Seeking a Ray of Sunshine

"No ray of sunshine

 is ever lost

 but the green that it awakens to life

 needs time to sprout,

and it is not always given

to the sower

 to live to see the harvest.

All work worth anything is done by faith."

-Albert Schweitzer

After reading an article describing the urgent need for physicians in the French Congo, Albert Schweitzer, at age 30,  told his family that he wanted to study medicine in order to become a physician for those suffering in Africa.

Almost a century later, the Ungana Foundation finds the state of medical care in Goma, Congo woefully lacking.   One of the largest problems seen in Goma is the lack of medicines and equipment.  

While in a meeting with the president of the Rotary Club last week we were informed that there is no medical scanner in the area.   Patients in need of being scanned must travel either to Kigali, Rwanda (3 ½ hours by bus) or to Kinshasa DRC (5 hours by plane) to receive treatment. 

We hope that with the help of a matching grant from the Rotary Club and other partners in the U.S. to substantially improve the healthcare situation in Goma. With our health care associates hard at work we look forward to reporting positive updates on this very urgent community need.

Alyssa Callister

President

The Ungana Foundation