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.

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

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. Health outreach work in Tamil Nadu, India

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. Eye Camp in Tamil Nadu, India

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Teaching women tailoring skills in Tamil Nadu, India

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

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. Catechists in Kenya with their SURVIVE-MIVA funded bicycles

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

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

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

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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

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Trekking through the Peruvian Andes.

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

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

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More difficult terrain in Acequia Alta, Peru.

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A snow covered road in Patagonia, Argentina

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

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Road in the Machakos district of Kenya.

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Road in Kitui Diocese, Kenya

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

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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.

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

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A long and winding road in Haiti

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

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. 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.

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

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A Landrover used to support health outreach work in Zambia

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

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

SURVIVE-MIVA 5 Park Vale Road Liverpool L9 2DG Tel: 0151 523 2878 E-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.survive-miva.org