Djibouti, 30 January, 2021 / 2:32 pm (ACI Africa).
Officials of the Catholic Church in Djibouti have, in a report, highlighted their service to street children in the Horn of Africa country with basic needs, amid the COVID-19 challenges.
In the Wednesday, January 27 report obtained by ACI Africa, the officials say that towards the end of last year, they offered night shelter to about 80 minors aged between 7 and 18 years, through Caritas Djibouti.
“The night shelter provided maximum protection to the beneficiaries of the program because it helped to better protect the children from the spread of the virus,” the Bishop of Djibouti, Giorgio Bertin has been quoted as saying, adding, “All the minors were tested for COVID-19, and in compliance with the containment measures provided.”
At the shelter, the street children “were given three meals a day and an afternoon snack, as well as clothing and hygiene products,” the Bishop, a member of Order of Friars Minor (OFM) notes in the January 27 report.
In their free time, the children engaged in various activities among them sports, video games, manual workshops as well as regular education activities such as language courses in English and French, the Italian-born Prelate adds in the report by Agenzia Fides, the information service of Propaganda Fide.
