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August 29, 2023

Celebration – The New Holistic Family Development Building

The construction on the new Holistic Family Development Center building was completed this month. A joyful dedication ceremony was held on the campus to commemorate the occasion. UCBC Rector, Honoré Bunduki, was at the celebration and took part in the tree planting – a UCBC tradition to mark something new.

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August 16, 2023

August Partner Spotlight

Our August Partner Spotlight is Caroline Kolins. Caroline has served as a CI-USA board member since 2020. She works in higher education in the United States and feels a particular affinity for UCBC as she strongly believes in the transformative power of education. “[It is] my belief that education is… Read More

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August 8, 2023

CI-UCBC and Tearfund team up for peaceful land governance

Since 2014, UCBC’s Natural Resource Governance (NRG, previously Sharing the Land) has been instrumental in reshaping the conversation around land reform and creating a more peaceful Congo. What began as a small project of the Integrated Research Institute, has grown to significantly influence the National Land Policy of the Democratic… Read More

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July 31, 2023

UCBC receives grant for technology upgrade

Earlier this month, UCBC unveiled two updated computer labs on campus which house 55 new computers and provide faster, more reliable internet. Access to consistent and quality technology has remained difficult in Congo and these computer labs are a huge gain for the students, faculty, and staff. The computers are… Read More

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June 29, 2023

“THERE IS LIFE HERE”

Central to our mission and organizational culture is the importance of partnership. The significance of partners who support us through prayer, resources, and presence cannot be overstated. For many of our friends and partners, it has been understandably difficult to practice presence over the past five years. The Ebola outbreak,… Read More

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June 2, 2023

Student Spotlight: Abigael Masika Muhongya

In my courses, I don’t pull any punches, and I have extremely high expectations of my students. I believe that, despite the challenges they face, the students here should be given every opportunity possible to learn. The challenges they must overcome are not small. When in college, I had 24/7… Read More

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May 18, 2023

“[We] must side with the truth, not the oppressor.”

For the first time in six years, UCBC hosted the International Justice Conference with UCBC law students and members of the International Association of Christian Jurists (AIJC). The gathering, which took place in March, was the sixth iteration of the conference and the joy at being together once again was… Read More

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March 21, 2023

More than a diploma

An air of intense expectancy and excitement charged the normally quiet late afternoon stillness and heat at Beni’s airport. The students of Université Chrétienne Bilingue du Congo (UCBC), together with faculty and leaders, had flocked to the airport awaiting a flight from Kinshasa with the university’s Rector, Dr. Honoré Bunduki… Read More

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March 17, 2023

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Kahasa Mulihavya

In January 2023, Benediction Mulihavya Kahasa celebrated with her peers the launch of the academic year. Kahasa comes from Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu. She learned about UCBC through her brother who attends the university and spoke highly of the institution’s values and commitment to excellence. She wanted… Read More

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March 4, 2023

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: David Bujiriri

Undoubtedly, the best part of working at UCBC is rubbing shoulders with the creative young changemakers who study there. I want to introduce you to one of these excellent young adults, David Bujiriri, or as he is called by his friends, Buj (pronounced “oo” as in boot). Buj is a… Read More

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