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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 Expectancy (years) Literacy (%) Enrolment (%) LE index Education index GDP index Under weight (%) Unsafe Water (%) Human Dev Index Value 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 regions Eight last place Last in region Last place Eight last place Last place Last place Second last place Fifth last 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

• ur 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!