Dr. Giorgio Bordin and family help the poor

An Italian family, Dr. Giorgio, his wife, Yolanda and two sons, Leonard and Gregory met our Sr. Theresia Shilongo, OSB in Windhoek in 2018. After Sr.Theresia introduced to them the missionary work of our Congregation, he and his family wanted to help the poor in Namibia. 

The beneficiaries of Dr. Giorgio’s little help are the prostitutes and those who are selling the grass and camel thorn tree pods in the neighbourhood. They collect the pods in the deep bush and sell these on the road from 5:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Sr. Theresia buys the sacks of millet meal for 23 or 24 recipients and they come to collect with their face masks on while observing social distance in the Priory House parking area. 

The recipients consider the Sisters as their “mothers”, Dr. Giorgio as their father and his family, their family.