by Ed Noyes | Jun 23, 2014 | Opinion
Almost every rural pastor in Congo has a second or third job to make ends meet. Rural parishes are not known for providing a living wage for their pastors. Family fields, gardens, livestock and fishponds put food on the table and pay for health care and school fees....
by Laura Seay | Jul 11, 2010 | Opinion
I’m in a Congolese city called Butembo for a bit, continuing my research on the role local organizations play in providing public goods in fragile states. The work is going fine. For the first time ever, I’m no longer a grad student and I have research...
by Laura Seay | Jul 30, 2007 | Opinion
“Donne-moi.” (Give me). “Kusaidia” (Help.) I hear these two phrases a dozen or more times a day in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “Mzungu, donne-moi cinq cent francs.” Give me a dollar. “Kusaidia, Mama.” Help me,...
by Laura Seay | Jul 18, 2007 | Opinion
I was going to write today about the long and funny boat ride from Goma yesterday, about arriving in Bukavu, about how much nicer everything is in a place that hasn’t had a volcano go down its main street. I want to tell you about how beautiful it is here, how...
by Paul Montacute | Feb 18, 2002 | Opinion
Those of us north of the equator and in the western hemisphere tend to “chase the ambulance” after a disaster. But we soon switch our attention as the media draw us elsewhere. On Jan. 18, Mt. Nyiragongo—on the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo...
