Goma, 06 September, 2023 / 4:37 pm (ACI Africa).
Members of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are reaching out to members of “displaced families” with shelter and nutrition amid violence in the country’s North Kivu Province that is covered by the Catholic Diocese of Goma.
In a report published Wednesday, September 6, SDB officials say, “Since Feb. 10, 2023, Don Bosco Shasha has been sheltering people who fled to safety in the field of the primary school. Currently, displaced families are using the classrooms for shelter.”
They note that SDB members are “providing porridge for the children who are facing malnutrition and for the sick in the hopes that food will make them strong enough to fight their illness. Salesians are also trying to get youth back into school.”
“We intend to give all the children the chance to go back to school with the other students at the Don Bosco Shasha primary school,” Fr. Kizito Tembo, a Salesian Priest at Don Bosco Shasha has been quoted as saying.
He adds, “We are also offering skill training for older youth who want to learn a skill for employment. But this recovery is slow, because our forces are too limited.”
