Under the global theme “Breaking the Cycle: Preventing Obstetric Fistula Worldwide,” HEAL Africa commemorated the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula on Friday, May 23, 2024. The event brought together several provincial healthcare actors from North Kivu, numerous community actors and opinion leaders from Goma, as well as the staff and patients undergoing treatment at […]
These are Mr. Josué Kasereka and Mr. Idriss Kitungano, who returned from Amsterdam, Netherlands, with a certification as trainers of trainers. Upon invitation from the ARQ National Psychotrauma Centre, they were trained in psychological first aid (PSP), stress management for service providers, community mental health, stress monitoring and mentoring, intervision, and supervision. From April 26 […]
Born on 09/05/2019 at HEAL Africa Hospital, these adorable quadruplets have returned to visit us this morning, following the celebration of their fifth birthday. This joyful event filled our healthcare team with wonder, especially our neonatology staff, who cared for the quadruplets for over a month. The parents and children arrived early this morning to […]
On Tuesday, April 30, 2024, a cultural exhibition day was held at HEAL Africa in Goma under the theme “Making UWAMUSHO known in its true version”. Formerly idle youth, most of whom lived on the streets of the city of Goma, presented their artwork, the result of several months of vocational training at HEAL Africa. […]
The EBA project originates from the activities of the Sunday School at HEAL Africa’s chapel, where children from various families in the city of Goma gather for worship. Aware that some unaccompanied children who were sleeping on the streets were joining other children during worship, HEAL Africa took steps to break down discriminatory barriers by […]
The crisis of mass displacement of populations in the Democratic Republic of Congo has exacerbated gender-based violence, exploitation, and sexual abuse. In 2023, the United Nations estimated that 7 million people were displaced downstream from war in DRC, with 2.5 million in the North Kivu province alone, which is plagued by several armed conflicts. In […]
The resurgence of war in the North Kivu province has made women more vulnerable, affecting them financially, socially, and physically. Under normal circumstances, Congolese women are central to the family economy, but displacement caused by war has taken away their means of livelihood. Armed conflicts have turned women and young girls into victims, exposing them […]
As part of the Project for Trade Facilitation in the Great Lakes Region (Projet de Facilitation du Commerce dans la Région des Grands-Lacs –PFCGL), HEAL Africa is actively engaged in preventing gender-based violence, sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment at the construction site of border infrastructure between DRC and Rwanda at Petite Barriere, Goma. Placing women […]
April 30, 2024, marks an important moment for Clinical Emergency Care Training at HEAL Africa Hospital, Goma. The second cohort of this newly integrated program within the Training and Research Department of HEAL Africa (HATS – HEAL Africa Training Services) has completed its three-month intensive training in clinical emergency care.This second cohort of the program […]