Uganda - Fr Chaquisse visits the refugee camps of "Bidi Bidi" and "Rhino Camp"

18 November 2016

Arua, Uganda - November 2016 - As part of the Extraordinary Visitation to the Province of East Africa (AFE), Fr Américo Chaquisse, Councillor for the Africa-Madagascar Region, met the Salesians of Don Bosco from Morobo (southern Sudan) from 4 to 9 November. The meeting took place  in Arua (Uganda) for safety reasons.  Accompanied by the three Salesians from Morobo, Fr Chaquisse visited the refugee camp of "Bidi Bidi" which accommodates around 200,000 people, many of them from the Salesian parish of Toligamago, Morobo, and the refugee camp "Camp Rhino," which accommodates more than 120,000 people. Sunday Mass was celebrated at the "Bidi Bidi" camp. It was attended by over 400 people. 

 

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