“Promoting Health, Education, and Children’s Empowerment is part of the Mandates of my Diocese”, Says Bishop Hiiboro as he Launches the Construction of Orphan’s Dormitory in Nzara County
By Joseph Ernesto
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Tambura Yambio on Tuesday, 19 April 2023, launched the construction of a residential institution for the care and education of orphans in Nzara County of Western Equatoria State.
Speaking at the launch, His Lordship Barani Eduardo Hiiboro Kusala said that the construction of the institution is part of the mandates of his diocese to help and promote health, education, and children’s empowerment adding that helping an orphanage is like transforming the world.
For her part, 80-year-old Rev. Sr Bianca who has been a long-serving sister/guardian of the orphans expressed her happiness saying, she is grateful to the partners for the support of the construction as it will provide a safe and conducive environment to take care of the orphans,
Sr. Bianca left Tambura County where she has been staying for a long with the orphans taking care of them, but due to tribal conflict in the county 2 years ago that resulted in the loss of lives and thousands displaced, she had to leave the place to Nzara where they have been staying under shelters.
According to the managing director of the contracted company for the construction, Mr. Jackson Fudu explains that they have signed two years contracts with Sudan Relief Fund and the first phase of the constriction will finish in four months with the construction of the two dormitories two for both girls and boys.
Fudu added that despite the challenges of poor roads in transporting most of the building materials to the working site, the company will work hard to execute the project in the time frame given.
Fr. Anthony Bangoye priest in charge of Queen of Peace Nakindo Sene Catholic Parish Nzara welcomed the developmental activities in the Diocese citing that it will improve the lives of the orphans.
He calls on the parishioners to support the project in every aspect to ensure that the project is well executed.