies for priests in new missions and/or a generator
/ 3,000
  • Diocese Of Nellore
    Nellore, Andhra Pradesh,India
    To purchase a cow for each of 27 employees of the Diocesan Social Service Society to supplement their income through the sale of milk.
/ 5,900
  • Diocese Of Raipur
    Durg District, Madhya Pradesh,India
    Toward costs of Year 1 of a 3-year program of awareness training, diagnostic/treatment camps, salaries and training of health promoters/coordinators, and administrative expenses to educate the grassroots community in preventive health care.
/ 14,000
  • Diocese Of Srikalahasthi
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    For labor/materials to provide drinking water to 46 remote and impoverished rural villages.
/ 9,500
  • Diocese Of Tezpur
    Sonitpur District, Assam,India
    Toward the needs of the diocese
/ 1,500
  • Diocese Of Vellore
    Tamil Nadu,India
    Toward the Vellore Social Service Society's income generating program for dhobis (washermen)
/ 3,500
  • Diocese Of Warangal
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    Toward the expenses of the bridge programs for street girls and girls forced into child labor to have access to formal education programs
/ 3,500
  • Diocese Of Warangal
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    Toward the expenses of the bridge progam for street girls and girls forced into child labor to have access to formal education programs and/or any other needs of the diocese
/ 1,000
  • Franciscan Clarist Congregation (Kidangara)
    Alappuzha District, Kerala,India
    To construct a 2-room building with bathrooms to start a nursery school.
/ 3,000
  • Franciscan Sisters Of Presentation Of Mary
    Nagarcoil, Kannyakumari District, Tamil Nadu,India
    To underwrite repairs and renovation of Sahayamatha Dispensary/Hospital.
/ 13,000
  • Franciscan Sisters Of St. Aloysius Gonzaga
    Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu,India
    For a borewell/pipelines to provide sanitation facilities and drinking water for the 50 orphans at St. Louis Orphanage, Odiyathur.
/ 5,000
  • Franciscan Sisters Of The Immaculate Heart Of Mary
    Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh,India
    For labor/materials to drill a borewell and construct an overhead water tank with pumpset to provide drinking water for visually-impaired children at Vijaya Mary Integrated School for the Blind.
/ 2,450
  • Gudluru Catholic Mission
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To purchase a small 4-wheel mobile vehicle, iron box, wooden almirahs and ironing boards for 26 Dhobis (washermen families) of ChenchureddipalemVillage to launder and iron clothes in exchange for food.
/ 5,000
  • HolyFamilyChurch (Sagaram Parish)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    Toward the purchase of 105 milch cows to establish an income-generating dairy project for the parish women.
/ 9,000
  • HolyRosaryChurch (Kethepally)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To purchase/transport desks, benches, textbooks, notebooks, pens/pencils and play materials for the 75 students attending the new elementary school.
/ 600
  • Holy Spirit Parish (Meenambakkam)
    Chennai District, Tamil Nadu,India
    To purchase computer hardware/software, furnishings and books to establish a Vocational Training Centre in Computer Technology for unemployed youth.
/ 8,300
  • HolyTrinityChurch (Palakol Mission)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To purchase TV/video, microphone set and battery pack for evangelization in camp meetings, charismatic conventions, children's camps, etc.
/ 1,000
  • Immaculate Heart Of Mary Congregation (Sholurmattam)
    Nilgiris,India
    To dig a well, install a pump and construct an overhead tank to provide safe drinking water for the Sisters, the health center and the primary school.
/ 6,700
  • Jakhalabandha Catholic Mission
    Nagaon District, Assam,India
    For labor/materials to drill a borewell, install a pumpset and lay pipeline to provide drinking water for the boarding school, hostel and dispensary.
/ 8,000
  • Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council
    CochinKerala,India
    To purchase 2000 Bibles for the Kerala Catholic Bible Society to distribute to the poor.
/ 3,600
  • Kollipara Parish
    Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh,India
    To purchase/retrofit/register a motorcyle for the pastor to travel to the parish's 7 substations.
/ 1,500
  • LourduMathaChurch (Karamchedu)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To underwrite salaries/expenses of leadership training camps, cultural programs and self-help groups for women in the 13 villages of the Parish.
/ 4,000
  • LoyolaHospital
    Orissa,India
    Toward capital construction of Phase II of the Hospital.
/ 20,000
  • MaryMathaChurch (Atmakur Parish)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To dig/retrofit 6 borewells to irrigate the land of 36 farming families.
/ 4,500
  • Missionary Sisters Of The Incarnation
    Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu,India
    To purchase furnishings and equipment (cots, mattresses, tables, chairs, bureau, TV/VCR, sewing machines and sports items) for St. Charles Home, a school for 35 mentally-retarded and physically-handicapped children.
/ 4,800
  • Missionary Society Of St. Thomas The Apostle
    Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra,India
    To purchase/register/insure a new motorcycle for pastoral activities in Wattul mission station.
/ 950
  • Mount Carmel Parish
    Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh,India
    To construct toilets/urinals (one each for 11 mission stations) and 4 toilets/4 urinals for the main Parish.
/ 3,000
  • Mt.CarmelMission
    Tamil Nadu,India
    Toward construction of a 4-classroom Primary School.
/ 9,700
  • New Mariahout Parish (Yellapur)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To deepen 50 community irrigation wells for 126 joint farming families in Hasanparthy.
/ 2,900
  • Order Of Servites Of Mary
    Tiruchirapalli , Tamil Nadu,India
    To construct a 2-story building to provide housing and services to abandoned/orphaned infants, street children, sexually abused/pregnant girls and battered women.
/ 18,000
  • Our Lady Of LourdesChurch (Ramapuram Parish)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To drill a borewell, install a pump and lay pipeline to provide drinking water for the parish community.
/ 1,960
  • Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Church (Seetharamapuram)
    Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh,India
    To finance micro-businesses (bookstore, mat weaving, mini-hotel, tea/coffee snack bar and fruit/vegetable/flower stands) as income-generating ventures for 90 poor families.
/ 5,000
  • Sacred Heart Church (Godavarikhani Parish)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    Toward the cost of materials, honoraria, travel, medicines and expenses of conducting preventive and promotive health awareness camps on primary healthcare, hygiene, sanitary conditions and AIDS/HIV, as well as provide free medical checkups and medicines for chronic diseases.
/ 6,300
  • Sacred Heart Higher Secondary School
    Tamil Nadu,India
    To dig a borewell and construct an overhead tank to provide water for Dalit school children in Michaelpatti.
/ 4,000
  • Sacred Heart Parish (Bodapadu)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To purchase a motorcycle for pastoral ministry.
/ 1,000
  • Salesian Missionaries Of Mary Immaculate
    Perambalur District ,Tamil Nadu,India
    Toward construction of a new primary school building at Jayangondam to accommodate 1500 school children.
/ 14,500
  • Salesians Of Don Bosco
    Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh,India
    Toward staff salaries, medicines, food, medical equipment/supplies, furniture/shelving, transportation and health awareness programs to provide regular health care to the 200 street and working children living at Don Bosco Navajeevan Bala Bhavan, a center for at-risk youth.
/ 10,500
  • Sisters Of St. Aloysius (Akividu)
    West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh,India
    To construct sanitary facilities for the students at St. Aloysius Elementary School.
/ 4,800
  • Sisters Of St. Joseph Of Tarbes
    Tamil Nadu,India
    toward the cost of training, workshops, travel and administrative expenses of conducting a Women's Empowerment Program in 40 villages.
/ 16,000
  • Sisters Of St. Joseph's Of Lyons
    Kerala,India
    Toward construction of a hostel to provide safe accommodations for female students studying at higher secondary schools and at the undergraduate college.
/ 10,000
  • Sisters Of The Cross Of Chavanod
    Kottayam District, Kerala,India
    Toward construction/furnishing of a school for the mentally retarded.
/ 15,000
  • Sisters Of The Redemption (Kondayapalem)
    Nellore, Andhra Pradesh,India
    To drill a deep borewell, construct an overhead tank and install a pump to provide drinking water for the Sisters, unwed mothers and destitute girls living at the Home in Kondayapalem Parish.
/ 1,950
  • St Anthony's Parish (Dharmasagar)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To deepen 40 community irrigation wells to aid 150 families.
/ 7,100
  • St. Anthony Church (Thurakapalem)
    Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh,India
    To purchase furniture (desks, benches, tables, chairs and cupboards) for St. John's High School at Pamidipadu Mission.
/ 3,800
  • St. Antony's Church (Kesarapalli)
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To purchase benches and desks for 350 children attending R.C.M.U.P.TeluguMediumSchool in Kesarapalli.
/ 3,000
  • St. Antony's Church (Reddipalayam)
    Tamil Nadu,India
    To purchase/insure 200 sheep, construct 4 sheds, erect wire fencing and provide salaries for 2 shepherds to establish a sheep-rearing program to generate income for 200 poor families.
/ 3,500
  • St. Antony's Church (Reddipalayam)
    Tamil Nadu,India
    To underwrite a revolving loan fund to finance micro-businesses (such as, poultry/ducks, bicycle repair, laundry, meat and fish stall, stationery store, mobile vegetable vendor, cool drink shop) to provide income for uneducated/unemployed men, women and youths.
/ 7,350
  • St. Joseph's Church (Bidkin)
    Maharashtra State,India
    To purchase milch cows as an income-generating program for 10 Dalit women in Lohagaon substation.
/ 2,400
  • St. Joseph's Church, Husnabad
    Andhra Pradesh,India
    To construct 14 toilets and 14 urinals for St. Joseph's School.
/ 4,300
  • St. Michael's Church (Mylacode)
    Kanyakumari Dt, Tamil Nadu,India
    Toward construction of toilets at Mother Theresa Matriculation School.
/ 2,500
  • St. Paul's Church (Emani Parish)
    Guntur Dt, Andhra Pradesh,India
    To construct toilets, drill a borewell for clean drinking water and fill in the stagnated water tank at the children's orphanage and high school.
/ 6,000
  • St. Peter's Church(Rayapuram Parish)
    Nalgonda Dt, Andhra Pradesh,India
    Toward the cost of tents, food, stipends and a microphone system to conduct a 3-day seminar for parents, youth and children of the parish
/ 1,000
  • St. Sebastian's Hospital
    Kannur District, Kerala,India
    To purchase medical equipment and surgical instruments for the Orthopedic Department: operating table, autoclave, surgical light, short wave diathermy, portable X-ray machine.
/ 5,000
  • Sts. James & Stanislaus Church (Sokkankudieruppu Parish)
    Tuticorin Tamil Nadu,India
    To provide sanitary facilities for pilgrims visiting Manal Matha Shrine (The Shrine of Our Lady of the Sand).
/ 1,800