“Show generosity, charity towards victims”: Catholic Bishops in Cameroon Direct Sunday Collection for Flood Victims

NECC members invite “Catholics and people of goodwill to show generosity and charity towards the victims, by making their contributions during the collection.”

Meanwhile, Archbishop Samuel Kleda of the Catholic Archdiocese of Douala has appealed for donations, reaffirming the Catholic Church's longstanding tradition of helping those in dire need. 

“These are Cameroonians who need serious help. It’s a Catholic tradition for the Church to contribute money to help the poor and suffering,” Archbishop Kleda says in a statement issued September 24.

With numerous homes and schools destroyed, as well as farmlands ravaged by the flooding, the Cameroonian Catholic Archbishop is mobilizing aid to rebuild essential infrastructure and provide food to affected families.

“The money will largely be used to rebuild destroyed schools so children can continue their education. It will also be redistributed to victims whose livelihoods depended on the farmland that was destroyed,” he says, and adds, “If we don’t do this, how will they feed themselves?” 

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The government has announced 350 million CFA francs (US$595,714.00) in aid for the victims, a sum that some quarters have considered insufficient, given the scale of the crisis.

Jude Atemanke is a Cameroonian journalist with a passion for Catholic Church communication. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Buea in Cameroon. Currently, Jude serves as a journalist for ACI Africa.