{"id":23351,"date":"2017-06-27T08:04:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T08:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=23351"},"modified":"2017-06-28T07:32:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T07:32:19","slug":"south-sudan-pope-francis-donates-500000-aid-projects-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/06\/27\/south-sudan-pope-francis-donates-500000-aid-projects-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTH SUDAN &#8211; Pope Francis donates $500000 for aid projects  &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong>Pope Francis donates $500000 for\u00a0<\/strong><strong>aid projects\u00a0<\/strong><strong>in\u00a0<\/strong><strong>South Sudan<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development presented \u201cThe Pope for South Sudan\u201d initiative at a press conference. Other speakers were Dr. Michel Roy, Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis;\u00a0Sr. Laura Gemignani, Nzara General Hospital, South Sudan; Sr. Yudith Pereira-Rico, associate executive director of Solidarity with South Sudan. The \u2018Pope for South Sudan\u2019 is the Vatican-backed initiative which will donate about half a million dollars to help those suffering the in war-torn country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In his presentation, Cardinal Turkson said the war in South Sudan \u00a0continues to claim victims. Widespread systematic massacres and atrocities are carried out against civilians for ethnic reasons; women and children are victims of violence and abuse every day.\u00a0 War has created a very grave humanitarian crisis where half the population, around 7.3 million people, suffer from hunger on a daily basis. Thousands are \u00a0at risk from a cholera epidemic; a million and a half inhabitants have been forced to flee their villages and cities as a result of the war; in this country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As a universal Pastor, Pope Francis \u201cfeels the pressing need to raise awareness among the international community of this silent drama, calling for greater and renewed efforts to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict,\u201d Cardinal Turkson said. He added \u201cThe Pope wanted to make tangible the Church\u2019s presence and closeness to the afflicted people through this initiative, that aims to foster, support and encourage the work of the various religious congregations and international aid organizations present in the territory and which work tirelessly to help the population and to promote the process of development and peace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><u>Concrete Initiatives in 3 <\/u><\/em><em><u>areas<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Pope&#8217;s project will launch initiatives in three main areas through the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development,:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Health: <\/em>Two hospitals run by the Comboni Missionary Sisters operating in South Sudan: the Wau Hospital, and the Nzara Hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Education:<\/em>\u00a0 Through the association \u201cSolidarity with South Sudan\u201d \u00a0two-year scholarships will be provided for students to enable them to obtain a Master\u2019s degree in primary school teaching at the Solidarity Teacher Training Centre in Yambio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Agriculture:<\/em>\u00a0A project run by Caritas Internationalis that provides tools to encourage farming and livestock breeding, aiming to increase the capacity of local communities to sustain themselves. 2,500 families in the dioceses of Yei, Tombura-Yambio and Torit will be involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Possible papal visit<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u201cThe Holy Father,\u201d Cardinal Turkson stated \u00a0\u201cdoes not forget the unheard and silent victims of this bloody and inhuman conflict, and he does not forget all those people who are forced to flee their native country as a result of abuse, injustice and war \u2013 he remembers them all in his prayers and in his heart.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u201cThe Church does not give up hope in such a troubled territory\u201d he added, before announcing that Pope Francis \u201cfirmly hopes to be able to make an official visit to the country as soon as possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However, Greg Burke, director of the Holy See Press Office, had noted that the conditions in South Sudan did not allow an October 2017 visit as hoped; therefore, the visit is not expected to take place until at least 2018. Cardinal Turkson stressed the Holy See continues to do all it can to stop the fighting in South Sudan. If this can be done, a visit by the Pope and by Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will take place.<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ACN Malta<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Pope Francis donates $500000 for\u00a0aid projects\u00a0in\u00a0South Sudan &nbsp; Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, the prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development presented \u201cThe Pope for South Sudan\u201d initiative at a press conference. 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