Sierra Leone – The country where Don Bosco is synonymous with young lives saved
(ANS – Freetown) – Fr Luca Barone continues to recount significant moments from his first missionary trip as President of Missioni Don Bosco, the Salesian Mission Office in Turin. Following his stop in Liberia, his expedition last month took him to Sierra Leone, one of the African states with the highest population density and the highest infant mortality rates on the…
(ANS – Freetown) – Fr Luca Barone continues to recount significant moments from his first missionary trip as President of Missioni Don Bosco, the Salesian Mission Office in Turin. Following his stop in Liberia, his expedition last month took him to Sierra Leone, one of the African states with the highest population density and the highest infant mortality rates on the planet. In the capital, Freetown – a city in a constant state of chaos – the number of boys and girls living on the streets, enslaved in the world of prostitution and blackmail, is staggering.