Hands at Work in Africa: An update from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

 

Our local leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo has recently been on the ground in the North Eastern part of the country, in Goma, working with our Care Workers to restore essential services to the most vulnerable children. Our Care Workers, our children, and their families are struggling to rebuild after the devastation caused by rebels last year. The situation is desperate. Many people have had their fields - their only source of food - taken from them or destroyed. Many children are suffering from severe malnutrition.

Our Care Workers and their own families are barely surviving. Yet they recently came together with our local leader, determined to keep the most vulnerable children in Goma alive. For the first time in over a year, Care Workers cooked a meal for the most vulnerable children. This is the face of a little girl who received a bar of soap and a mug of porridge at the Care Point.

Join us in praising God for the hope seen in her beautiful face! We thank you for your prayers that have brought our leaders, Care Workers and children in Goma to a place where they can begin to rebuild. Please continue to pray for God to provide, keep peace, and continue to turn despair into hope.