SURVIVE-MIVA(Missionary Vehicle Association)

UK Registered Charity No.268745

• A Catholic lay Association founded in 1974.

• Provides transport grants for the Church’s healthcare and pastoral work in areas of need in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

SM 2682. Health outreach work in Tamil Nadu, India supported by a SURVIVE-MIVA funded jeep shown in the background.

SM 1357. Health outreach work in Tamil Nadu, India

SM 3012. Eye Camp in Tamil Nadu, India

SM 3012. Teaching women tailoring skills in Tamil Nadu, India

SM 2255 An auto-rickshaw (or tuk tuk) used by the Mary Mediatrix Sisters in Thimmerapet Parish, Diocese of Khammam, India.

SM920 - 939. Catechists in Kenyawith their SURVIVE-MIVA funded bicycles

SM 3094. Youth leaders in Uganda with one of 33 bicycles funded by SURVIVE-MIVA

SM 1263. Taking patients to hospital in Zambia in a SURVIVE-MIVA funded vehicle.

SM1225 Deacon Joseph Kivuli of Miambani Parish, Diocese of Kitui, Kenya with his motorcycle, funded by SURVIVE-MIVA.

SM2238-2243. Bicycles being supplied to Community Health Workers attached to Mulanga Rural Health Centre, Chinsali, Zambia.

Travelling conditions

• Dirt roads• Tracks• Rivers• Mud, snow, rocks, potholes & precipices

SM 2723 Trekking through the Peruvian Andes.

SM 1174. A SURVIVE-MIVA funded vehicle negotiates difficult terrain in Ecuador.

SM 1223 Dangerous road conditions in Acequia Alta, Peru as seen from a SURVIVE-MIVA funded Landrover.

SM 1223. More difficult terrain in Acequia Alta, Peru.

SM 2249. A snow covered road in Patagonia, Argentina

SM 1373. A 4-wheel drive vehicle used to support the AIDS programme run by the Medical Missionaries of Mary in Kitale Diocese, Kenya.

 

SM 1171 Road in the Machakos district of Kenya.

SM1180 Road in Kitui Diocese, Kenya

SM2896 A boat off one of the atolls in the Catholic Mission, Tokelau, Samoa

SM 1683 The Parish Priest of Puerto Ospina Parish, Putumayo, Colombia visiting

parishioners along the Putumayo River. All 30 villages in the parish can only be reached by

river.

SM 1112. A slippery, sloping road in the Tanga region of Tanzania.

SM 1096. A long and winding road in Haiti

SM 1057. A 4-wheel drive vehicle is needed to cope with some of the poor road conditions in Bocaiuva do Sul, Brazil.

SM 3000. A road in Orissa State, India

Spotlight on some of the people assisted thanks to a

SURVIVE-MIVA grant.• Adults and children.• People of all faiths and none.• People with little or no access to health care or

pastoral support.

SM 1353. A jeep purchased with a SURVIVE-MIVA grant helped widen an outreach healthcare programme from Sagayamatha Hospital, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India.

SM 1114. A Landrover used to support health outreach work in Zambia

SM 1666. A child health and nutrition programme in Campinhas do Sul, Brazil.

SM 3082. Marialaya centre for Street Children, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

SURVIVE-MIVA5 Park Vale RoadLiverpool L9 2DG

Tel: 0151 523 2878

E-mail: info@survive-miva.org

Website: www.survive-miva.org