Mid-August in Baoro
Mid-August in Baoro
Mid-August… alternate!
These past few days I have taken advantage of the August 15 celebration to go to the most distant villages: Bayanga Didi, Yoro and Sinaforo.
When I get to there, I sleep in Yoro or Bayanga Didi, where there is a room behind the church. A little sparse, but at least there is a roof, which is particularly useful in this rainy season!
I also had a little bit of adventure, and met lots of people! Thank God I didn't encounter the rebels, or any big animals (a few days ago a buffalo killed a woman in the fields!). I only had one issue, a hole in my tire on the way back, and the encounter with a magnificent flower, a Protea, an almost unique specimen in the sea of vegetation that accompanies this rainy season.
The streets are getting worse and worse: the water turns them into streams, with large puddles. It took almost 3 hours to get to Bayanga Didi, which is only 80km away.
I left on Saturday: which was a smart start. There were only a couple of cars on the road with me, and that's all the traffic!
I arrived in Bayanga Didi in the evening, and I set up the screening of the film. This time it was "The Ten Commandments", from 1956! We had almost the whole village attend!
On Sunday we celebrated Mass, and the church was full. Today they also bring the firstfruits of the crops, and I blessed these fruits of labour.
In the afternoon I moved to Yoro. Here too I screened the film. The night passed quietly, with a little rain. But at 7 it stopped raining, and I set off on foot for Sinaforo, a small village 7-8 km from Yoro. The road has now become a path, in the middle of the tall grass. I arrived in Sinaforo after about an hour's walk, and I meet the catechist and the village, and after the confessions I celebrated Mass in the chapel, made of earthen bricks, and with the roof of old metal sheets.
The sky is dark, but it's not raining, and after Mass I left for Yoro, where in the evening we watched the second part of the film.
Tuesday morning was the feast of the Assumption. I made a few confessions, and then I celebrated Mass, but there weren't as many people. Many people took advantage of the fact that it didn't rain to go to the fields for the first crops.
I returned to Baoro in the early afternoon, and on Wednesday I left for Bossemptele, 92km away, where the second teacher training, organized by Siriri, is taking place. There are more than 90 teachers here, most of whom come from Bozoum.
Happy mid-August!
Mid-August… alternate!
These past few days I have taken advantage of the August 15 celebration to go to the most distant villages: Bayanga Didi, Yoro and Sinaforo.
When I get to there, I sleep in Yoro or Bayanga Didi, where there is a room behind the church. A little sparse, but at least there is a roof, which is particularly useful in this rainy season!
I also had a little bit of adventure, and met lots of people! Thank God I didn't encounter the rebels, or any big animals (a few days ago a buffalo killed a woman in the fields!). I only had one issue, a hole in my tire on the way back, and the encounter with a magnificent flower, a Protea, an almost unique specimen in the sea of vegetation that accompanies this rainy season.
The streets are getting worse and worse: the water turns them into streams, with large puddles. It took almost 3 hours to get to Bayanga Didi, which is only 80km away.
I left on Saturday: which was a smart start. There were only a couple of cars on the road with me, and that's all the traffic!
I arrived in Bayanga Didi in the evening, and I set up the screening of the film. This time it was "The Ten Commandments", from 1956! We had almost the whole village attend!
On Sunday we celebrated Mass, and the church was full. Today they also bring the firstfruits of the crops, and I blessed these fruits of labour.
In the afternoon I moved to Yoro. Here too I screened the film. The night passed quietly, with a little rain. But at 7 it stopped raining, and I set off on foot for Sinaforo, a small village 7-8 km from Yoro. The road has now become a path, in the middle of the tall grass. I arrived in Sinaforo after about an hour's walk, and I meet the catechist and the village, and after the confessions I celebrated Mass in the chapel, made of earthen bricks, and with the roof of old metal sheets.
The sky is dark, but it's not raining, and after Mass I left for Yoro, where in the evening we watched the second part of the film.
Tuesday morning was the feast of the Assumption. I made a few confessions, and then I celebrated Mass, but there weren't as many people. Many people took advantage of the fact that it didn't rain to go to the fields for the first crops.
I returned to Baoro in the early afternoon, and on Wednesday I left for Bossemptele, 92km away, where the second teacher training, organized by Siriri, is taking place. There are more than 90 teachers here, most of whom come from Bozoum.
Happy mid-August!
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| Protea |
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| Gli insegnanti in formazione a Baoro Les enseignants en formation à Baoro |
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| Bayanga Didi |
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| Sinaforo |
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| In cammino verso Sinaforo En chemin vers Sinaforo |
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| Formazione insegnanti a Bossemptele Formation des enseignants à Bossemptele |
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