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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Last fall we walked through the hospital with Project C.U.R.E. to assess what was working and what was not, conducting an inventory of much-needed supplies. This week we received a container full of supplies for the hospital! We can’t thank Project C.U.R.E. enough for responding to some of our challenges! To name a few, we […]
For the last year and a half, construction has been underway for a separate wing at the hospital, dedicated to the needs of women and children. Today a dedication ceremony for “Femme et Enfant”, was held despite that construction is not yet complete. The ceremony was led by Reverend-Pastor Kombi Kasokero from CBCE –Communauté des Églises Baptistes […]
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. […]