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# AMSF

Helping the people of Angola since 1971

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- [HOME](https://angolamsf.org/) - HOME - Helping the people of Angola since 1971
- [WHAT'S NEW](https://angolamsf.org/whats-new/) - READ THE FALL 2025 NEWSLETTER Article: Bunjei Jubilee 2023 Biography of Janette Miller Biography of Mãe Celita Chinossanda Kulanda Epalanga Full Article: Mending the World: United Church of Canada and Angola Partners Conference FIND OUT HOW TO DONATE TO AMSF Join the new AMSF Facebook Group In memory of Peter DeMarsh In memory of Helen
- [NEWSLETTERS](https://angolamsf.org/newsletters/) - LATEST NEWSLETTER FALL 2025 Every year AMSF publishes a newsletters detailing its activities over the year. Below are some of those newsletters, which can be viewed in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (pdf). Click on the dates below to open the newsletter. 2025 Spring 2025 Fall 2025 2024 Spring 2024 Fall 2024 2023 Spring 2023
- [ARTICLES AND LINKS OF INTEREST](https://angolamsf.org/articles-and-links-of-interest/) - Feedback? CONTACT US Articles Bunjei Jubilee, 2023, a joyous celebration Mending the World: United Church of Canada and Angola Partners Conference Duas novas plantas nutricionais para Quessua: Moringa e Chaya, por Ruthie Schaad Read about Luis Samacumbi, a prominent lay church leader and emerging Angolan author Reunion Round Up report on the Angola Connections 2013
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- [CONTACT US](https://angolamsf.org/contact-us/) - For general inquiries, contact the Corresponding Secretary President Jean BurgessTaymouth, NBE6C 1Y3burgess.jean5@gmail.com506-367-2503 Treasurer Eleanor Ellins2016-1333 Bloor St.Mississauga, ONL4Y 3T6905-624-0957 Corresponding Secretary Rev. Joyce B. Myers-Brown906 Towers Circle, NEAtlanta, GA 30329-4610jmyersbrown@aol.com404-982-1991 Directors Anna BrownP.O. Box 441Cuba, NM 87013eannabrown51@gmail.com505-252-0804 Mary Dewar, Vice President244 – 16 129th RoadRosedale, NY 11422mdewar099@gmail.com718-276-9394 Barbara Rogers5338 N. E. Mason St.Portland OR, 97218-2132(503)
- [Gladwyn Murray Childs](https://angolamsf.org/bibliography/gladwyn-murray-childs/) - Biographical Note* Born in 1896, Gladwyn received bachelor's degree from Pomona College, a B.D. and M.A. from Union Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University. His dissertation was published as "Umbundu Kinship and Character" by Oxford University Press and the University of Witwatersrand. Together with his wife, Margaret, he worked as a
- [BIBLIOGRAPHY](https://angolamsf.org/bibliography/) - Know of a book we didn't include? Contact Us. Salute to Sid: The Story of Dr. Sidney Gilchrist Frank E. Archibald(Windsor, Nova Scotia. Lancelot Press, 1970) Angola TorchbearersMaria Chela Chikueka(Toronto, ON. Chela Book Group, 1999) Please CONTACT US if you or someone you know has been, or is currently involved with AMSF or Angola generally.
- [BIOGRAPHIES](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/) - "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count.It's the life in your years." -- Abraham Lincoln The Angola Memorial Scholarship Fund recognizes and honours the many outstanding individuals who have been involved with and supported the organization since it was founded in 1971. These individuals, as well as the many
- [Biography: Teacher Idalina Beatriz Njivala Namupa Salondeka](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/biography-teacher-idalina-beatriz-njivala-namupa-salondeka/) - READ IN PORTUGUESE Teacher Idalina Beatriz Njivala Namupa Salondeka Text by Pedro Chindondo with the editorial coordination of Emilia Etaungo Sicato. Luanda, March 29, 2021. English Translation by Frank Collins. Idalina Beatriz Njivala Namupa Salondeka was born on May 10, 1930, daughter of Salondeka Mukinda and Chimuma Chopetu of Miapia/Chiumbo, in Huambo Province. She started
- [Biography: Teacher Idalina Beatriz Njivala Namupa Salondeka - Portuguese](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/biography-teacher-idalina-beatriz-njivala-namupa-salondeka-portuguese/) - READ IN ENGLISH Teacher Idalina Beatriz Njivala Namupa Salondeka Texto de Pedro Chindondo e coordenação de Emilia Etaungo Sicato. Luanda, 29 de Março de 2021. Idalina Beatriz Njivala Namupa Salondeka, nasceu a 10 de Maio de 1930, filha de Salondeka Mukinda e Chimuma Chopetu, natural de Miapia/Chiumbo, Província do Huambo. Iniciou o ensino pré-primário na
- [Biography: Teacher Leontina Namuyeka](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-teacher-leontina-namuyeka/) - READ IN PORTUGUESE Teacher Leontina. Photo by Chindondo. N.B. The Rev. Adelaide Catanha, Dr Suzana Barbosa and Dr. Fonseca Chindondo collaborated to write this text, co-ordinated by Professor Emília Etaungo Sicato. Translation from the Portuguese by Frank Collins. Leontina Namuyeca, daughter of Adelino Cossengue and Silvina Naliva, was born on the 24th of May in
- [Biography: Teacher Leontina Namuyeka - Portuguese](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/biography-teacher-leontina-namuyeka-portuguese/) - READ IN ENGLISH Professora Leontina Foto Chindondo. Leontina Namuyeca, filha de Adelino Cossengue e de Silvina Naliva, nasceu a 24 de Maio de 1938, na aldeia de Sassoma-Sahumba, Chiumbo, Município do Cachiungo, Província do Huambo. Leontina iniciou o ensino primário no Centro de Kawala e terminou na Missão do Lutamo. Em 1953 foi enviada para
- [Biography of Reverend Henrique Etaungo Daniel](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-henrique-etaungo-daniel/) - By Professor Emília Sicato This biography is born of long hours of conversation with the central personnage of the work, Reverend Henrique Etaungo Daniel. The essay follows, in chronological order, his work and accomplishments, from his birth to final end. VIEW MORE BIOGRAPHIES
- [Biography: Mãe Celita Chinossanda Kulanda Epalanga - Portuguese](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-mae-celita-chinossanda-kulanda-epalanga-portuguese/) - VIEW MORE BIOGRAPHIES
- [Biography: Mãe Celita Chinossanda Kulanda Epalanga](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-mae-celita-chinossanda-kulanda-epalanga-2/) - READ IN PORTUGUESE Avançai! Avançai!Derramai essa luzSobre os povos da terraQue não têm Jesus!Ide, pois, disse o Mestre.De vós quem iráObservando o preceitoQue Cristo nos dá?Confiai no SenhorNão tenhais mais temorAvançai com Jesus. Avançai Forward! Forward.Spread this lightAmong the peoples of the earthWho do not have Jesus!Go, then, says the Master.Who among you will proceed,Observing
- [ABOUT](https://angolamsf.org/about/) - AMSF is a Registered Canadian Charity LEARN MORE Have questions for AMSF? CONTACT US For over 30 years, AMSF has sponsored education for Angolan students at school and university level. Recently, the organization began placing more emphasis on supporting grass roots education for women and children. AMSF works through partner organizations in Angola. In response
- [AAA - example page](https://angolamsf.org/aaa-example-page/) - Hyperlinked item 1 Hyperlinked item 2 Your journey begins with an introduction to the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, Canada’s original inhabitants. For thousands of years they have explored and settled this hemisphere; hunted, fished and farmed; created trade and political networks; and created a rich mosaic of distinct cultures. Indigenous communities today are
- [AMSF Biography: Reverend Whitney Dalrymple](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-reverend-whitney-dalrymple/) - Reverend Whitney Dalrymple served the Church of Christ of Central Angola from 1957 to 1965, first at Currie Institute, and later at Chilesso. When visas for Protestant missionaries wishing to return to Angola were no longer being granted, Rev. Darlrymple was posted by the United Church of Canada to Zambia to serve under the United
- [AMSF Biography: Lawrence "Larry" Henderson](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-lawrence-larry-henderson/) - Lawrence "Larry" Henderson and his wife Muriel "Ki" Henderson worked as missionaries in Angola from 1947 to 1969 with the United Church Board for World Ministries. Two daughters, Kathy and Nancy, moved to Angola with the family in 1947 and 2 sons, David and Mark, were born in Angola. Until 1960, the Hendersons lived in
- [Biography: Janette Miller](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/biography-janette-miller/) - READ IN PORTUGUESE By Laura Teixeira, translated by Frank Collins When I, Laura Marques Gomes Teixeira, was fifteen years old I was very close to this dear missionary. I was working as a teacher at her Ebenezer Mission. Now, at seventy years of age I can convey something of the kind of person Janette Miller
- [Biography: Janette Miller - Portuguese](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/biography-janette-miller-portuguese/) - VIEW MORE BIOGRAPHIES
- [RESOURCES](https://angolamsf.org/resources/) - Website Resources BIOGRAPHIES BIBLIOGRAPHY ARTICLES AND LINKS OF INTEREST NEWSLETTERS Social Media YOUTUBE VIDEOS FACEBOOK GROUP
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- [THE DONDI INSTITUTE](https://angolamsf.org/amsf-the-dondi-institute/) - The Angola Memorial Scholarship Fund is supporting the reconstruction of the Dondi Institute in central Angola. Rehabilitation of this educational center, which was greatly damaged by the civil war, has been identified as a high priority for the Angolan Church. Reverend Augusto Chipesse, General Secretary of the Evangelical Congregational Church of Angola, said many Dondi
- [Angola Covenant Statement](https://angolamsf.org/amsf-covenant-statement/) - Covenant StatementAngola Conference June 7-10, 2004Chicago, IL Preamble We, who are in attendance at the Angola Conference in Chicago, June 7-10, 2004, rejoice that God has brought us together, the Evangelical Congregational Church of Angola, the United Church of Canada, and the Global Ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church
- [AMSF: HISTORY OF ANGOLA](https://angolamsf.org/amsf-history/amsf-history-of-angola/) - PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PAGE IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION. CONTACT US WITH FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS. MAP OF ANGOLA In the late 1400s Portugal was a tiny European state with a strong maritime tradition. It entered the race with England, Holland, France and Spain to accumulate as many colonies as possible worldwide. Portuguese explorers circled Africa
- [Pandemic Emails](https://angolamsf.org/pandemic-emails/) - April 28 2020 Email from Rev Joyce Myers-Brown, AMSF Corresponding Secretary to Rev André Kangovi Euríco, IECA General Secretary, regarding the Global Covid-19 Crisis and his translated May 1 2020 email response to her. Dear Brother in Christ, Rev Andre Cangovi, The grace and peace and love of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you today and with
- [DONATE](https://angolamsf.org/donate/) - In 2002, AMSF raised $111,000 (Canadian) and supported 395 Angolan students. Your donation of $23 will support an Angolan student for one month; $280 will cover an entire year! Your donations will also help finance teacher salaries, provide school supplies and help finance the reconstruction of school buildings so that the people of Angola can
- [AMSF Biography: Reverend Joyce Myers-Brown](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-reverend-joyce-myers-brown/) - After graduating summa cum laude from Elon College in 1959, Joyce attended Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. She was ordained in 1963, and shortly thereafter was sent to Portugal for language study before serving with the Evangelical Congregational Church of Angola in partnership with the United Church Board for World Ministries. During the first term of
- [AMSF Biography: Reverend Etta Snow](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-reverend-etta-snow/) - 60 Years in Ministry 1. Anniversary Sermon by The Very Rev. Dr. Marion Pardy 2. All about Etta Snow 3. Across the years and miles, Africa calls to Etta Snow Reverend Etta Snow was born in Bay Roberts, NF and studied at Memorial University College in preparation for a career in teaching. In 1950-1952 she studied at the
- [AMSF Biography: Reverend Ed LeMaster](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-reverend-ed-lemaster/) - From the hills of rural Kentucky and in spite of poverty and other challenges, Rev. E. Edwin LeMaster arose to make a difference in the lives of many Angolans. While in Wilmore, Kentucky, attending Asbury Theological Seminary, he proposed to Virginia who was attending nursing school. She recalled, “When he asked me to marry him,
- [AMSF Biography: Muriel "Ki" Henderson](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-muriel-ki-henderson/) - Muriel "Ki" Henderson and her husband Lawrence "Larry" Henderson worked as missionaries in Angola from 1947 to 1969 with the United Church Board for World Ministries. Two daughters, Kathy and Nancy, moved to Angola with the family in 1947 and 2 sons, David and Mark, were born in Angola. Until 1960, the Hendersons lived in
- [AMSF Biography: Eleanor Knight](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-eleanor-knigh/) - Eleanor Knight spent 17 years in Angola as a missionary for the United Church of Canada. After the civil war in Angola broke out, she and her husband, Allen, were sent to Congo where they served for 14 years. Mrs. Knight worked as an elementary school teacher in Angola where she also gave music lessons
- [AMSF Biography: Edith Radley](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-edith-radley/) - Edith Radley was a United Church medical missionary to Angola and Zaïre for three decades. In recognition of her work, she received the Order of Canada. Edith was born in Indiana and raised in Manitoba where she trained to be a nurse. In 1946, the Women’s Missionary Society appointed her to serve in Angola. As
- [AMSF Biography: Dr. George Burgess](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-dr-george-burgess/) - Dr. George Burgess, a missionary for the United Church of Canada, spent 23 years serving in Angola. As a medical doctor, he served from 1954-1977 in many hospitals in Angola, including the Dondi Mission Station, Elende, Bailundo, Bunjei and Camundongo. He also taught nurses at Dondi who have provided medical services to Angolans even during
- [AMSF Biography: Dr. Filipe Matuba](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-dr-filipe-matuba/) - Dr. Filipe Matuba was born in Quibocolo and moved to neighboring Congo where he spent his formative years. Dr. Matuba was one of the earliest recipients of support from the Angola Memorial Scholarship Fund, which assisted him during his four years of study in Medicine at the University of Kinshasa, Congo. Dr. Matuba then returned
- [AMSF Biography: Dr. Betty Bridgman, M.D., C.M.](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-dr-betty-bridgman-m-d-c-m/) - Dr. Elizabeth (Betty) Bridgman was born in 1924 in the hills above Fujo, a small town near Chungking, China. Her father, Rev. Charles Bridgman from Winona, Ontario, went to Chengdu in 1912 as an evangelical missionary for the Methodist Church of Canada and served there for 37 years. Her mother Margaret went to China as
- [AMSF Biography: Dr. Allen Knight](https://angolamsf.org/biographies/amsf-biography-dr-allen-knight/) - As a missionary of the United Church of Canada, Dr. Allen Knight served 19 years as an agricultural missionary in Dondi, Angola, and 14 years at Kimpese, Congo. Dr. Knight and his wife, Eleanor, both worked to educate the people of both countries. His major contributions in Africa included the promotion of better farming practices
- [Memorial for Jeanne Wolfe](https://angolamsf.org/home/memorial-for-jeanne-wolfe/) - Presented by Mary Collins at the 2019 AMSF AGM We remember today Jeanne Wolfe, whom many of us knew as not only an AMSF member, but also as the sister of - to us mish-kids - Aunt Edith Radley, who as you know served most of her career in Angola. Taking the first part from her
- [In memory of Helen Stockton](https://angolamsf.org/home/in-memory-of-helen-stockton/) - Presented at the 2019 AMSF AGM by Marilyn McKim Helen was born in Paris, Ontario in 1926 and died in Guelph on November 28, 2018 at the age of 92. It was just over a year ago that she had a horrific accident when she tumbled 40 feet into the ravine behind her retirement home.
- [In memory of Peter deMarsh, a quiet AMSF supporter](https://angolamsf.org/home/in-memory-of-peter-demarsh-a-quiet-amsf-supporter/) - by AMSF member Jean Burgess My husband Peter was a long-time supporter of AMSF, through his support of my volunteer involvement (formalized when the AMSF board confirmed his nomination for membership in the spring of 2018). After we became romantic partners more than 40 years ago, I took him to meet my family in Angola,
- [AMSF HISTORY](https://angolamsf.org/amsf-history/) - Dr. W. Sidney Gilchrist, his wife Frances Harriet and their daughter Leota Elizabeth Cassova, died in a car accident on an Alberta highway on June 13, 1970. The Gilchrists had served the people of Angola for 40 years in medical and educational work under the United Church of Canada. A few days earlier, Sid had
- [RECIPIENTS](https://angolamsf.org/recipients/) - From 1970 to 1990, nearly 200 individual Angolans at higher levels of education were supported with bursaries from AMSF. By 1995, an additional 100 Angolans had received training in secondary and university education with financial assistance from AMSF. The organization continues to work to support Angolans in their educational endeavers. Here are some of their
- [A Letter from Bishop Gaspar Joao Domingos](https://angolamsf.org/home/a-letter-from-bishop-gaspar-joao-domingos/) - Translated to English "To the Distinguished Members of the Angola Memorial Scholarships, Warm Greetings! Please, allow me to congratulate and thank you for the effort that until now you have extended to Angola and especially to the church of men and women able to secure their own destiny; this puts education on a level to
- [LETTERS FROM RECIPIENTS](https://angolamsf.org/recipients/letters-from-recipients/) - For over 30 years, AMSF has worked to provide the people of Angola with technical training as well as primary, secondary and higher education. AMSF has given scholarships to over 300 Angolans who have consequently been able to complete their education, obtain jobs in fields that interest them and use their education to assist their
- [Angola Rotary Club Medical Project](https://angolamsf.org/angola-rotary-medical-club-project/) - George’s Rotary Project Our member George Burgess reports on his project with the Chesley Rotary club, in partnership with the Rotary Club of Luanda, to provide basic medical supplies to eleven nursing stations serving the most needy population in several regions of Angola, notably war refugees, women and children – some 10,000 patients, in fact.
- [GIFT PLANNING](https://angolamsf.org/gift-planning/) - There are many ways donors can make gifts to AMSF. These include leaving a portion of your earthly possessions to benefit the important work of AMSF. All gifts, whether made in the present or in the future, will create a positive impact on the lives of Angolans. The need is great and will continue to
- [OUR MISSION](https://angolamsf.org/about-us/) - Vision Through selectively directed programs and projects in education and training, AMSF seeks to create a solid foundation which can serve as a self-perpetuating wellspring to enhance the health, welfare and spiritual life of the peoples of Angola. AMSF pledges itself to work for all Angolans regardless of their ethnic origin, gender or religious affiliation.

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