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and Joy Bond of Tavistock Community Church at the King’s in Devon
have just returned from "the end of the world", where they
saw a new hospital established there courtesy of donations from hospitals
and prisons in the south-west of England.
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End of the World" is the name given by the locals to the plains
of Rwebisengo spreading out from the River Semiliki which forms
the boundary between the D.R.Congo and Uganda. It is hot and arid
where little grows for the herds of long-horned African cattle to
eat. Occasionally herds of impala and wild boar can be seen. Life
is hard and difficulties increase with the thousands of refugees
from the killing fields of the Congo arriving there. King Charles
of the Bahema people and many of his royal family that have survived
the slaughter have settled at Rwebisengo and have been so pleased
to receive this assistance. They gratefully express their appreciation.
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Perry and the team from the Community Church at The King’s
have collected donated medical and educational supplies, designated
them to different countries by containers and helped establish schools,
clinics and technical training centres in Central Africa. The work
continues under the banner of Great Lakes (Africa) Mission (GLAM).
A clinic has been running for two years at Bukavu in the Congo until
recent sad events, when fighting enabled the clinic to be looted
and even the doors and windows were taken. Money has been donated
to repair doors and windows but £700 is still needed to repair bomb
damage to the roof. As soon as this is done another container of
supplies is waiting to be shipped. Now GLAM has helped Princess
Evelyn of Outreach to Africa to set up the 19-roomed hospital at
Rwebisengo and a Diagnostic Centre at Fort Portal. These facilities
serve 250,000 people across the area.
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were invited to meet H.E. the Vice-President of Uganda, Professor
Gilbert Bukenya and also the First Lady, Mama Janet Museveni. They
took great interest in the work and asked us to thank all the people
from UK and USA who had helped. Dr. Joseph Masaba, who oversees
that area and has come to lead the team in the hospital, writes:
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Colin
Bond Medical Centre,
Rwebisengo Sub-County
19.09.04
Greetings
to you all brothers and sisters in the U.K. Thank you so much
for all this wonderful medical equipment sent to us, it will
surely help a lot of patients in this community. We are offering
medical care to over 250,000 people in this area, and starting
this hospital, is going to bring services closer to the community
who have to travel vast distances to obtain a health service.
Once again thank you so much for the help extended and may
God bless you all.
Dr.
Joseph Masaba
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There is a
wonderful opportunity for medical staff to visit these hospitals
to give encouragement, share expertise while gaining experience
of tropical diseases and problems. Any donations or support would
be so gratefully received. Contact Pastor Colin Bond on colinbond@btinternet.com
or phone 01822 616625.
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