Parish raises €12k for Trócaire’s Lenten campaign

PARISHIONERS from the Church of the Annunciation in Rathfarnham raised €12,000 for Trócaire’s Lenten campaign – which will be used to build a new healthcare facility in Somalia.

The money will be used to aid the charity’s work in Somalia, where there is currently a drought and a food shortage.

During Mass last weekend, Fr Martin Cosgrove and parishioner Anne Marie Mulhall presented the cheque for €12,000 on behalf of the parishioners to Paul Healy from Trócaire.

Frank Browne, who is a deacon in Rathfarnham Parish, said: “Paul thanked all the parishioners in Rathfarnham parish for their generosity and outlined how desperate things are in Somalia.

“He said that as a result of both famine and drought, up to 350,000 children are at risk of dying by the end of the year.

“The desperate situation is the result of the shortage of food and most recently the supply of grain from Ukraine, and also the failure of the rainy season for a number of years due to global warming.

“The donation from Rathfarnham parish will go to building a new health-care facility to treat severely malnourished children in particular.”