Christmas Gift Giving Campaign 2026
A Gift That Makes a Difference!
Dear Friends, Benefactors, Partners in Mission,
Thank you for considering our 2026 Christmas Gift that Makes a Difference campaign. We are a small group of RNDM collaborators continuing the legacy of fundraising for RNDM mission projects throughout the world. We are deeply grateful for the ways your partnership and generosity help the Sisters to assist poor and marginalised people in various countries through simple but life-changing projects. The lives of these people can be transformed when we work in partnership with them and with you.
Thanks to the generosity of our donors the funding goals for last year’s two projects – in India Central and Vietnam – were a great success.
We have two projects for Christmas 2026: Tanzania and Senegal.
The RNDM project in Mitwero, Tanzania seeks to build a more sustainable environment for our new mission there, from tree planting to income-generating possibilities. Our other project is in Ndondol, Senegal, where the Sisters are working with the people for better food security and an end to malnourishment.
We are including in this mailing a donation form for your gift. 100% of your gift goes to the project you have chosen when you write a cheque directly to the RNDMs.
There are two ways to help:
- Donate online through Canada Helps. Canada Helps charges a small admin fee, but you have the voluntary option to cover the fee for us by checking a box on the form.
- Donate by postal mail by downloading and printing our donation form. As always, 100% of your gift goes to the project you have chosen when you write a cheque directly to the RNDMs.
Thank you for your generosity and your solidarity in giving a Gift That Makes a Difference. We appreciate your support very, very much.
Sincerely,
Sr. Sandy, RNDM, for the RNDM Christmas Gift-Giving Committee:
Bonnie Dickie
Charlene Lipka
Barb Potkonjak
Heather Frayne
Louise Rioux
Rebecca Weitzman
Sandra Stewart, RNDM
Senegal Project
To End Malnourishment
Ndondol is one of the poorest areas in Senegal. People live in semi-arid zones relying on agriculture and the rains that come for about three months each year.
The main foods are millet, beans and groundnut. After the harvest, some people travel to towns in search of work. Due to poverty and lack of food, most of the children and women who are left behind are undernourished.
This leaves them vulnerable to many diseases.
Through your gift, we will reach out to as many undernourished children as possible and offer them better health conditions by providing nutritious flour prepared with local ingredients such as beans, millet,
maize and groundnut.
Your gift will help us reach out to undernourished children, offering them better nutrition.
Tanzania Project
To Support a Sustainable Environment Project
In July 2025, RNDMs established a new mission foundation at Mitwero in Lodi Diocese, Tanzania. Our landscaping and tree-planting project is a first step in creating a beautiful, sustainable, and life-giving environment at the new mission.
With the support of local experts, about 600 trees and plants will be planted. The initial phase will involve clearing and preparing the land, removing stones, improving the soil, purchasing and planting seedlings, protecting young trees, and establishing a simple maintenance and watering system.
Your gift will allow us to beautify the property, provide shade and fruits, protect the soil, enhance biodiversity, support food security, promote environmental awareness, and create opportunities for small-scale income generation.
Your gift will enhance biodiversity and support food security.
Thank you for being Partners-in-Mission with all RNDMs worldwide.
Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions
393 Gaboury Place
Winnipeg, MB
Canada
R2H 0L5
Phone: (204) 786-6051
Fax: (204) 691-0640