Christianity Today
Obama Visit Challenges ‘African Woman’ Stereotype
July 13, 2011
I think of African women like Marguerite Barankistse, a Burundian Christian whose story still amazes no matter how often one hears of it. Women like Dr. Kaswera Kasali, who with her husband, Dr. David Kasali, returned to their native war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo to create Congo Initiative, because they “felt called by the Lord to help rebuild lives, families and communities…
Phil Borges: Social Documentary Photography and Film
Teaching Multimedia in War-Torn Congo
January 28, 2011
I taught multimedia journalism — photography, audio and video — to Communications students studying at the Université ChrétienneBilingue du Congo (UCBC) in the city of Beni in North Kivu province as part of an entrepreneurial education project called “Congo in Focus.”Many of my students had never used audio recorders or video cameras…
Christianity Today
500 Women and Children Raped in Congo
September 8, 2010
One such ministry is the Congo Initiative (CI), which trains indigenous women and men to lead their nation well. Since its inception in 2002, CI has started a university, a center for professional development, abuse rehabilitation, HIV/AIDS church mobilization, and vocational training including micro-enterprises. Grassroots organizations like CI are small and young; perhaps their comprehensive approaches to building up DR Congo’s citizens one by one will slowly contain the deadliest conflict since WWII. …
Call and Response Blog
Jason Byassee: University presidents in the Congo
August 10, 2010
“When there is war, business and governments rush in. Why should the church rush out?” David Kasali is president of the Bilingual University of the Congo (more commonly known by its French initials UCBC), located in Beni, North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We spoke during Duke’s Center for Reconciliation’s Summer Institute…
Anne Medley Media
Shooting for Truth
July 2010
Read Anne Medley’s July 2010 cover story in News Photographer about the challenges and rewards of teaching multimedia journalism in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Christianity Today
From Rape to Rebuilding
July 1, 2006
Congolese church leaders agree. David Kasali of the Congo Initiative said, “Yes, our future is in the hands of women. They work hard from morning to evening. They have no minute to rest.” Their duties are legion, including fieldwork and water and firewood collection….