INTRODUCTION.
The Good Samaritan Department extends Charity Actions to the needy irrespective of ones religious denomination in the 5 Sub parishes that make up the Parish. The group category that beneficiaries are the poor, the widows, the elderly, the lame, the sick especially those of HIV-AIDS and all the vulnerable

The Department’s work is voluntary and calls for all people’s participation in order to reach out to a good number of the needy hence emphasis of joint effort. In Kansanga Parish involvement in the Good Samaritan activities cuts across several departments among which are the Youth, the Catholic Women’s Guild, the various religious groups (Legion of Mary is well known for visiting the sick). In addition to this all Christians are urged to support the needy in their neighborhoods. In so doing God’s Love and Mercy to all mankind is reflected.
Food items and Clothes are collected and distributed to the needy mainly twice a year during the Easter and Christmas seasons. This could have been done on a more regular basis but it is because of the limited resources. However, the most needy are always assisted as need may arise.
Apart from offering tangible items the leaders in the Good Samaritan Department right from the Basic Christian Communities up to the Parish level visit the needy in their communities. Providing of the counselling services to the Sick especially the HIV – AIDS victims is yet to be realized still due to limited resources.
The Good Samaritan Department in conjunction with the Youth and the leaders of the elderly also organize annual cerebration functions that bring the needy together. The Department gets financial, material and moral support for its activities from Christians and well-wishers. However, the Department is supposed to establish a fund to implement its activities on a sustainable basis.

THE GOAL: To reach out to the needy with essential commodities and services on a quarterly basis annually.