School- Part 2

School- Part 2

The commitment to education by the Church (and not only in Central Africa) is enormous.

Just here in Bozoum we have 21 elementary schools in our villages (with over 3,400 children) and in the city we have the Ste Marthe nursery school (150 children), the Bakanja elementary school (950 pupils), the Literacy Center (for a hundred children and teenagers, that allows them to re-enter either elementary or high school), the St Augustin Middle School and High School (300 students) and, finally, the Arc en ciel (Rainbow) Center for orphans (another 200 children from ages 4 to 14).

Every day more than 5,000 children go through our schools in the villages to receive education and training.

Monday was the day for the children of the Arc en Ciel: games, sports, lunch, gifts, dances and skits, were done to celebrate the school year that ended.

On Tuesday morning the rain stopped around 7:30am, just in time for the closing ceremony of the Bakanja elementary school. Thanks to a group of friends from Cuneo (or better, from Borgo San Dalmazzo), even this year I was able to purchase 600 citrus plants, which we donated to the first 20 students in each class. It was a small act of recognition of the work they have done, but also an encouragement to both the children and their parents to plant fruit trees. Both the children and their families are very proud of them!

And their smiles warm the world!