POLLY’S PROJECT: MPALA

Mpala Mission is a vast complex something like a quarter mile long, with the residence of Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa at the northern end. The Sisters arrived in 1898 and left Mpala in the 1950s. Over their years of service, they founded and ran important facilities including an orphanage, a medical clinic, [...]

And so it begins…DR Congo May, 2015

  One week and one day away before we depart for DRC, and already we are facing the problems...On May 11th I received word that we would most likely have to re-route our trip LAX-Dubai-Bujumbura due to social and political unrest on the ground there...Today, I got confirmation; we will now be flying into Kigali! Once [...]

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