Baoro-Yaounde
Friday afternoon, January 4th, I went
to Bouar and by evening I was in Baoro. Just today the "pupils" of
the Catechist school arrived: there were a dozen men, with their families, who
will attend a program for 6 months to become "catechists".
The catechist, in Africa, has a very
important responsibility to the surrounding villages. In the places where the priest is only able
to go a few times during the year (because of the distance, and the number of
villages), it is the catechist who guides the community, celebrates moments of
prayer, and teaches catechism. All ten families dedicate themselves in
formation training: the catechists receive a series of courses on the Word of
God, on prayer and on the sacraments. The children attend the public schools of
the city, and the wives on the other hand, helped by Sister Biagina and other
women, will be trained on childcare, sewing etc...
Saturday morning I visited 2
sites of great interest: we are building two primary schools in the villages of
Dayanga and Dobere. It is a great commitment, but we believe in education as a
"weapon of mass construction"! In the afternoon I arrived in Bangui,
and on Sunday morning I left for Cameroon, to visit our confreres who work
there, and in particular to meet the two Central African theology students who
live there because of their theological studies.
I traveled by plane to Douala, the economic
capital of the Country, and immediately continued by bus to the capital,
Yaounde. The roads were paved and there was not much traffic (it was Sunday),
and in almost five hours we arrived, after maybe 250 km. Not only did I get to
meet with the confreres but I also enjoyed watching through the bus window
shops and business display. I was able to buy a nice wheelchair for our
Gauthier, a young with disabilities in Bozoum, who will be delighted to receive
it. Wednesday morning I left the convent at 3.00 am, and the bus, which has to
be there at 4:00 am brought me near the airport of Douala and from here I
reached Bangui.
This was also the week of arrivals: Ludmila Böhmová, Veronika
Boháčová and Jiří Pasz, arrived in Bozoum for the "Apprendre en
jouant" (Learning with fun) project. They arrived on Tuesday. On Friday
Paolo Silvestro and Giuseppe will be arriving, they are going to help me with
the preparation for the Agricultural Fair (25-27 January), while on Saturday we
have Enrico Massone arriving, who is
coming to Bozoum for the construction of a church in the village of Kpari.
Good work!
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| Famiglia alla scuola dei Catechisti a Baoro une fmille de l'école des Catéchistes de Baoro |
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| La scuola in costruzione a Dayanga L'école en construction à Dayanga |
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| I mattoni per la scuola, prima della cottura les briques pour l'école, avant la cuisson |
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| la scuola in costruzione a Dobere l'école en construction à Dobere |
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