Today Princess Carolina from Monaco and President of AMADE visited HEAL Africa to launch the construction of a community health center to better serve the needs of women and children. This morning marks the beginning of construction by laying a stone the first stone. For more on the event. Prior to her visit, Dr. Neil […]
When it comes to children, HEAL Africa focuses on the education, health, and protection of children. In the past year, capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian concept that combines martial arts, dance, and music has become increasingly popular among the kids at HEAL Africa. Although it was popularized in Brazil (initially as a form of resistance), it has its […]
It’s International nurse’s day, May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale and a great day to recognize our 82 nurses at HEAL Africa, for all the work they do in such a challenging environment. This year we asked a handful of nurses about their jobs and what they found most challenging and what gave them […]
Officially, sexual violence has declined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, dubbed the ‘rape capital of the world’. But frontline workers tell a different story.
Despite recent progress in reducing deaths among children under age 5 years, a significant number of infants continue to die in the first month of life, exceeding 2.8 million worldwide. The highest rates of neonatal deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa. And yet, while neonatal mortality data (and other newborn outcomes data) is historically […]
HEAL Africa Newsletter 2016 Volume 1.2 “I remember that I could never permit my wife to go anywhere, even though she asked for allowance,” said KAMUGIGI. KAMUGIGI’S wife has an education degree but he did not like her to work, convinced that ‘nothing good can come from a woman’. Her only task was to […]
CALEDONIA, MI – The ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) announced today the accreditation of Heal Africa USA of Caledonia, MI.
In the recent weeks, we have been assessing the damage and repairing what we were able to salvage. Staff have been and working around the situation so as not to interrupt our services. There was over $500,000 in damage. Help us get back on our feet! http://eepurl.com/b0oMaX