Fighting in
Somalia
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Included
in this letter you will find a receipt of the 8.000 USD that Mission
Scotland has sent in
favor
of the Diocese of Mogadishu for its activities to children in need. I
thank you and assure you of our prayer for all the benefactors who have
contributed to this sum.
We
are using this amount of money for the program of Caritas Somalia in
Southern Somalia: in
Baidoa
in fact we have opened last May a dispensary in favor of the poor of that
region. The
dispensary of Caritas Somalia is a very simple and humble structure.
Therefore we cannot treat
more
serious cases, particularly regarding children. That is why we send these
children to the pediatric
hospital
of the SOS Children's Village in Mogadishu, where some of our Consolata
Missionary sisters
have
been working for years. We spend the money you have sent us for the
transport of sick children
from
Baidoa to Mogadishu (around 260 Km) and for the first needs once they are
in Mogadishu. We
must admit that the political situation in Southern Somalia is very tense
and that there is the
risk
of an all out war. In September one of our sisters in Mogadishu has been
killed. As a consequence
the
other four sisters are temporary out of the country. We hope they will be
able to go back.
In
the meanwhile our dispensary in Baidoa continues its activities and sends
children particularly in
need
to Mogadishu. It
is a very sad situation for most of the people in Somalia and for us also
as a Church. In a very
difficult
surrounding people try to survive and the Chui\!i tries its best to help
people in need, in this
case,
particularly the children. Please
tell me if you want more informations regarding our dispensary in Baidoa.
We will be glad to
send
some reports and also some photos. I
wish you a joyful season of Christmas and a happy new year. Msgr.
Giorgio Bertin ofm Apostolic administrator
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