Author: Chris Almond
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University students
We are delighted to be able to support two new students this year. We are continuing to support Aphia who started her degree in Agribusiness Management. She will be joined by Laurent taking a degree in Information Technology and Georges studying theology.
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Dennis is nearly back in UK
Dennis has completed 2,000 miles out of 2,400 by biking from London to Barcelona and back. He is helping to raise funds for us and it has been gruelling with temperatures even higher in France and Spain than here. Please sponsor him at :https://www.stewardship.org.uk/pages/BarcelonaBackToLondon
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Peace talks advance
Peace talks betwwen DRC and Rwanda and also more recently between DRC and the M23 rebel group appear to have been agreed. We wait to see what impact this will have on the country. News from the CME area is that the situation has been calmer.
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M23 impacts CME in Beni
Over the past two months, about 220 miles south of Beni, where CME operates one of its 3 hospitals, the M23, together with as many as 10,000 to 12,000 Rwandan troops, has overrun an area of eastern Congo that is home to more than five million people. In late January, the rebels captured Goma, the…
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ADF attack kills over 70
Premier Christian Radio reported on 18th February: ‘At least 70 bodies were discovered tied up and beheaded inside a Protestant church in Kasanga, DR Congo, after an attack by ADF rebels, a group affiliated with ISIS. According to The Mirror, the victims were reportedly held hostage for several days before being brutally killed using machetes.”70 bodies were…
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M23 now impacting Bunia
The militia terrorist group ADF is taking advantage of the M23 incursions further south in DRC. Ugandan troops have arrived allegedly to support the DRC army but with the population deeply suspicious. A CME staff member in Bunia wrote “On Thursday, February 27, 2025, an armed group attacked in Nyamamba, near Tchomia, more than 60…
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Accounts to 31 March 24 now published
We are pleased to say that our accounts for the period to 31 March 2024 have been independently examined.
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Trustees approve new university project
Some of the orphans from Beni have now completed their secondary education and have expressed a desire to continue their studies. In collaboration with the Christian University in Beni, the Trustees have agreed to raise support for orphans and their families who meet certain criteria. More detail can be found here https://friendsofcme.org//?page_id=141
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Orphans in Beni and Oicha interviewed July 2024
The team in DRC interviewed a number of orphans across the schools in Beni and Oicha to assess the impact of the support of Friends of CME Trust of the project run in collaboration with OEIL.