Apr 14, 2021 | Appeal, Updates
“You can poison your family and friends, but not the general public!”, a food sanitation instructor exclaimed humorously yet seriously to vendors who would be serving food to the public at the “Taste of Chicago” summer fest. I took that class back in the late 1980’s,...
Mar 10, 2021 | Updates, Youth
Waking up in the middle of the night in a convent in a tiny village in Cameroon, I walked down a dark hallway with hands stretched out to feel for any invisible hard edges. I made it to the chapel door, entered, and knelt in a pew seeing nothing except a flickering...
Feb 11, 2021 | Education, Updates
2020 has been an incredibly difficult year for youth. In the name of stopping COVID-19 spread, young people in Nigeria like everywhere were shut out of school, sports, and social life to an extent never before seen! HEAL has been assiduously helping our youth get...
Aug 27, 2020 | Medical, Updates
I met Blessing during my last visit to Umuagwu, when I saw her dancing with a severe limp and learned she had been suffering from “polio induced clubbed foot” for almost all of her short life. Deacon Leo and I consulted with physicians, who recommended she undergo a...
Aug 6, 2020 | Education, Updates
Since the COVID-19 virus hit Nigeria, efforts began to stop the spread. As it has around the globe, the education of children has been greatly disrupted. The Masters at BOCMA and MENPS have missed half of the 2nd and all of the 3rd trimester of the 2019-2020 school...
Jun 11, 2020 | Needs, Updates
“Sister, how is Blessing recovering from surgery?”, I asked nervously. “Blessing is doing well! We’ve been visiting her and celebrating the great work done by the doctors and HEAL!”, replied Sr. Racheal Ulor, MOJ. In case you’re wondering, Blessing is a student who...
