“She Walks Like a Goat”
Elizabeth is 22 years old and walks on all four of her limbs. The people around Goma say she is a woman who “walks like a goat”. As a young child, Elizabeth contracted polio. For years she managed to move around with a metal insert beneath one of her feet to help balance and alignment. […]
The First Lady of DR Congo visits HEAL Africa
“I heard of the great work you are conducting here at HEAL Africa. This is what motivated me to come and experience it personally”. The First Lady, Denise NYAKERU made a visit to HEAL Africa. She was greeted by staff at the Jubilee Center, where she witnessed children practicing capoeira –and joined in! Dr. Serge, […]
How We Treat & Prevent Fistula
What is Fistula? Because fistula is uncommon and almost unheard of in developed countries, any conversation with those outside the medical profession generally requires some level of explanation. That’s because the condition is uncommon in developed nations and experienced by 2 to 3 million women and girls living in absolute poverty; and a topic that […]
A Vision Fulfilled: Training Center Opens!
On Friday, April 12, 2019, HEAL Africa launched a training center, made possible by AusHEAL and its Australian friends and partners. The center is part of a vision held by Dr. Jo Lusi and his late wife Lyn, when they initiated the work of HEAL Africa in the 1990s. Although the organization has undergone some […]
Good bye, Moïse
We are devastated to share that Moïse passed away last Thursday. We want to thank every single person who prayed, hoped, and donated to save Moïse’s life. Moïse had the ability to lift everyone around him with his humor and affection. In our last Moïse update, Moïse was able to receive chemotherapy in Nairobi because […]
From Oppressors to Defenders of Women and the Home.
“My marriage turned worse after I got raped as I was coming back from field. My husband stopped considering me as his wife when he learned what happened. He even chased my son from the house for trying to protect me.” Yalala’s experience with gender based violence, is a story like that of many other […]
Essential Medicines Bolster Health Facilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo as Ebola Threat Looms
Fatal cases of the disease continue to rise, and health facility staff are taking precautions as they treat patients. Since the Ebola outbreak began last August, Direct Relief has sent $8.59 million in medical aid to health facilities across the Democratic Republic of Congo to bolster continued medical care. Read more…
Anticipated Hope.
Hello Friends, We hope your resolutions for the new year is off to a great start! We truly hope that your first month of 2019 started off much better than ours. Between the growing insecurity leading to the elections, the Ebola crisis, the internet being shut down by the government since December…we had a lot of […]
DR Congo: UN officials hail landmark convictions, life sentences in Kavumu child rape cases
The United Nations envoys dealing with sexual violence in conflict and the head of the Organization’s peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have welcomed the conviction of 11 Congolese militia fighters for raping dozens of children – including an 18-month-old toddler – in the vast country’s restive east. The Special Representatives […]
In the country of Nobel laureate Mukwege, rape is ‘seen as something ordinary’
Heal Africa is a similar hospital as the hospital of Nobel Prize winner Mukwege. They are happy that this year the Nobel Prize goes to the fight against sexual violence in war zones. “It is a recognition for the work of people who have worked against rape in Eastern Congo,” says Virginie Mumbere to Lindijer. Read the […]