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Hunger, fear stalk crowded east Congo refugee camps

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
05 Nov 2008 16:48:35 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Hereward Holland

KIBATI, Congo, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Clutching a small pack of high-energy biscuits, Clementine Riziki slowly chews her first meal in more than a week. Nine days ago, she fled her village in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern North Kivu province when attacking Tutsi rebels burned down her house and stole her belongings. To compound her worries, her family has since doubled in size. Amid the chaos, debris and noise of a makeshift camp for tens of thousands of civilians displaced by the violence, Riziki gave birth this week to twins, just a few kilometres (miles) down the hill from the rebel front line.

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New Online Map Notes Ministry Locations in Congo

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

CHICAGO, IL (September 23, 2008) – Members of the Evangelical Covenant Church have long supported the Covenant Church of Congo (CEUM), but knowing exactly where the main ministry work is located can be difficult.

Keith Gustafson, Congo country coordinator for the Department of World Mission, has put together a Google map that shows the locations of all major CEUM ministry sites as well as key geographic markers. Click here to view the sites.

Each of the locations includes a listing of the work done in the area. For example, by clicking on the Karawa location, the reader will find the CEUM hospital and Zulu Dam,
as well as the Mbudi and Ndoabili water projects, technical services center, and the Center for CEUM-Karawa Region.

The Covenant Church in Congo has 190,608 members in 1,453 congregations.

For more information on the work of the Covenant in Congo, visit Paul Carlson Partnership or the Department of World Mission.

Copyright © 2008 The Evangelical Covenant Church.

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