News and Updates
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Visits to HEAL Africa
9/17/2009 9:06:35 PM8 August: Stephen Lewis and Paula Donovan, co-executive directors of AIDS-Free World, visited HEAL Africa on Saturday, August 8.
11 August: On Tuesday, August 11, 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spent time at HEAL Africa to listen to patients in the gender-based violence program and hear a panel discussion with various civil society organizations represented.
28 August: The Executive Director of UNICEF, Ms. Ann Veneman, visited HEAL Africa at 1:00 pm. She interviewed two survivors of sexual violence, a man and a girl.
29 August: A team from Brisbane, Australia came : 4 surgeons, including 3 specialists in prolapsus (Dr. Judith Goh, Dr. Hanna and Dr. Helen) and 1 plastic surgeon. Dr. Paul Milliam will teach theory and practical treatment of burns.
31 August: Two US Congresswomen visited HEAL Africa. Ms. Marissa Doran and Lauren Ploch. “Thank you for your visible testimony”.
Lumo
Lumo is a feature-length documentary film set in the HEAL Africa hospital in eastern Congo, where it follows a young Congolese woman on an uncertain road to recovery from rape.
Get a $5 discount when you buy the LUMO DVD using the following code: HEAL0808. A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of DVDs go to supporting HEAL Africa.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide holistic care for the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo: training health professionals, strengthening social activists and providing physical, spiritual and social healing.
