In the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence, pillaging of natural resources, and disease threaten their land and people. The Congo is now dealing with the second biggest outbreak of Ebola ever. Thousands are ill and dying; instability and violence make it difficult to treat.
In May, our partners reported about the desperate situation in the D. R. Congo as Ebola swept through several major cities in the north-east province.
This June, the first Ebola deaths occurred in Uganda.
The infections in Uganda confirmed that the deadly outbreak has spread for the first time beyond the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The current Ebola outbreak in the Congo is quickly becoming one of the deadliest in history, second only to the 2014 to 2016 epidemic that raged across West African, killing more than 11,300 people.
The recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has taken over 60 lives. One of those lives was a congregant of our local church partner. We plan to aid in stopping this crisis by extending much-needed training and preventative measures to 60 local churches at the epicenter of the crisis.