Hello,
Just to inform you that the surgery went on well. I was operated on Wednesday. Doctor discovered that I have a kidney problem following the amount of pain killers and antibiotics I have been taking in Africa. My case was then handed over to the kidney department. After investigation, the doctors gave a green light for the knee surgery. According to them, the low kidney was not going to affect the surgery. But, there is strong necessity to deal with it after it. Otherwise, it may threaten my life seriously.
I was discharged few minutes ago. The physiotherapy department people will be attending to me right here in my room to carry on what they have started right after the operation.
Thanks for your support, care, and prayers.
Patrice Sawadogo Rayimwendé, M.Afr
A Human Trafficking Conference, organized by Sr. Melanie O’Connor HF, Coordinator of the Counter Trafficking in Persons Office (CTIP) of the LCCL/SACBC, took place at The Good Shepherd Retreat Centre Haartbeespoort from the 9th till the 12th April 2013. During the Conference there was the launch of the “TRUCKERS AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING” campaign for which we congratulate FRUIT SPOT as being the first trucking company to engage in this project. Various speakers exposed the dangers of human trafficking, pointing out that truckers can play a significant role in safeguarding victims and potential victims in transportation by reporting offenders sometimes encountered especially at truck stops.
The role of the Church in the pastoral care of truck drivers who face long and hazardous journeys was emphasized. It was stressed that the Church should move from its traditional way of evangelization of waiting for people in church buildings to the new evangelization emphasized in the recent African Synod. Africa has become a continent where millions of people are either willingly or unwillingly daily on the move thus transforming African roads and streets into privileged places of evangelization and education. Therefore our Church should be seen as the Church on the Move.
The presence of over 15 Police units who man the borders of the Northern Cape was acknowledged and highly appreciated by all present as a source of strength in the fight against Human Trafficking. With many of the participants coming from different African countries and representatives from different agencies – NPA, US Embassy etc., religious and lay people, it became obvious that networking is central to the success of the fight against this hydra-headed evil of our time.
One of the outcomes of the Conference was the commitment of each member to further the Truckers against Human Trafficking campaign in their various regions and countries.
A COUNTER TRAFFICKING NETWORK COMMITTEE (CTNC) was established for easy and effective communication.
Sent in by: Sr. Melanie O’Connor (South Africa), Sabina Namfukwe (Zambia), Sr. Patricia Ebegbulem (Nigeria)
Picture below: participants of the Conference
I am Sister Sabina Namfukwe, I belong to the Congregation of the Sisters of the Child Jesus. I am working at the Zambia Catholic University in the Copperbelt Province as Matron for both boys and girls. I am in charge of their accommodation. I learnt so much on human trafficking and sexual abuse that I am failing to keep quiet about it. I do a lot of awareness as I visit and meet them in their boarding houses.
Due to poverty, some of our young people are hungry and thirsty for sponsorships to study abroad. There are a lot of fake sponsors around. Some boys and girls have gone missing from school, no communication to their parents or anybody. Only God knows where they have disappeared. I just help them to make informed choices in case someone approaches them and talks about sponsorships. They should know how to analyse and know the difference between a genuine sponsor and a fake one.
Recently, I got some pamphlets from the Missionaries of Africa community in Kitwe and I distributed them immediately. Also, I have been invited to participate in an international conference in Pretoria South Africa on Anti-Human Trafficking Campaign and Truck drivers in African countries. After it, I intend to extend my sensitization campaign to primary, secondary and high schools around our University because some of the pupils can also be potential victims of sexual abuse and human trafficking.
Sister Sabina Namfukwe
Below: drawings from a poster illustrating various forms of human trafficking.
FENZA library
To have access to online journals through FENZA, please use the search box in the library section (http://www.fenza.org/library.html).
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- When outside FENZA, one may still gain access to the services of EBSCO and JSTOR as a registered user of FENZA. The person needs to register with FENZA, and we will provide a password to the person and the conditions of usage. One may apply by writing to the director@fenza.org.
Aujourd’hui, les Missionnaires d’Afrique de l’Ouest vous proposent de visiter de nouvelles pages sur leur site www.mafrwestafrica.net :
– Dans la rubrique « Témoignages »
« Léonce Zinzere, de Tunisie », un article tiré du dernier Voix d’Afrique, où notre confrère Burkinabè parle de sa vie et de sa mission en Tunisie (lire la suite)
– Dans la rubrique « Justice et Paix» :
« La drogue des enfants dans la rue » : article lui aussi tiré de Voix d’Afrique, et qui décrit la situation difficile vécue par les enfants dans les rues de par le monde. (lire la suite)
« Le forum social 2013 à Tunis », écrit par le Provincial du Maghreb, et qui décrit l’importance de cette rencontre mondiale, et du fait qu’elle ait lieu en Tunisie. (lire la suite)
– Dans la rubrique « Vu au sud, vu du sud » :
« Journée mondiale de l’eau », le dernier article de Maurice Oudet sur le site SEDELAN, article qui de la nécessité de l’eau, pour avoir du bon lait… (lire la suite)
– Dans la rubrique « Actualités » :
« Le dernier numéro de Baobab Echos » le bulletin de la Province d’Afrique de l’Ouest (lire la suite)
Une bonne manière pour vous de partager notre mission est de faire connaître notre site à vos proches et vos amis, et à tous vos correspondants en leur transférant cette lettre. Ils apprécieront à leur tour ce qui se passe dans le monde de la Mission en Afrique de l’Ouest. Vous pouvez même les inscrire à partir de la rubrique “Lettre d’infos”, située à droite de l’écran.
Vous pouvez toujours nous écrire pour nous donner votre appréciation. Merci.
N.B. : Un détail technique qui a son importance : les images qui apparaissent sur le site ne s’agrandissent plus de manière automatique lorsqu’on clique dessus. Cependant, on peut les regarder à leur taille originale par un clic droit de la souris et le choix de “afficher” dans le menu qui apparaît.
Au revoir et à bientôt.
Pierre Béné, webmaster
– Dans la rubrique « Témoignages »
« Léonce Zinzere, de Tunisie », un article tiré du dernier Voix d’Afrique, où notre confrère Burkinabè parle de sa vie et de sa mission en Tunisie (lire la suite)
– Dans la rubrique « Justice et Paix» :
« La drogue des enfants dans la rue » : article lui aussi tiré de Voix d’Afrique, et qui décrit la situation difficile vécue par les enfants dans les rues de par le monde. (lire la suite)
« Le forum social 2013 à Tunis », écrit par le Provincial du Maghreb, et qui décrit l’importance de cette rencontre mondiale, et du fait qu’elle ait lieu en Tunisie. (lire la suite)
– Dans la rubrique « Vu au sud, vu du sud » :
« Journée mondiale de l’eau », le dernier article de Maurice Oudet sur le site SEDELAN, article qui de la nécessité de l’eau, pour avoir du bon lait… (lire la suite)
– Dans la rubrique « Actualités » :
« Le dernier numéro de Baobab Echos » le bulletin de la Province d’Afrique de l’Ouest (lire la suite)
Une bonne manière pour vous de partager notre mission est de faire connaître notre site à vos proches et vos amis, et à tous vos correspondants en leur transférant cette lettre. Ils apprécieront à leur tour ce qui se passe dans le monde de la Mission en Afrique de l’Ouest. Vous pouvez même les inscrire à partir de la rubrique “Lettre d’infos”, située à droite de l’écran.
Vous pouvez toujours nous écrire pour nous donner votre appréciation. Merci.
N.B. : Un détail technique qui a son importance : les images qui apparaissent sur le site ne s’agrandissent plus de manière automatique lorsqu’on clique dessus. Cependant, on peut les regarder à leur taille originale par un clic droit de la souris et le choix de “afficher” dans le menu qui apparaît.
Au revoir et à bientôt.
Pierre Béné, webmaster
TOGETHER LET US STOP MODERN SLAVERY
By Peter Wazili Chitondo
I look up in the sky I see free birds
Flying high the horizon
While my people are weeping
Struggling to be free like a crying bird
In the hand of the oppressor
For by force they are smuggled
To far countries they are taken
To be used as sex workers and drug dealers
Yes both boys and girls are victims
For hard labour they are used with poor conditions
Yet good wages they are refused
Who is accountable for their suffering?
It’s all because of you! And me!
Who have kept our mouths shut like a door?
And have failed to be a walking stick
In the hand of the most vulnerable
Yes a patient heart do we need
To listen to the voice of the voiceless
An intelligent mind we need not
That only talks without actions
Together lets fight modern slavery
VIVA! AFRICA VIVA!
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- Sing post of the Inter-Congregation Institute.
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- Fund Raising Walk
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- Bonaventure Gubazire, Eckehard Reynen, Julian Kasiya, Jean-Marie Hougardy
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- Archbishop Rémi Ste-Marie, Lilongwe Diocese
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- Archbishop Rémi Ste-Marie, Brother Eckehard Reynen, Bishop Pagani, Bishop Zuza, Father Richard Deschênes, Piet van Hulten
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- Liturgical celebration
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- Group picture 2011
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- Group picture 2012
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- Students at work
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- Outing at the Lake Malawi – learning how to swim
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- Outing at the Lake Malawi – crossing the lake
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- Bonaventure Gubazire, Didasio Mwanza, Robert Tebri, Michael Mawelera. Formation Team 2013
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- Chapel of Lechaptois
Document sent recently from Mozambique.
Nine people have been killed since Friday (first week of April 2013) in a growing confrontation between Renamo and the government in Muxúnguè, Sofala province, on the main north-south road (EN1) 100km north of the River Save. (…) Finally, on Sunday in Muxúnguè in an unexplained attack, the local Anglican pastor was killed.
Catholic bishops in a pastoral letter Sunday said that the “hypocrisy” of both Frelimo and Renamo was behind the conflict. It cited the “intense antagonism and lack of tolerance and dialogue” on both sides. It went on to blame the lack of internal democracy in the two parties. “Aren’t there many members of both parties who are afraid to express their own opinion if it differs from that of party leaders?” asked the bishops. READ MORE
Please, let us remember our confreres who are living at Dombe situated at 70km from Muxúnguè.
By Phelim Malumo M.Afr
For the first time this year, because of less rain than usual, we managed to visit the three major zones of our parish for Easter celebrations. Together with Father Bwezani, I succeeded to reach Lundazi, about 120 km from Luminba, then went through Lukusuzi National Park before crossing the Mwanya River where crocodiles and beasts are common. We covered about 600 km. We slept in a small grass thatched house for 10 days. We were completely cut off but happy to be with the people.
As shown on the pictures below, I went to Kataba-Dumbe community at about 8 km from our house. We had to cross the Lumimba River by motorbikes. On that day, a Lay Missionary named Joe Venegas, linked to the Comboni Missionaries, wanted to see with his own eyes the famous valley life. He was on his way back home to the USA for holidays. I took him to visit the sick, pray for various needs, chat with people and ride along the rough terrain. He hopes to come back and help if possible. In the valley, Lay Missionaries would be very useful.
What an experience! Living here, you really see the difference compare with a town setup. Indeed one has to be happy to work in places like this. It is very demanding and yet prophetic and fulfilling. Truly, one has to be zealous like our founder Cardinal Lavigerie. This is an experience I have come to cherish. I have made friends in taking part of their lives. Hopefully, I have left a positive mark on them too. I have learnt a lot from the confreres and the people around. They have become part of my life journey. Unforgettable indeed! This experience will surely carry me along in my next mission ahead; called to become a man of hope.
Welcome to Lumimba!
Greetings to the confreres Phelim Malumo M.Afr
