Help to buy school furniture for the secondary school of Sioni.
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The students were having to use the primary school classrooms in the hot afternoons in Sioni, when the Primary school had finished for the day. It was difficult to get comfortable for studying and the school furniture was obviously not adapted for the size of these older students. They really deserved better. In some classrooms were using church benches pushed together.
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March 2021
A wonderful Foundation based in Belgium helped the community of Sioni by building new classrooms for the Secondary school but they had no furniture. We were approached and were very happy to add our contribution to the contribution of the parents of the students so that the school could buy suitable benches with desks. Buying local and supporting skilled workers in the area is very important to us and we are so grateful to Father Justin who was able to organise the local sourcing of supplies and the building of the benches.
How lovely that a local artist put our name on the benches, it was a lovely surprise.
Helping with mobility aids
February 2021
Father Justin met Jo. With his mobility issues he was still struggling to make the 3 km round trip on foot to his school and back. We were able to finance some crutches to help him get around. We will have great pleasure following his future progress.
September 2021
Our local representative was checking up on Jo and making sure that he was ready to return to school in October. He had passed his exams of 7th year and is due to start his 8th year. But alerted by the extreme pain Jo was suffering in his visibly infected leg and that the local medical outlet (basic care from a nurse) had not been able to help him, our representative contacted us. After calling doctors in his local hospital and sharing information with an Emergency doctor here in France we decided that there was no other option than to help as this was impossible for his parents who live off the land and have little income. He needed to be seen by specialist doctors at the local hospital 40 km from his village (on very bad roads).
Arriving at the hospital he was examined and given X Rays but after consultation with the experts in Kongo Central and advice from our contact Doctors here in France it was way too dangerous to let him leave. So Action Mbazi took the leap of faith to try to finance his medication, his operation and the care he badly needed to prevent the infection in his bones from spreading that would put his life seriously at risk.
A specialist surgeon came from a University hospital to assist for his operation. Thankfully all went well and Jo received good and spent several weeks recovering at the hospital before he was allowed home. But he is doing well, he is in not in pain and he has been able to return to school.
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