DIOCESE OF LODWAR TURKANA About 1.2 Million People Shares - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

DIOCESE OF LODWAR TURKANA

 About 1.2 Million People  Shares international borders with Ethiopia, South Sudan and Uganda.  Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL)  A very harsh (hot and dry) climate,  Temperatures 84ºF to 105ºF with a mean of 86ºF,  Inadequate and unpredictable rainfall, resulting in drought, hunger and heavy livestock loss, often worsened by insecurity.

 Poverty rates are amongst the highest in sub- Saharan Africa  Over 80% of people living on an income of less than USD 1 per day.

MAP OF TURKANA

Diocese of Lodwar  29 parishes and over 300 outstations  60 priests (13 are Diocesan)  21 Religious Brothers  74 Religious Sisters  90% of these are missionaries  We are still very much a mission territory

Diocese of Lodwar  Presence in Turkana County since 1961  Erected a Diocese in 1978  Evangelization is linked with Development work  Operates through the structure of its 8 departments, committees and network of 29 parishes

Blessing of a Church in Turkana

Caritas Departments  Agriculture and Livelihoods  Children and Child Protection  Education  Emergency Relief and Resilience  Justice and Peace  Medical  Pacem in Terris – Cross Border Peace  Social Ministry  Water and Sanitation

Turkana in Comparison to other counties Region Life Literacy Enrolment LE Education GDP Under Unsafe Human Dev Expectancy (%) (%) index index index weight (%) Water (%) Index Value (years) Turkana 56.9 16.9 39.3 0.5317 0.2433 0.2243 34.5 59.2 0.3331 Nation 56.6 71.4 70.5 0.5267 0.7111 0.4447 29 43.0 0.5608 Position of Eight Last in Last place Eight last Last place Last place Second last Fifth last Last place regions region place place place last place

 The Church Built over 200 Primary and Secondary Schools that are now under government control.  Currently have 470 Nursery Schools  11 Primary and 3 Secondary Schools  1748 Boys and 3869 Girls Enrolled in Pry and Secondary Schools

Back to School Program  3 of 29 parishes have Back to School Classes  99 learners in the program  In 22 Parishes we have 39 Adult literacy Centres  In total there are 1,600 Adult learners Yearly

Education is a priority

Back to School Program

Adult Education

Kopotia Nursery School

Children Happily Learning Under a Tree

12000 children are given breakfast and lunch daily

Queen of Peace Primary School

Sustainable Agriculture is a part of our curriculum

New Classrooms at St. Augustine

St. Augustine

New School Bus

St. James Minor Seminary

Chemistry Laboratory

Comboni Girls’ Dormitory under construction

Evangelization is the key to peace and Conflict Transformation

Peaceful Disarmament  The diocese of Lodwar is taking the lead in making peace among the border Dioceses  The focus of the recent conference is peaceful disarmament.

Fr Albert handing over to Fr Bruno

Fr. Bruno Okoli St. Augustine Cathedral Administrator Established exchange program to strengthen the bond of sisterhood between the two diocese. He has been in Turkana since October 2017 and he is doing great work.

FOOD DISTRIBUTION

He has started the construction of a new Cathedral Rectory

Bp Dominic washing feet of prisoners

Bishops Dominic & Bradley in Lodwar

Thank you and God bless!