Germany’s Misereor Church To Support South Sudan During a 3 Day conference closure on Development Plan in Eastern Equatoria State, the Director of Misereor Institution of Germany Bishops’ conference for Development in Germany, Mons Joseph Sayer said that the church was seeking to support South Sudan in developing various sectors of the economy. 25 August 2011 Germany’s Misereor Church To Support South Sudan Mons Joseph Sayer addressing EES leaders at a closure of the State conference on Development Plan at Hotel Torit on Sunday [©Gurtong]
By Peter Lokale Nakimangole TORIT, 25th August 2011 [Gurtong] – During a 3 Day conference closure on Development Plan in Eastern Equatoria State, the Director of Misereor Institution of Germany Bishops’ conference for Development in Germany, Mons Joseph Sayer said that the church was seeking to support South Sudan in developing various sectors of the economy. The various sectors that Misereor Institution seeks to support include Education, Health Care, Construction of Vocational Training Schools, Water & Sanitation, upgrading Teachers’ Capacity and the promotion of Agriculture. The State conference on Development plan was attended by key leaders namely; EES former Governor and GOSS’s presidential Advisor Hon. Ceasar Baye Loyalala (currently an MP at National Legislative Assembly (NLA) in Juba), the former GOSS’ Infrastructure Minister Hon. Martin Okeruk (MP at NLA), Hon. Abdallah Lomongin Kapelo the GOSS’ former Minister of Health, Hon. Theophilus Ochang former Chairperson for Commission of Recovery Fund (MP at NLA), David Nailo (MP at NLA), Hon. Francis Ben Ataba (MP in the Council of States) and the Eastern Equatoria State Governor Hon. Lobong Loroje with his entire Cabinet, State Advisors, County Commissioners among others. Mons Joseph Sayer said that currently the church was actively engaged in mobilizing resources like finances, construction materials and technical personnel to suitably embark on mass development in the new nation from the federal level to the lowest levels of administration. “I held talks with the two Germany Ministries of Cooperation and Foreign Affairs to consider supporting South Sudan, I got an impression that they were both positive,” Sayer revealed. He explained that Churches in Germany were together with the peoples of South Sudan during the decades of the civil war in the then Sudan. He said that he witnessed the suffering of South Sudanese and saw them being bombed. “I was with the then Bishop Paride Taban of the Diocese of Torit when I visited the region in 2000. We visited several villages where locals cultivated their farms... While we were in the villages carrying out evangelization work and humanitarian support, we were bombed together with the village inhabitants. I saw huts being burnt every time, everyday,” he lamented the South Sudan ordeal. The Director commended the Government of the Republic of South Sudan for its commitment to let its people realize their desire. However, he challenged leaders to fulfil the high expectations of citizens whose relatives' blood carpeted the birth of their new nation and to make use of the flowing opportunities. Posted in: Home, Foreign Aid/Assistance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
