Aeroporto di Bangui: il campo dei rifugiati... sul bordo della pista Aéroport de Bangui: le camp des déplacés, out juste à coté de la piste |
On Sumday morning I said goodbye to Bozoum's people and after the 8.30 Mass I set off to Bangui.
During the last 150 km we came across about a dozen bars, hold by the Antibalakas. I wasn't stopped at any of them.
Still, it's worrying that no MISCA
nor French militaries are patrolling around, and this is the only road
to Cameroon, therefore to supplies.
Once we got to the KM 12 (Bangui's
entrance) we saw French corps and very little people on the street: here
the previous day some Chadian militaries (here to evacuate the last
Muslims) shot on them and killed between 30 and 40 civilians!
On Monday and Tuesday I had several
meetings with ONGs and UN agencies: I hadn't been here since November.
On Tuesday i stopped at my brothers of Carmel: since December they host
about 10000 refugees, providing shelter and safety. With the ONG help
their life conditions are not too bad: big tents, showers and
lavatories. However, their presence here as the presence of 200.000 more
refugees across the city parishes and airport are clearly a tangible
sign that the situation here is still very tense.
On Tuesday afternoon i got on the
plane. from my window seat I could see the refugees camp, there's at
least 120.000 people living in awful conditions.
I arrived in Genova on Wednesday, happy to see my brothers in Sant'Anna and Arenzano.
On Thursday I went to Savona, and
surprised the family of Emanuela, Mara and Alessandra who are hosting
Hyppolite, i said hello in Sango: he jumped on his seat and was very
pleased of my presence there! We hung out and I'm happy to say he's
doing much better, he's recovering rather well from his surgery (and
enjoying the family's and people's attention) He's from Bozoum, he came
here in February to get medical attention, as he's paralized.
I finally arrived in Cuneo at 1.30 pm, and here another story begins.
Con Hyppolite a Savona Avec Hyppolite, Alessandra, Marta et Emmanuela à Savona |
Il campo dei rifugiati al Carmel a Bangui Le camp des déplacés au Carmel à Bangui |
P.Federico le père Fréderic |
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