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| Orti scolastici a Dobere Les jardins scolaires à Dobere |
Cultivate and grow
Finally last week I managed to stay in Baoro without moving!
I was able to visit our schools in the villages, and as always it was interesting: seeing the teachers enthusiastic, and the pupils even more so, was a great joy.
All 9 schools I visited have already prepared a small, fenced field for vegetable gardens. This year I launched this initiative, for those who wanted it, and all the schools participated. In the next few days we will bring some tools (a cart, watering cans, shovels, hoes, etc.) and seeds to each school. We'll revisit in a couple of months, to see the fruits of their labour!
School, education and training are the tools for building a more peaceful, less poor tomorrow. The hope is to avoid (but unfortunately it is already happening) Central Africa being sold off to the strongest and most overbearing buyer. Just in recent days the Chinese arrived in Baoro, to exploit the gold. This was despite an official decree from the Minister of Mines, which prohibited any semi-artisanal installation.
On Sunday I celebrated Mass in Zoungbe, a small village on the road to Bangui, and then I went down to Bangui. The work continues with Alessio Vada almost finishing the construction of the 44 arches of the cloister, they are making progress!
Finally last week I managed to stay in Baoro without moving!
I was able to visit our schools in the villages, and as always it was interesting: seeing the teachers enthusiastic, and the pupils even more so, was a great joy.
All 9 schools I visited have already prepared a small, fenced field for vegetable gardens. This year I launched this initiative, for those who wanted it, and all the schools participated. In the next few days we will bring some tools (a cart, watering cans, shovels, hoes, etc.) and seeds to each school. We'll revisit in a couple of months, to see the fruits of their labour!
School, education and training are the tools for building a more peaceful, less poor tomorrow. The hope is to avoid (but unfortunately it is already happening) Central Africa being sold off to the strongest and most overbearing buyer. Just in recent days the Chinese arrived in Baoro, to exploit the gold. This was despite an official decree from the Minister of Mines, which prohibited any semi-artisanal installation.
On Sunday I celebrated Mass in Zoungbe, a small village on the road to Bangui, and then I went down to Bangui. The work continues with Alessio Vada almost finishing the construction of the 44 arches of the cloister, they are making progress!
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| Mbormo |
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| Dayanga |
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| Kouisso Baguera |
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| Zoungbe |
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| Alessio Vada |
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