Bishop Rt Rev Moses Deng Bol of Wau diocese of the Episcopal Church of The Sudan joined us at a Friday evening Drop-In in June. Bishop Moses paid tribute to the volunteers preparing the food and also singled out those of our clients who have gone on to become volunteers themselves with R2R. One, George, is a regular helper at the Drop-Ins and was there on the night. He hoped many others will follow in their footsteps.

There is a strong deanery-to-diocese link between Wau and Poole, which began with a link between Poole Hospital and Wau Hospital. The Poole Africa link, supported by the Diocese of Salisbury, aims to set up basic teaching and training programmes for nurses, midwives and doctors at the hospital in Wau.

Wau Diocese covers two out of the 10 states of South Sudan. Bishop Moses was consecrated in 2009 and enthroned in 2010. He first visited Poole in 2010 and joined our Drop-In in 2011.