A smile refreshes life!
And their smiles warm the world!
So I finished last week's post. But someone complained that in Europe and elsewhere it is already too hot! Let's not forget that a smile warms the heart and refreshes life!
Speaking of heat: last Sunday, around 1.00 pm, Fr. Norberto called me. He had left for Sambay, a village 10 km away, where he did confession and started Mass, but had to stop due to a Malaria crisis. I left immediately and met him on the street. He explained to me that, in addition to the Mass, there were also baptisms to celebrate.
I arrived in Sambay, and all the people returned to the chapel. There were at least 200 people in a chapel of less than 100 square meters, and there was an exhausting heat! After the celebration, which lasted a couple of hours, I left the church all wet!
In the upcoming days the works for the construction of the Bozoum Radio continue: we are at the slab, and in a couple of weeks we are hoping to mount the roof. Unfortunately, in the past few days we have had two tragedies, Alban and Romuald, died in a car accident. They were both teachers in our St.Augustin High School and they were also local correspondents for a national radio station. We really counted on them for the direction of the Bozoum community radio!
Speaking of education, we have just installed a digital library: a simple system that will allow teachers and pupils to access texts and novels, with a mobile phone. This is thanks to the collaboration with the Ministry of Education, supported by the French Embassy. Merci!
Unfortunately the work of gold mining by Chinese companies continues. Despite the promises by the Government and ministers, there is no sign of improvement. The water of the river is as dense as mud, and now pollution can be seen hundreds of kilometers away!
Promised buildings (a school and two clinics) haven't started: there is only a forum for the authorities that the Prefect is having built, so that the authorities can remain in the shade during the parade on 1 December, a national holiday!
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| Battesimi a Sambay Baptèmes à Sambay |
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| La biblioteca digitale La bibliothèque numérique |
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| Lavori in corso per la Radio di Bozoum les travaux pour la Radio de Bozoum |
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| La tribuna per le autorità la tribune pour les autorités |
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| Il fiume Ouham le fleuve Ouham |
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