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Find out more about the organizations supporting HEAL Africa, their contributions in DRC, and their activities across the world.
| More...HEAL Africa in the News
Consistently receiving international press for its work, HEAL Africa has become a 'must see' for journalists visiting the region. Read, watch, and listen to what has been documented about HEAL.
| More...HEAL Africa in the BBC
The BBC covers HEAL Africa's work and contributions in the current crisis.
| More...HIV AIDS
The Choose Life program (known locally by its French name, Choisir la Vie) has been working since 2000 to educate communities about HIV/AIDS by mobilizing all the faith communities (Muslim, mainline Protestant, Pentecostal, Catholic, and Kimbanguist) to respond with compassion to the challenge of HIV/AIDS. All of the activist trainers are volunteers, chosen by their community. HEAL Africa also has the largest medical HIV treatment intervention for children in North Kivu province.
| More...On the Road to Empowerment
On the Road to Empowerment, a publication by Desirée Zwanck, analyzes the impact of HEAL Africa's micro-credit program on the empowerment of women at the grassroots level.
From Goma, love on Mother's Day
| More...My Mama in Congo
We were in Masisi, a small town in the endless rolling green mountains of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It was only two months into what would be two years living in the Congo working for HEAL Africa, a Congolese hospital and organization dedicated to healthcare, education and micro-finance initiatives.
Gender-based violence UPDATE
According to good development principles, outside assistance builds on what is already in place and functioning well, developing proven capacity and giving local actors the additional tools they need to do a better job. HEAL Africa has pioneered fistula repair in North Kivu and Maniema provinces since...
| More...Why a Safe House?
Rape has been used as a weapon of war in eastern Congo for the past 15 years, but it has been particularly severe in the past five years. Women are raped as they walk to the fields to farm, or as they walk along the roads. Often when carrying goods to and from the markets they must walk for miles through paths in mountains, or on one-lane roads. They are easy targets, losing not only the goods they carry, but their dignity and their sense of personal security. Victims of rape are often afraid to report it, fearing they will be blamed for the offense against them. Since 2003 HEAL Africa has trained counselors, local village women who are respected and chosen by their own communities, to listen to victims’ stories.
Thank you for supporting - Education During Treatment
Thank you again so very much for your gift of education to women who are at HEAL Africa for medical treatment. This special gift of time and training opens up a whole new world for the women and girls who come to Goma for medical care. So many of the girls I've seen at HEAL Africa are there for long...
| More...Stories of Healing and Recovery
· Urgent Need HIV Funding Cuts · Successful HIV prevention workshops · Women of DRC Say “NO MORE WAR" · 30,000 Women Helped · Kamina's story of rape and healing · A child named Jake living with HIV · Ngalula's horrific journey to HEAL Africa...
| More...Running to Heal
I run because I am able. I can run because I am safe. For many women in the Congo, neither statement would be true. I want to help change that. Please join with me in my efforts to support HEAL Africa in their efforts to bring about change in a part of the world that has known only rape, terror, and war for far too long. From a hospital facility treating victims of the war, medical treatment for Children with HIV, to community development through Nehemiah committees, agriculture, women’s community resource centers, through these and other programs Heal Africa is making a difference. My running can help make a difference through your donations.
| More...Mama Muliri
Mama Muliri, pioneer of Heal My People, HEAL Africa’s gender-based violence program, is coming to the US!She arrives April 12th in Los Angeles and will be in the Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington DC until May 7th. See Mama Muliri schedule below. Read about Mama Muliri featured 5/3/2010 on the DAILY KOZ
Jeanne Muliri Kabekatyo " Mama Muliri" has worked in community development in eastern D.R. Congo for the past three decades. In 2005, Ms. Kabekatyo pioneered the Heal My People program, HEAL Africa’s holistic response to victims of gender-based violence. Currently, she heads HEAL Africa’s long-term strategic response to gender-based violence: "Gender and Justice,” an approach that involves community discussion and action on practices, culture, and the new laws of Congo designed to protect women and children. To listen to an audio story of healing told by Mama Muliri and translated into english by Judy Anderson; Click here to listen or listen in Lingala
Running to Heal - Update
It is the morning after my marathon and I awake with such joy in my heart and thankfulness for the experience. Always remembering throughout the marathon and as I sit here and write, the gift I have been given and the joy it brings, and the wonderful opportunity it has given me to raise money to help