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| Bawi, la scuola école de Bawi |
Schools expanding, a second Agricultural Fair
On Sunday I celebrated Mass in Bawi.
We also have a primary school here. Built more than twenty years ago, it now welcomes more than 350 children. The classrooms have remained the same size as when we only had 100 students! I therefore took advantage of the visit to take measurements and see how it can be expanded, creating 3 beautiful large classrooms.
On Tuesday I went to Yoro, Bayanga Didi and Igwe, the most distant villages, for a quick visit.
I arrived at 8.05 in Yoro (75 km from Baoro), and I enjoyed the spectacle of the children in line, who were about to enter school. I was very happy, because I wasn't expected, and I found the three teachers at work, with about 200 children in the class, it was a great joy. The school previously was not fully functioning, but now it is open regularly. Every month we give a small stipend to the teachers (which should be paid by the village), and this has gotten the school up and running again.
Even in Bayanga Didi, 5 kilometers away, children were in class. On the blackboard, where in June there were still the lessons from April 20, 2021…, now there is today's date: February 7, 2023.
I continued on to Igwe, on the "almost" road that crosses the savannah, and here I found the machinery of the company that is digging the well. They had tried a few months ago, at the beginning of the rainy season, but the earth was too wet, so now it's the right time!
Today, February 10, I'm in Bouar for the Agricultural Fair. As Caritas we started doing this here in 2010. Now it continues, with a special thanks to the Femmes Chretiennes Catholiques Association, and to the help of Enabel, and a couple of Italian associations ("Jiango Be Africa" and "Amici di Betharram")
Despite the insecurity, we managed to get 2 trucks from Ndim and Ngaundaye to come, and there were more than 180 cooperatives present.
Here too we try to repeat the experience of the Bozoum Fair, as an exhibition and sales space: an opportunity for the many farmers in the area.
On Sunday I celebrated Mass in Bawi.
We also have a primary school here. Built more than twenty years ago, it now welcomes more than 350 children. The classrooms have remained the same size as when we only had 100 students! I therefore took advantage of the visit to take measurements and see how it can be expanded, creating 3 beautiful large classrooms.
On Tuesday I went to Yoro, Bayanga Didi and Igwe, the most distant villages, for a quick visit.
I arrived at 8.05 in Yoro (75 km from Baoro), and I enjoyed the spectacle of the children in line, who were about to enter school. I was very happy, because I wasn't expected, and I found the three teachers at work, with about 200 children in the class, it was a great joy. The school previously was not fully functioning, but now it is open regularly. Every month we give a small stipend to the teachers (which should be paid by the village), and this has gotten the school up and running again.
Even in Bayanga Didi, 5 kilometers away, children were in class. On the blackboard, where in June there were still the lessons from April 20, 2021…, now there is today's date: February 7, 2023.
I continued on to Igwe, on the "almost" road that crosses the savannah, and here I found the machinery of the company that is digging the well. They had tried a few months ago, at the beginning of the rainy season, but the earth was too wet, so now it's the right time!
Today, February 10, I'm in Bouar for the Agricultural Fair. As Caritas we started doing this here in 2010. Now it continues, with a special thanks to the Femmes Chretiennes Catholiques Association, and to the help of Enabel, and a couple of Italian associations ("Jiango Be Africa" and "Amici di Betharram")
Despite the insecurity, we managed to get 2 trucks from Ndim and Ngaundaye to come, and there were more than 180 cooperatives present.
Here too we try to repeat the experience of the Bozoum Fair, as an exhibition and sales space: an opportunity for the many farmers in the area.
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| Finalmente la scuola di Bayanga Didi funziona! Enfin, l'école de Bayanga Didi fonctionne! |
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| Bawi |
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| Yoro: inizio delle lezioni Yoro: le commencement des léçons |
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| Bayanga Didi |
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| Igwe |
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| La 13a Fiera di Bouar La 13è Foire agricole de Bouar |
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| L'artista Beachman Handicapable |
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