Dear Friends, This morning, I spoke with several of our people in Goma about the current situation there and am writing to keep you informed and make you aware that your help is greatly needed. While Goma remains safe with UN troops patrolling the streets and city perimeter, the situation in the surrounding countryside is […]
Many of you have seen or heard news reports of the current wave of unrest and rebel fighting in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Here is an update on the situation in the DRC from our HEAL Africa staff there: The situation in the city of Goma (where HEAL Africa is […]
Every person on earth has come here through a mother. A mother’s love is universally treasured. This song was written and is performed by four brothers whose band is called MAISHA SOUL. They live in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They dedicated this song to all the mothers of the world, particularly to […]
After 9 years at HEAL Africa, and twelve surgeries, Nyirana Mataiya is healthy and going home. She came to HEAL Africa with a complicated fistula, a tear in the vaginal or rectal wall resulting in incontinence. Nyirana’s fistula was the result of rape. In 2000, when she was 8 months pregnant, militias in the Masisi […]
Roger Basungeli is a very experienced community health worker. He has seen so much misery and pain during his seven years as the head of the Palliative Care program at HEAL Africa. Roger’s job involves caring for the dying and the chronically ill. He brings what little comfort he can to those who are suffering […]
Today is “Give Big”, an annual event put on by the Seattle Foundation. For any donation you make to HEAL Africa today through there site at this link, they will stretch your funds further by adding their own. For more information, visit the “GIVE BIG” page.
Dear Friends, I have been in conversations with people in Goma again today (Friday), and they inform me that the situation is calm and stable. The M23 (rebel army) is still to the north of Goma. Armed and unidentified bandits stop passengers on the roads, so travel is still curtailed. The UN tanks protect the […]
This week’s issue of The Economist features a moving obituary remembering the life of HEAL Africa co-founder Lyn Lusi. Click here to read the full text, below is an excerpt: “Like Jo (Lusi), she was meant to heal. “Isn’t that a beautiful word?” she would say. The letters stood for Health, Education, Action, Love. Healing […]
On Tuesday, March 20th, Senator Dick Durbin paid tribute to Lyn Lusi on the floor of the US Senate. Below is an excerpt from that speech. To watch the full speech given in the US Senate, click here. “We just got word this morning that Lyn passed away from cancer. I wished to come to […]
Lyn Lusi was the heart of HEAL Africa. Everybody called her “Mama.” She was like a mother to the 400 employees of HEAL Africa and to the thousands and thousands of women, children and men for whom HEAL Africa was and is providing care for. Lyn passed away in Goma, DR Congo, on the evening […]