Tag Archives: Goma

In loving memory of Lyn Lusi

“Lyn Lusi was the heart of HEAL Africa” are some of the words on HEAL Africa’s blog. Caring, loving, leadership, inspiring, strong, compassionate, joyful, faithful and serving are just a few words that come to mind when  thinking of how we might describe Lyn, and yet we only met for a short amount of time....

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CPX reports on HEAL Africa

The Cenrtre for Public Christianity has published a video featuring an interview with Stu Harris, founder of Love in Action. During the interview, Justine Toh asked Stu what it was like to visit Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and what impact meeting the patients and staff in the hospital had made. You can...

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The pitfalls of post-Mission “re-entry”

So, we’re back! After an intense and challenging ‘immersion’ into the world of DR Congo, we find ourselves here in Tasmania – possibly one of the most peaceful spots on God’s great earth. Witnessing poverty firsthand as we did and sharing – albeit briefly – in the reality of people’s lives, it is easy to...

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On the road again

‘Danger Petroleum’ were the words written on the back of the semi-trailer crawling up the winding mountainside. We passed through thick plumes of black smoke as our driver spotted an opportunity to overtake. With his left hand he manoeuvred the minivan and continued chatting on his mobile phone. We rounded the corner and successfully swerved...

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Through my lens

We’ve only been here for 3 days. We’ve met many people – mothers, children, ministers, program administrators, journalists, doctors and nurses. I’ve taken thousands of photographs, and we’ve interviewed many wonderful people. This is such a challenging place to process – and I don’t expect I’ll ever understand why. Why would one person inflict so...

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