Presbyterian Mission Agency IMA world health Archives

God’s mission in Africa

Posted October 27th, 2021

Dr. Larry and Inge Sthreshley grew up in Congo. Larry’s parents were Presbyterian missionaries in the two Kasaï provinces in the south-central region. Inge’s parents were Methodist missionaries in the Katanga province in southern Congo.

Faith communities working together to support those impacted by Congo volcano eruptions, earthquakes

Posted June 3rd, 2021

About 450,000 people have been evacuated from the area around the city of Goma in the North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo, where faith groups are working together to provide humanitarian aid for those impacted.

Mission Co-Worker Larry Sthreshley is fighting the pandemic on the front lines in Congo

Posted April 22nd, 2020

Larry Sthreshley, a mission co-worker for more than 30 years in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), once more finds himself on the front lines combating a global pandemic. For years it was Ebola. Now it’s COVID-19.

Physician dies while treating Ebola patients

Posted April 26th, 2019

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing the second-largest Ebola outbreak ever, but that’s not what killed Dr. Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung. He died trying to help others.

Communities caught in the conflict in Congo

Posted September 18th, 2017

During the past year, over one million people have fled their homes in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo because of military activities. As political unrest has spilled over into ethnic violence many villages were burned and health centers and schools were destroyed in the process.

Larry Sthreshley: On the front lines in the battle to stop Ebola

Posted June 22nd, 2017

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has battled Ebola virus breakouts more than any other country in the world, with eight of the 25 global outbreaks recorded there. Since the first outbreak in 1995, Presbyterian mission co-worker Larry Sthreshley has worked on the front lines of the fight to crush the deadly epidemic and save lives.

Partner health program in Democratic Republic of the Congo praised in UK Parliament report

Posted April 17th, 2017

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a struggling economy along with the deteriorating effects of time and tropical weather make even basic health care inaccessible to the vast majority of its citizens.