Seeing the great medical needs in the Bongolo area, the local church started to pray to God in the early 70’s that God would send a doctor. When a team of medical CAMA missionaries arrived in 1977 their prayer had been answered. The small dispensary grew to what today is known as the Bongolo Hospi[...]
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Working in a jungle hospital
“You are unique, there is nobody in the world like you. God has created you with talents and he has a place for you to show his love in this world.” The pastor pressed these encouraging words at the heart of the hospital staff this Tuesday morning. “It makes no sense to compare y[...]
January 31st, 2012 - 20:40 § in Medical
Bongolo Hospital
From 6 February till early May 2012 we are at Bongolo Hospital. Tabitha is currently working at the CAMA hospital while Jan practices his French with the children. The hospital is located in the small village of Lebamba which is in the middle of the rain forest! The closest airport is a 2.5 hour d[...]
Mother and childcare in Senegal
The need for care during a pregnancy and the delivery is something I have experienced myself. Good medical care in the Netherlands is a right, but a luxury in big parts of the world. Without this care I would have most likely not survived my first delivery. And without proper medication to stop cont[...]
What motivates me – Tabitha
“The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served.” This statement, made in 1971 by Dr. Julian Tudor Hart, G.P. in England, is known as the “inverse care law.” That many things in the world are unevenly distributed is an understateme[...]
Support
We make the step to continue our carrier outside the Netherlands. We can not do this alone. If you share the vision we invite you to support us. This is possible in 4 ways: practical, moral, by prayer and financial. To be clear: we are going to live from donations. Paid work as medical doctor [&hell[...]
