Dear Friends of Congo Initiative, As you gather with family and friends this week, Kaswera and I want to take the opportunity to wish you a blessed Christmas and Happy New Year. As a community united in Christ, we celebrate together the birth of Emmanuel – God with us. This year,… Read More
A Christmas Note
BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
“The population is so traumatized that everything for them is viewed through the lens of distrust of authority, physical insecurity, and the inability of the world to protect them. These viruses manage to exploit social vulnerabilities and fault lines. That’s what we’re seeing in this Ebola outbreak starkly.” Peter Salama,… Read More
THE NEXT 500 IMPACT REPORT
A New Space, Same Vision
After a long day coordinating renovations at UCBC’s new “city campus,” UCBC alum and current Work Program Coordinator, Stephen Salama, congratulated close to 100 UCBC students and staff who participated in the special work program last weekend. He ended the day by sharing images of what they accomplished and left… Read More
UPDATE ON INSECURITY & THE EBOLA VIRUS IN EASTERN CONGO
On August 1, 2018, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared a new outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the northeast part of the country. (Congo Initiative is based in Beni, North Kivu, just a few miles from the… Read More
The Next 500 Future Leaders of Congo
For over a decade, Congo Initiative’s global community has witnessed the impact of UCBC on lives of students, staff, and alumni. Now close to 600 UCBC alumni work and serve across Congo and beyond, creating change in their communities and embodying Christian hope and transformation. In a context that remains… Read More
“A mother to all” – Honoring Maman Marie Kercan
The last couples weeks have been incredibly difficult for the Congo Initiative community. We lost two beloved members – UCBC staff member, Maman Marie Kercan and CI-USA board member, Dr. W. Howard Brown. On Wednesday, September 19, Maman Marie passed away unexpectedly in Beni. She was a core member of… Read More
Remembering Dr. W. Howard Brown
The last couples weeks have been incredibly difficult for the Congo Initiative community. We lost two beloved members – CI-USA board member, Dr. W. Howard Brown, and UCBC staff member, Maman Marie Kercan. On Sunday, September 16, 2018, Dr. Brown passed away suddenly in South Carolina. Howard was a man of… Read More
Why I send my children to ABC Primary School
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