Uganda: The Lin Wall offers attention to refugees in painful situations

Sor Helen Kasaka, LSMI

The Lynah Lynah Saybana, who specializes in mental health, works with missionary sisters in the lady of Africa, with southern societies displaced in the Arwa Pillar in Uganda. It is part of her group’s task to be a “healing and comfortable”; He takes care of education and hopes for some of the most negligent refugees in the world. In the past five years, the Lynah Wall has worked on settlements near the border with South Sudan, which helped to rebuild the conflict.

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Uganda, which hosts approximately 1.7 million refugees, was praised through its open doors policy. But the chronic lack of financing, overcrowding and political changes by humanitarian agencies has tested the regime. “The settlements here are full of women, children and the elderly who have lost everything,” said Sur Lynah. Adjumani province only hosts more than 54,000 refugees. “Families have no power,” he said.

EscuchAR first

The Lynah Wall arrived in 2019. In 2022, for a year, he evaluated the needs and exhaust of Maaji settlements, working with local leaders and learning local languages ​​to understand the difficulties of the population. He has discovered widespread shocks, intermittent education and fragile coexistence between refugees and reception societies. In response, he received scholarships, and started vocational training courses and organized treatment sessions. “Spiritual aid is rebuilding flexibility,” he said. “This helps refugees to clarify the loss, to find the end of re -communication with hope.” On Sunday, the liturgical services under the mango tree are directed to those who cannot reach the church. When the food classes are reduced, your team distributed emergency supplies to families with disabilities.

Saint if is not visible

In a dark store, the Lynah Wall kick with a woman who does not sleep for weeks. “The nightmares do not stop”, whispering the refugee. “They only flee the war,” said Sura Lynah. “It is the daily pressure to stay here.” As responsible for the mental health of the team, it faces emotional wounds caused by the abandonment of hunger and isolation. A recent change in the United Nations policy of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has recently ruled out some food lists, which increased the circumstances. “When we offer basic products like food, suicide rates decrease. It is simply,” he said. By working with the Refugee Welfare Council, Sor Linah determines weak families through home visits. “They are simply grateful to receive visits,” he said. An old woman told me: “You remind me that I am still a human.”

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Tensions still exist between ethnic groups and host communities. “We are not only human workers, we are intermediaries,” said Sur Lynah. His team enhances peace through dialogue, even if this necessarily transcends the resources and care available. Outside the camps, Sister Lynah makes a guide for young nuns in Adejmani deputy, where he offers workshops on mental health and spiritual composition. “Young nuns want evidence, but qualified consultants are rare,” he said. Limited travel and infrastructure challenges hold work, but are still at risk. “Every meeting is sacred terrain, an opportunity to reflect the love of Christ.”

Renewed call

For the Lynah Wall, the task is personal. “We are walking with the refugees and we see Jesus in his suffering,” he said. “Challenges, hunger, tears, our goal again runs: healing, comfort and operation of hope.” While the world’s attention is moving away, its message remains urgent: “These are not numbers. They are mothers, children, the elderly, the people who deserve dignity. We cannot look far away.”

Wall Lynah Saybana with the Santa Children’s Group after a communication service.