Eamonn – Arthur McCluskey Foundation

MARY’S HANDS – FEEDING THE POOR AND SAVING LIVES

Mary’s Hands is an organisation founded by Fr Marinko Sakota, PP of Medjugorje, and Jakov Colo, the youngest of the six visionaries. Jakov’s last daily Apparition was in September 1998 and we can only imagine what effect the loss of daily time with Our Blessed Mother had on him. Thankfully, Our Lady appears to Jakov […]

RAS Family

Mother and father live with their three children, two daughters aged 17 and 15 and a 13 year old son, in part of their old stone family house. In the course of time, the father has managed to renovate the rooms and add a small kitchen and bathroom. Unfortunately, the roof is in very poor [...]

Sar Family

A mother (68) lives with her grown children, daughter (30) and son (29), in an unfinished bare brickwork house deep in the mountains. Their old family house was destroyed during the war and afterwards the father began to rebuild the house. Unfortunately, he died in 2008 and then a life of suffering began for the [...]

TOL Family

Father (1960) & Mother (1971) Mother and Father live with their four children aged 18, 16, 12 and 5 in a simple house. The father is retired and earns about €300 monthly. The eldest daughter (18) has been ill since she was a baby and cannot move on her own. She lies on a couch [...]

Lady Living Alone

A 78-year-old woman lived alone in a mouldy desolate room on the ground floor of her old family home. The rest of the house is uninhabitable. She had no running water, no bathroom – just an outhouse. Her room was damp and cold and could not be heated, as the adjacent storage room had a [...]

Li family

Wife (61) & Husband (64) October 2018 This elderly couple live in an old dilapidated stone house on the mountain side not far from Medjugorje. They moved into the family house three years ago, after his brother and wife died in 2015, as conditions were a bit better than their old apartment. They have no [...]

Ceilings covered in mould

A family of seven live in an old stone house which had a poorly built extension added some years ago. The roof of the house and extension has been leaking for many years. The father suffered a stroke and consequently is unable earn money to support his family. They grow and sell tobacco, which is [...]

Family struggling to build a house

The parents, two daughters aged 18 & 16 and a son who is 15, rent a small flat costing €150 per month. The 16 year old girl and the 15 year old boy are mentally handicapped and attend a special needs school. As well as that, the 16 year old and her mother suffer from […]

Family Living in one Room

A ten minute drive from Medjugorje, a mother and father live with their two sons in a tiny, dilapidated house. Their home consists of one room and a small kitchen. They have no bathroom but kind neighbours let them use their facilities. We can’t begin to image what such a life is like. This family [...]

Refurbished Home

Poor Family of 9 living and sleeping in one room On a recent trip we visited a family who asked for help. A father and mother live with their three daughters, aged 25, 24 and 16 as well as their four grandchildren, aged 6, 5, 4 and 2 in one room on the ground floor [...]

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Author: Eamonn