between poverty and natural wonders
Saturday morning, early, the entire group went to Mazabuka where Sister Maria welcomed us with his now famous energy and vitality. Time to settle in "Casa Ruvo," and she immediately took us around the "City of Joy", his project for several years now keeps busy full time. What we noticed was the evolution of this structure, which quickly has grown considerably thanks to the indispensable contribution of the various supporters, who believe in this reality, which is already home to 10 girls. A small beginning for a project which expects to host as many as 60 street girls with great inconvenience, often too large to their young age. There is talk of violence, maltreatment, abuse (both sexual and psychological): in particular we were very shocked by the story of a child, now twelve years old, which has suffered since childhood sexual abuse even from his family. You can still see the signs of the ordeal in his eyes, in his attitudes, his relationships with others and in his desperate search of a pure heart and sincere, without double purpose of seeking affection that all children who put them in the world. In the evening we got to spend time with these girls, organizing games, dancing and singing, feeling part of their "family."
aboard his pick-up, Sister Mary has shown us the reality of Mazabuka, including "Good Samaritan House, the shelter of Don Maurizio. Also here we noticed a considerable growth in both the center of that same community that lives there. On the whole show was a young twenty-eight Zambian named John, who diligently took the place of the Milanese priest returned home for a few months.
During our brief visit we also made a brief stop in the "fishing village", an Aboriginal community that still lives in tribal level in dilapidated huts and sanitary conditions poor to say the least!
During our brief visit we also made a brief stop in the "fishing village", an Aboriginal community that still lives in tribal level in dilapidated huts and sanitary conditions poor to say the least!
The next day we went to Livingstone, a city that boasts one of the UNESCO World Heritage site as " Victoria Falls!
Their spectacle is due to the particular geography of the place where arise: a deep and narrow gorge, which allows you to fully enjoy the whole front of the falls (more than 1.5 km long and 128 m high on average). Africa continues to give us emotions, including through its wonders, why this continent is not only death, misery and poverty, but also nature and wildlife.
At the end of the day we came back to "City of Joy" in the aftermath, the group is divided to allow three of us - Dr. Onofrio Caputi Iambrenghi, Sara Giangaspero and Luigi D'Ingeo - to be able to experience and Mazabuka ensure that the same will continue to grow even more active with the work of the group of high school, while the remaining 9 are returned to Lusaka to continue to work on their projects.
Group "A World of Good"!
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