MAKENI – After 14 months of special mission in the Diocese of Makeni, the CTF team has departed Sierra Leone. It was a mission accomplished. Since September 2014, when Ebola cases showed an exponential growth of an average of 10

The laboratory (MBIL) to test for and combat Ebola was born as an idea when the epidemic was at its height. The intention and the project took on a specific form in the autumn of 2014 thanks to the work

Yesterday, 6 August 2015, Fr. Natale visited the generalate house of the Camillians and during a pleasant conversation he told us about the current situation in Makeni. We would like to remind you that Fr. Paganelli welcomed and supported the

May-June 2015 Support for 400 Family Units The month of May witnessed the beginning of the project to provide support to family groups selected on the basis of their vulnerability, a state indicated by low economic incomes (less that $2

On Saturday 18 July, Pope Francis raised the Saverian Father Natale Paganelli, the apostolic administrator of Mekeni, in Sierra Leone, to the dignity of being a bishop, giving him the titular seat of Gadiaufala. Born in Grignano di Brembate, in

by Br. Luca Perletti I came back to Italy a few days ago after spending five months in Sierra Leone. These were intense months of planning and setting in motion activities that focused – after the installation of the laboratory

Two weeks ago Sierra Leone began the rainy season, even though still not with the intensity of July and August when it has monsoons. The present season acts to make the terrain soft and allows the planting of rice which

A New Scenario has Challenged us to Renew our Programmes Following a predictable trajectory, the Ebola infection – starting in February 2015 – has begun the stage of its decline. The number of cases has been reduced to such an

Self-Help Groups: Helping to Demonstrate the Power of Feelings and Finding a Shoulder on which to Cry!   After completing the first part of their formation for the accompanying of people in difficulty, the candidates indicated by their parishes (each

No, I don´t want to forget because my trip to Sierra Leone has been overrun with feelings, emotions, bewilderment and special vibrations. That emotional variety that made me to wish to stop the transience of life to discover and delve

The work with families struck by ‘Ebola’ in Sierra Leone is being pursued with alacrity by the Camillian Task Force together with people working with it at a local level. To see how from the Camillian world, but not necessarily