Dr.Benjamin Training in Fistula.
Dr. Benjamin receives one of five FIGO fellowships in DRC to train in fistula.
The Health Center Completed!
On September 28, 2017, the first stone was laid by Princess Carolina of Monaco, launching the construction of a new Health Center. In its completion, a dedication ceremony was held to celebrate. There have been a few posts on our website and several articles written online (with a simple google search) regarding this project. To […]
Improving Health for Women and Girls, Through Fistula Prevention Awareness
HEAL Africa hospital has relaunched sensitizations to increase of the health of women and young girls in North-Kivu province, Goma. This is the second session after a long interruption due to the limitations related to COVID-19. This is normally a routine activity conducted by our health staff. Funded by Engender Health, today’s session drew both […]
Improvements in the Children’s Space
COVID-19 put a lot of activities at HEAL Africa to a halt. Sort of. We decided to do some home improvement. Today we held an opening ceremony of the children’s space at HEAL Africa. After nearly five months without activities due to the measures put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, the children […]
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 […]
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 […]