Ending Obstetric Fistula Also Means Ending Gender Inequality
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula 2020 International Day to End Obstetric Fistula was May 23, 2020. This year looked a little different with significantly less people gathered, in lieu of COVID-19. In Goma, eastern DRC, HEAL Africa presented its achievements in the treatment of obstetric fistula patients from 2018 to 2019. In two years, […]
March for Women
Each year, International Women’s Day is recognized on 08 March. At HEAL Africa, we take advantage of the full month to appreciate, recognize, and empower women. In Africa, the woman is the core of the family and the fabric which upholds society. The woman, therefore, is the driving force behind our development priorities in the […]
Training Stakeholders at Border infrastructure construction projects to prevent gender-based violence
The Trade Facilitation Project in the Great Lakes Region – Projet de Facilitation du Commerce dans la Région des Grands Lacs (PFCGL) have been building and improving roads along the DR Congo’s borders and its neighbors in the Great Lakes Regions. As local civilians have been hired to work on the infrastructure projects, HEAL Africa […]
Le chantier lancé à Goma par la princesse Caroline de Monaco bientôt achevé
La princesse Caroline de Hanovre avait posé elle-même la première pierre il y a près de deux ans et demi. Le pavillon hospitalier «mère enfant» à Goma en République Démocratique du Congo doit être achevé en mai. Truelle en main, la princesse Caroline de Hanovre avait étalé le ciment. Puis, de concert avec le docteur Jonathan Kasereka […]
Australia Day honours list recognises Brisbane couple living half the year in the Democratic Republic of Congo
“Just trying to repair the damage is not sustainable. What we wanted to do is something that’s sustainable and that’s why we started a training program to train these young doctors how to do the surgery, how to do it properly and not to panic when they’re on their own,” Dr Wetzig said. Read the […]
16 Baptized
Each Christmas season, our Spiritual Ministry department offers the opportunity for baptisms. This year, 16 people who came to Christ took the opportunity to express their faith through baptism. The event was held very early in the morning, at 6:30 am, before the beginning of Tuesday chapel. The Capoeira for Peace team performed a routine […]
A Temporary Farewell to Dr. Bill and Ann Clemmer
Yesterday, during our regular Sunday chapel service, we said goodbye to Dr. Bill and Ann Clemmer, who will be spending their Christmas holiday with family and friends. Children from the HEAL Africa Sunday School program performed a skit about the nativity of Jesus Christ. Ann and Bill, along with their home church in the USA, […]
It’s Clubfoot Thursday
Each Thursday, patients from surrounding communities come to HEAL Africa because treatment and consultation for clubfoot begin at 8 am. Some arrive by motorbike, some on foot–with mothers carrying children who are unable to use their feet; some arrive with makeshift crutches; and others, who come from areas a little too far from Goma and/or […]
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock remarks at the 74th Session of the UN General Assembly side event: Sharing experiences in addressing gender-based violence
Sharing experiences in addressing gender-based violence: Women & girls in crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of South Sudan I was in the DRC in March, and while I was there, I went to Heal Africa in Goma. A female colleague and I spent an hour with a woman who […]
The Training Center IN-USE!
Do you remember when the AusHEAL and Gateway Baptist Church funded training center opened last spring? Well, it’s being utilized and greatly appreciated! Training Rooms 1 & 2 Two training groups use Training Rooms 1 & 2 twice each week with approximately 10 people attending both the Family Medicine Training Program and the COSECSA Basic […]