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Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo  Shalom Shiloh Church is located in the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - an area which has suffered much through the years.   (left) A view inside the Shalom Shiloh Church  Shalom Shiloh Church, which has over 90 people (mostly children) in attendance on Sunday mornings, is a part of Shalom Ministries in East Africa. Their current pastor is Pastor Alexis Samvura. Joseph Nsengiyumva is in charge of Sunday School and Dieudonne Kaziga is in charge of outreach. (above right) Martin Nzabanita (of Shalom Shiloh), Pastor Stephen Bamuleke (leader of Shalom Ministries), Pastor Alexis Samvura, Joseph Nsengiyumva and Dieudonne Kaziga.  Goma is a city of 160,000 people located on the shores of Lake Kivu in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just across the border from Gisenyi, Rwanda. Goma is the capital city of the North Kivu province and has suffered devastating effects from the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 as well as a volcanic eruption of nearby Mt. Nyiragongo in 2002.  Because of internal conflict within the D.R. Congo in recent years, many IDP (Internally Displaced People) camps have been established in and around Goma. (right) The neighborhood of Shalom Shiloh Church in Goma  Shalom Shiloh has established a small medical clinic in Goma to try to help the people in the area who may not be able to afford medical care at a larger clinic or a hospital.  This clinic has done much to help many impoverished people in Goma as well as many refugees from Rwanda during the genocide and, more recently, many IDPs who are living in the camps in Goma. The church has purchased a piece of land on which they hope to build a larger, more permanent structure to house the clinic but funds are needed to get this project underway. If you are interested in helping out with this need, please contact us.  Currently the church does not have its own school but they would like to start one at some point in the future. There are many children in the church, in the surrounding neighborhood, and also in the IDP camps who need help to be able to attend school. You can sponsor a child in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for as little as $10.00 per month! Please visit our Sponsorship Program page to learn more! Primary school in the Democratic Republic of the Congo consists of grades 1 through 6, and their school year has 3 terms. The first term starts in September and runs through December, the second term starts in January and runs through March, and the third term starts in April and runs through June. In May of 2007, 52 children from the community of Goma in the D.R. Congo were added to the Sponsorship Program of His Hands for Africa. |
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