desperation. So are the Salesian missionaries of the Ivorian town of Duékoué. Every day are powerless as a person dies without being able to do anything to save his life, because lasmalas hygienic conditions.
"More than 30,000 people crowded into the mission when a maximum of 8,000 people could be standing," he says with anguish the Salesian mission manager Santa Teresa del Niño Jesús, Vicente Grupeli.
A lack of food are joined losproblemas poor hygiene and safety. "No food, people sleep on the ground, have nowhere to shelter, lack of latrines and showers, no we have no clean water, "explains the Salesian priest.
" I do not know what to do, are tied hand and foot. Have given their rice and energy bars to smaller, "says Lorenzo Herrero, Press Salesian Missions.
So call on international organizations to carry aid to refugees and Ivorians to create a camp meeting the minimum standards of hygiene.
No return to normal
An appeal shared by the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Monday also called for three million euros to international community to bring relief to farmers in Ivory Coast at the beginning of the planting season, reports Europa Press.
Despite the downfall of former President Laurent Gbagbo, the Ivory Coast situation is far from normal. "It would be naive to think that the refugees will return home immediately," the father qualifies Grupeli. Many do not have a home to go back and have to "continue living in the mission several months," he adds.
Security also remains a pending issue. Fear has become a constant companion for many of these refugees who are still subject to controls by the forces of President Alassane Ouattara in which asked about the ethnic group to which they belong.
"Our job now is to be primarily social. We must devote our efforts to restore peaceful coexistence and solidarity." Concludes hope Grupeli father.
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