Kinshasa, 18 March, 2023 / 10:30 pm (ACI Africa).
Members of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are receiving and facilitating the resettlement of thousands of “war-displaced people” from the country’s four Provinces, who they say, “are in a very precarious situation”.
In a report published Wednesday, March 15, SDB officials speak about the assistance that Salesian Missions, the U.S.-based development arm of SDB, has given to help those fleeing conflict, which, the report indicates, “has left more than 5.8 million people displaced across the provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu and Tanganyika.”
“Salesians in Goma and the surrounding areas in DRC are supporting people who have been displaced because of ongoing conflict,” SDB officials say, and add, “Thousands of displaced people have settled on the grounds of Don Bosco Shasha, and Salesians are trying to provide food and shelter.”
A Salesian member with the East Delegation of the Central Africa Province has been quoted as saying that SDB members “have received yet another group of war-displaced people in our community of Don Bosco Shasha. We are trying to see how we can help them.”
The displaced persons, the SDB member says in the March 15 report, “have fled leaving almost everything in their homes and are in a very precarious situation. We need to remain united in prayer for this situation which is going to continue.”
