Bangui - Baoro - Bangui
In recent weeks, the work on the construction site of the new Bangui convent has kept me very busy.
It
is a demanding and ambitious project: a two-storey building, built with
stabilized earth bricks, made here in Central Africa with special
presses from South Africa. A novelty in the country!
These days
we welcomed Giovanni Grossi Bianchi, the architect who came up with,
along with the community, the building and who facilitates its work.
Saturday
2 April, after 3 days of work and meetings with the construction
company on the site, I took him to Baoro for a short break. On Sunday we
went together to Samba Bougoulou, where I celebrated Mass.
On
Monday we returned to Bangui. It was 400 km of theoretically paved
road. I say theoretically, because in certain points (the first 150 km
starting from Baoro) there were some rare paved sections of asphalt in
the midst of holes ...
The crowning glory is that in recent weeks
two different companies started what should be a repair job. In
reality, especially the part between Bossemptele and Baoro (financed by
the World Bank) is very bad. The work is carried out by a company,
"SEMENCE", who work with various materials: they dig holes, fill them
with a mixture of earth and gravel (!), they then spread a very thin
layer of liquid tar, and cover it with gravel. The work, in addition to
being badly done, is also dangerous, because the edges of the road
(where there is often a difference of 15 cm between the earth and the
edge of the old asphalt) are filled in the same way. I also don't think
the funding received from the World Bank is insufficient to do quality
work ...
I stayed in Bangui until Wednesday, always following the
progress of the work being done. I returned to Baoro on Wednesday
morning, so I could devote myself to the many activities of the Mission.
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| Samba Bougoulou |
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| Sul cantiere Au Chantier |
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| Giovanni Grossi Bianchi e Marco Olivero |
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| Il fiume Mpoko a Bangui |
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| Suor Biagina |
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