【慈幼通訊社 ─ 2014 年 05 月 30 日西班牙馬德里訊】 ─ 西班牙籍中非共和國班吉地區傳教士Agustin Cuevas神父表示：「我們現在安好，但我們今天為班吉的暴力升級感到恐懼。」上星期三在花地瑪聖母堂區發生襲擊事件，造成15人喪生，首都的緊張局勢升級。「我們不知道襲擊者是何許人，只知道他們全副武裝。」

「目前當地情況大致平靜。我們在Galabadja的學校，以及在Damala的職業中心維持開放，然而人們越發恐懼，使我們也無法安寧。」數以千計的人民，被迫離開家園，尋找以供棲息的安居之所。他們在班吉找到兩所位於Damala 及Galabadja的慈幼會中心以供棲息。當地的慈幼會士，同時要照料數以百計的兒童，他們或已成為孤兒，或是與家人分離。

中非共和國歷盡艱苦日子。當地有逾百萬人流離失所，其中五十萬為兒童。兒童為戰爭無助的受害者，根據國際組織的資料顯示，至少有六千名兒童被武裝組織利用。他們中有七成輟學，當地八成學校受戰火破壞。

來自無國界醫生的人員，在鮑思高醫院不停工作，沒有一刻休息。每天有數以百計者的傷者接受治療，包括被流彈擊傷的人，以及等候生產的孕婦。

面對這個情況，慈幼會位於馬德里的福傳辦公室，要求國際組織加強協助，制止中非共和國的暴力事件，並改善當地治安，使慈幼會傳教士能繼續當地的救援工作。

Bangui: "We fear an escalation of violence"

 (ANS - Spain –Madrid, 30 May 2014) – "We're fine, but today we fear an escalation of violence in Bangui" says Fr Agustin Cuevas, a Spanish missionary who works in Bangui in the Central African Republic. There was an attack last Wednesday in the parish of Our Lady of Fatima which caused the deaths of fifteen people, and the tension in the capital has increased. "We do not know who they are,” Fr Cuevas said. “What we do know is that they are heavily armed."

"So far the situation has been more or less quiet. We kept the school in Galabadja open and the professional centre in Damala, but the people are more afraid now, and so are we."  Thousands of people are forced to leave their homes in search of a safe place to sleep. They find shelter in the two Salesian centres at Damala and Galabadja in Bangui. The Salesians are also hosting hundreds of children who have been orphaned or separated from their families.

The Central African Republic has been through many difficult situations. There are over a million displaced persons, 500,000 of whom are children. Children are the most vulnerable victims of war and, according to international organizations, at least 6,000 children are used by armed groups. Seven out of ten children do not attend school and 80% of schools have been destroyed.

Staff from Médecins Sans Frontièreswork at the Don Bosco Hospital, and they do not get a minute’s rest. Every day hundreds of people are treated, people who have been injured by stray bullets or women who are about to give birth.

Faced with this situation, the Salesian Mission Office in Madrid is asking the international community for increased efforts to end the violence in the Central African Republic and to improve security so that the Salesian missionaries will be able to continue their assistance to the population.