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Doors of Hope
The Kinshasa
Children's Home is located in the Democratic Republic of Congo in central
Africa. These doors of hope give refuge and love to 70 orphaned children
in the busy and bustling capital city; Kinshasa. In a nation that has been
in constant turmoil for many years, an oasis of protection for these little
ones has been found. Kinshasa Children's Home is that place and we welcome you in to see God at
work.
"..for in You the fatherless find compassion."
Hosea 14:3b
Brief History
Since 1994 the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC; formerly called
Zaire) has been rent by ethnic strife and civil war, sparked off by a
massive inflow of refugees from the fighting in Rwanda and Burundi. The
government of former president Mobutu Sese Seko was toppled by a rebellion
led by Laurent Kabila in May 1997; his regime was subsequently challenged
by a Rwanda- and Uganda-backed rebellion in August 1998. Troops from
Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Chad, and Sudan intervened to support the
Kinshasa regime. A cease-fire was signed on 10 July 1999, but sporadic
fighting continued. Kabila was assassinated in January 2001 and his son
Joseph Kabila was named head of state. The new president quickly began
overtures to end the war. As a result of the many years of conflict, war
and waves of refugees descending on Kinshasa, the orphan problem is very
large and presently out of control. And so God calls us for such a
time as this! Dispensing His radical love into the lives of these precious
children. |