Thank you from Congo Initiative

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Dear friends, partners and supporters, 2010 has been a tremendous year of growth and exciting developments for Congo Initiative and the Christian Bilingual University of Congo.  With your encouragement, prayers, friendship, support and steadfast commitment to this work, we are moving forward in faith.  We are seeing the fruits of the investment that we are making together with you, as a new story of hope is being written in and for the heart of Africa. THANK YOU for being a part of this exciting work!  Thank you for standing with us, for sharing the story of CI-UCBC with your family, friends and colleagues.  Thank you for the support so many of you have given in so many different ways during this past year.   As we observe the end of 2010 and anticipate a new chapter in 2011, may your lives and those of our team and students in Congo be mutually enriched and blessed.   Partnering together, The Congo Initiative Team

Interviewing Dr. David Kasali

David M. Kasali: Being transformed to transform

The founder of a university in the Democratic Republic of the Congo talks about why educating a new generation of leaders is one of the greatest needs, even in a country where people are dying every day.

Here is the link to the website with the interview and video with Dr. Kasali, it's about his leadership and vision for UCBC: http://www.faithandleadership.com/multimedia/david-m-kasali-being-transformed-transform 

"Certain problems will repeat themselves. You have to go to the roots. The root for me is leadership. Our suffering in Congo is dependent on the type of leaders that we have. If we can prepare a new generation of leaders who are critical in their thinking, who are grounded in ethics of love your enemies and love your neighbors, and who say, 'Enough is enough,' then in the long run we will change to a sustained development...”

Hope you'll check it out! 

love,
Bethany 

Action Jackson: Running the World's Most Dangerous Marathon - www.tonic.com

Running for the Congo... In the Congo...

http://www.tonic.com/article/action-jackson-running-the-worlds-most-dangerous-marathon-chris-jackson/

This is a neat article about what one man is doing to try to raise public awareness of what is happening in the DR Congo.