News
 Bishop Ntambo Receives Peacemaker Prize
On May 3rd, the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding awarded Bishop Ntambo Nkulu it's "Peacemaker" award. Tanenbaum CEO Joyce Dubensky presented the award during the annual world-wide meeting of United Methodist Bishops in Columbus Ohio. Nominated by George Howard of the West Ohio Conference, Bishop Ntambo is one of only 26 people who have been named Tanenbaum Peacemakers. These recipients must be people of faith who work toward peace as part of their religious convictions. They must have worked in regions of armed conflict, be locally based and indigenous to the region in which they are working toward peace, and be relatively unknown. Visit the Tanenbaum site for more about the award.
 Yvonne Chaka Chaka Helps Imagine No More Malaria
Thousands turned out in Kamina to see the "Princess of Africa" Yvonne Chaka Chaka, who has been at the forefront of South African popular music for 20 years. She joined dignitaries, Bishops and the United Methodist Communications team for an "Imagine No More Malaria" event. View pictures and learn about the event here. Read Bishop Ntambo's address.
 GBCS Team Visits Congoby Arthur Mupoyo
North Katanga was blessed in receiving a great team from General Board of Church and Society (GBCS).
The team was composed of (from right to left) Rev. Neal Christie, Rev. Cynthia Abraham, Clayton Childers, Wesley Porson and Ted Smith.
 The team was welcomed by different groups of the people government officials, businessmen, soldiers, police offers, Muslims, catholic, Pentecostal, charismatic churches, Baptist, students, nurses, farmers, the all city at the airport.
 The team was directed into the District Commissioner Office to say hello to the Chief of Haut Lomami District and share with him the purpose of their visit in Congo in particular in North Katanga Episcopal Area.
The District Commissioner is grateful to God and to UMC North Katanga Episcopal Area for the support brought by the church in his administrative area. Finally he promises security to the team during their stay in Kamina. For a full report and pictures, please see this Presentation
Bed Nets Arriveby
Arthur Mupoyo
Pictured are about 1515 anti-malarial bed
nets for free distribution in Kamina. The
long-lasting nets treated with insecticide were
offloaded from their arrival by train to Kamina,
then transported with a hired truck to storage
for distribution. Ten health centers in North
Katanga were selected for this pilot
anti-malaria project (see below for earlier News
report), funded and organized by the United
Nations Foundation and UMCOR.
 At
right you see a picture of the distribution
cards which were printed to avoid disorders
among the targeted population. These cards were
distributed in the census period of the project.
 The
Importance of Medical Care and
Improvements
Arthur Mpoyo sent these photographs which
graphically show the nature of healthcare and
how medical clinics and hospitals in Congo are
making a difference. At top left is a woman
arriving for care on a bicycle - often the only
means of getting a sick person to hospital. (See
Wings of the Morning to learn more about the
importance of this air ministry for the
sick.)
 At right
you see many people in hospital beds and family
members waiting with them. Most patients are
suffering with Malaria.
 At left
you see equipment - an operating table at the
Shungu clinic and microscopes at the Lupandilo
Clinic.
Report from Dar es Salaam District from Rev
Mutwale, Provisional Annual Conference Ministry
with Women by Betty Musau
Kipendano's day(Women's Day) and the Women
Sewing Project were conducted in Dar es Salaam
in the Tanzania Conference. During the Women's
Day, Mrs. Kabaka Ndala Alphosine, wife of
Tanzania United Methodist Missionary Mutwale Ntambo Wa Mushidi, was
the Preacher. She preached about Herodias, the
Philip's wife who told her daughter Salome to
ask for John the Baptist's head as she danced
well before Herode. It is because, John went to
tell Herod who took Philip's wife that he was
not allowed to behave likewise.
Shown in the photo is the Women's Project.
Until now, women and girls including those from
the community around have been sewing different
dresses, robes, shirts, shorts, etc. The vision
is to enlarge the women's sewing center as girls
and other women are coming in for training. For
congregational development, church members plan
to make bricks for church construction as the
church infrastructure is still poor. Tanzania
Provisional Annual Conference will apprecaite
any support for women's empowerment and
congregational development.
Change the World
from Betty Musau
What if... on one weekend
all around the world, 11 million United
Methodists came together to work in their local
communities?
What if... we unite globally to fight a
preventable, treatable disease that kills one
child every 30 seconds?
Would You Help?
April 24-25, 2010. Build
community locally. Fight malaria globally.
Change the world. Information
in French Here or visit Change the World
 Health-Agriculture-Water
Project: A new vision of the link of the
health and agriculture sectors.
A health,agriculture and water workshop was
held in January 2010 and led by the UMCOR health
and UMCOR ministry of poor. The participants at
the workshop were the health community workers
of the Shungu health center, a UMC health
structure. The purpose of this workshop was to
build the capacity of these participants in the
health and agriculture sectors in order for them
to play well their roles of the linkers of the
health and the agriculture and water issues in
the communities they are working.
Once the health workers play well their role,
this will health a positive impact in reducing
the disease prevalence in the communities. This
new vision is the first experience in DRCongo
that has started with the workers of the health
center of Shungu of the UMC in The North
Katanga. Once it succeeds it may be extended in
other communities as well.
 At the end of the workshop one
Biosand filter was given to a vulnerable
household where the head of the household of 6
people is a widow. The Biosand filter helps to
filter water from microbes as in Kamina not
every one has an access to potable water. At
right are leaders of the workshop, from the
right to the left: Shannon from UMCOR health,
Lisa Jackon: UMCOR ministry of poor, Richard:
Global in Canada, John Nday: UMCOR-NGO
Go to the Clean
Water page for more pictures.
 Anti Malaria
Project
UMCOR - NGO in partnership of the UMC North
Katanga are implementing a Pilot anti-malaria
project through the distribution of long lasting
insecticide bed Net. The donor of the funds is
the United Nations Foundation. Ten health
centers in ten health areas in Kamina territory
were selected for this pilot project. Training
was first organized for nurses and health
community workers. The topics of the training
included the basic knowledge of malaria, the
causal agent of this, the means of prevention
which is the use of the bet net. Other points of
the training emphasized the sanitation aspect of
the living areas and their surroundings in order
to prevent the spread of mosquitoes.
The opening ceremony involved political and
UMC religious authorities. Among the
facilitators of the workshop were two doctors
from the health district of Haut Lomami, one
doctor of the net for life program from the
Anglican Church, and 2 UMCOR-NGO
representatives.
During the month of February about 15,000
long lasting insecticide bed nets will be
distributed to the beneficiaries, specifically
vulnerable under five year old children and
pregnant women.
 Various Reports
from Arthur Mpoya
At right, Lisa Jackson, June, Richard from
UMCOR are received by the Kamina District
Commissioner. The Commissioner thanks the team
for their financial support to North Katanga
Health and Agriculture program. Thanks to this
program local people are able to feed themselves
by producing vegetables and drink clean water
from the wells.
 North
Katanga opened a voluntary counseling HIV test
center in Kamina. Thanks to UMCOR Health program
and donation, Dr Kasanka Mwana Ngoie initiated
this program to help local people to be tested.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo was in
civil war. Many army troops from countries where
HIV/Aid prevalence is very high were in Congo to
fight against rebels. Their presence in the
country enables HIV/Aid to be spread everywhere.
To educate people, North Katanga has initiated
this project to help people know their
serological status.
 June
Kim from UMCOR is weeding a soya beans field at
Kaloba, Kamina in North Katanga. This program
teaches people how to grow soya beans and to use
them in our daily life since they are
nutritious.
 New Kindergarten School in Kamina
Underway
At left is a photo of a crew making bricks in
Kamina for the building of the United Methodist
Kindergarten school. The treasurer Ilunga
Mutombo is in charge of brick making. This
facility will be used for educating children
under five whose parents live in the
surroundings of the church, and it will enable
parents to shorten the distance where their
children must go to school. Right now they go to
Kamina township, three kilometers from town.
 In Kamina, there is no kindergarten,
A lot of parents cannot afford schooling their
children under five years old, so a lot of
children are left home while parents go the
field, until they come back in the afternoon.
Or, those who are teachers, may leave their
children home under the supervision of neighbors
who may care for those children.
The church decided to build one in town for
the benefit of those children in the community
for a brighter future of our children. Also,
this facility will help to accommodate Sunday
school children (pictured at right), and their
teachers, who usually meet outside of churches
in Kamina. For Sunday school, children meet
usually outside, under tree.
 Report from
Tanzania Provisional Annual Conference
To the right is a picture of the children of
Preschool and Sunday school classes in Dar es
salaam UM Church, receiving different school
items as Christmas presents. The gifts were sent
from Tedi, Missions Chair from Miller Crossroad
UMC in Sunbury, Pennsylvania, and from Jane B.
Schildge, another Missions Chair of Red Bank UMC
in New Jersey. These American friends and
sisters and brothers hosted Rev Mutwale and his
wife, who are missionaries of North Ktanga in
Tanzania. They fed them in their homes for
couple of days during churches visitation last
year in USA.
 Here we
see Pastor Gerald performing a baptism in the
Tarime district on Christmas day. Some church
members prefer immersion baptism. The missionary
couple brings people to a river, lake or pool
for their baptism so that baptized brothers or
sisters become part and parcel of the body of
Christ, the Church in Dar es Salaam and for them
to grow in the community of faith.
 We see the effort this missionary
couple is doing locally without funds, making
bricks and firing them and build churches in
this new and young Tanzania Provisional Annual
Conference. Church activities prepared by Rev
Mutwale and edited by Betty Kazadi.
We thank God for brothers and sisters who
inspire children in order to shape their future.
Betty Kazadi
 Shoe drive Ministry in Kamina
Orphanage
The following report was submitted by
Betty Kazadi as received from Nancy Jensen
My name is Nancy Jensen. My husband, Erick,
and I are members of Trinity Community Church, a
United Methodist Congregation in Kansas City,
Kansas. We have two grown daughters, Lyndee and
Erin. We also have a 3 1/2 yr old grandson..
Erick teaches in a high school and I teach 7-8
years olds in elementary school.
Last summer a group from our church took a
mission trip to The Congo under the leadership
of Guy Mande. They visited many places and came
back to Kansas City with a lot of information
and many good memories. Our younger daughter,
Erin, was interested in learning about the
mission trip so she was there as this group gave
a presentation to our congregation. They showed
many photographs of the orphanage and children
in Kamina. Erin and I were both moved by the
pictures of the children. When the photograph of
children's feet, either bare or wearing shoes
that barely held together, was shown, we looked
at each other and said "We need to do
something!"
On the way out of church I told Mande that we
wanted to do a shoe drive and that began the
process of getting approval through the Mission
and Outreach Committee to have a church-wide
shoe drive. I am constantly amazed by the
generosity of our congregation and this was no
exception. When people were told of the shoe
drive we were blessed by their continuing
generosity and shoes began to be brought in by
sacks and boxes at a time!
As a member of the Mission and Outreach
Committee, I am so excited to have our pastor,
Mark Holland and his wife Julie carry two bags
of shoes to Kamina when they fly to bring home
their newly adopted daughter. The rest of the
shoes will be shipped by container. We are
anxious to see pictures of the smiles on the
children's faces as they wear their new shoes!
We hope they are blessed by wearing the shoes as
much as we are in giving them.
Thanksgivings
North Katanga
Annual Conference is grateful to all brothers
and sisters of Kansas for the gift that will
shape the future of children at the orphanage
and all other conference partners who bring new
life to children.
Betty Kazadi
 Video
Communications from the Bishop
See what Bishop Ntambo has to say about agricultural development in the
North Katanga Conference. Learn about the new
strategies for communication within the
conference and around the world.
Africa
University Leaders Pledge to Serve
Continent
The new leadership of Africa University
pledged its continuing commitment to the cause
of higher education on the continent in a moving
installation ceremony attended by more than 500
dignitaries from around the world, including
Bishop Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda.
Bishop David Kekumba Yemba and professor
Fanuel Tagwira were inaugurated Dec. 5 as the
third chancellor and vice chancellor of the
university founded in 1992. Read more here.
 Ministries in the
North Katanga and Tanzania Conferences
Communicator Betty Musau provided photos and
information about ministry in the North Katanga
(Congo) Annual Conference and the Tanzania
Annual Conference, including the work of an
Africa University graduate, a food production
retreat, and a monthly fasting and prayer day at
First United Methodist Church of Dar es Salaam.
View the slide show on the
General Board of Higher Education and Ministry
site.
Articles from North Katanga
Read interesting articles on The Historical Growth, Teaching And
Impact Of The United Methodist Church In North
Katanga from Rev. Mbayu Ilunga and The Contributions Of Bishop Ntambo
Nkulu Ntanda To the Growth Of The United
Methodist Church in the North Katanga Annual
Conference by Pastor Nkulu Mwenze. Both are
in Microsoft Word format.
 Outreach in
Morogoro District
Pastor Kalangwa visited with the student
pastor Charles at Mangae and strengthened the
little congregation of Masai during their
worship in the district of Morogoro. This is
located in the provisional annual conference of
Tanzania, North Katanga Episcopal Area.
 Photo Update on
Orphanage
Betty Musau sends these two photos showing
how much the children in the Orphanage have
grown.
 $600 per
year will house, feed and clothe one orphan as
well as provide money for education, including a
higher education fund. Many of these children
are orphans of the ongoing civil war and have
seen horrifying things. The loving care of the
orphanage, including the care of other children,
restores them to spiritual, physical and
psychological well being.
 Health Education in North
Katanga
23 year old Mwabeya is among many who tested
HIV positive at a Shungu clinic, but no
anti-retro viral drugs are available in the
region. HIV/AIDS is not well known by the
population, but is neither culturally, nor
socially accepted. A financial gift from UMCOR
(see story, below) for the prevention of
HIV/AIDS, has begun to create awareness among
the political-administrative authorities and the
great leaders of opinions, as well as among
those most affected. Read more in this full
report.
 North Katanga Communication Center
a Reality!
A dream is now reality! UMCom in partership
with Africa University organised an African
Communicators' Training during which two
communicators from D.R Congo attended. (Rev.
Betty Musau and Arthur Mpoyo. UMCom trained
African communicators and promised to sponsor
each Episcopal area. Among the Episcopal areas
which received financial support was North
Katanga. The objective of this support was to
strengthen / build communication centers in
Africa. North Katanga uses this equipmentto
build the Kingdom of our Lord.
 Here is some of the equipment (modem
and some desktop, scan jet, printer)in the
communications office. This equipment helps
North Katanga to share information not only with
its eccliastic districts but also with the rest
of the world.
 School Office Rebuilt
Last year the office of the Nkenda Bantu
school burned down. The photo to the right shows
the rebuilding effort.
Children of Congo Exhibit
Opportunity
Photographer Stephanie Matthews returned from
a visit to Kamina with a vision for
transformation of the Orphanage into a center of
educational excellence. Her "Children of Congo"
exhibit captures the essence of these children
and will capture your heart. Her installation is
available for booking and proceeds benefit the
project. Click here for details.
DRC: AIDS Education
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),
AIDS education is expanding its reach thanks to
an UMCOR-supported program led by Dr. Guy
Kansanka, a Global Ministries’ missionary
working with the Global Health Initiative in the
North Katanga Annual Conference.
In June, a multi-targeted HIV/AIDS prevention
project in Kamina (DRC) reached students,
soldiers, church goers and local authorities
through HIV/AIDS education, counseling, HIV/AIDS
rapid testing, radio announcements and seminars.
Over 5,800 individuals received life sustaining
information. The project focused on changing
sexual behavior and educating people about the
importance of testing, counseling and
abstinence.
You can help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS
by supporting programs like these. Give to the
United Methodist Global AIDS Fund, UMCOR
Advance #982345.
Report from Report from
Rev Mutwale, Missionary in Tanzania, February
13, 2009
 Bishop Ntambo trip to
Tanzania
From January 18-20, 2009, Bishop
Ntambo presided over the provisional annual
conference in Tanzania. Delegates were all
pastors and lay members of Tanzania and all
missionaries On sunday jan 18, the ceremeony
started with the worship service whereby Bishop
Ntambo dedicated the Dar es salem church which
is named First UNITED methodist CHURCH OF Dar es
salem. This church was built thanks to funds
from Rev Joe Fort of Texas. It was during this
dedication ceremony when Bishop ordained
seventeen pastors, elders and deacons. This new
conference has now twenty eight pastors.
Bishop urged both lay and pastors to make an
effort to work hard in order to develop new
leadership and work hand in hand with the
government for the growth, betterment of the
society, mutual respect, respect of the book of
discipline and the word of God for the new
provisional annual conference to stand and build
the kingdom of God.
 There are now six districts:
District of Dar es Salaam : Mutwale Ntambo wa
Mushidi : DS
District of mororgore : Umba Il.
Kalangwa : DS
District of Kigoma : Abisai
Lameck : DS
District of Kasulu ; Olaf
Michael : DS
District of Mwanza : Julius
Mpangira : DS
District of Musoma : Gerald
Bonaventura ; DS
New appointments:
Treasurer : Mrs Gloria Edson
layleader : Mr
Shadrack Kassiga
Evangelist : Rev. Abisai
Lameck
Statistician : Rev. Umba Il.
Kalangwa
Secretairies de la Conferences : -
Anglais : Past. Levi Nyasinde
- Swahili : Mrs
Joyce Bosco
In all, Tanzanian church
members were very happy to have a provisional
annual conference.
Report from Gaston Ntambo,
Wings of the
Morning aviation ministry, January,
2009
A few months ago a young lady in her late
twenties was brought to the airport to see if we
could help save her life. Her baby had died
close to midnight the day before in a village
far away from any clinic or hospital. With the
baby half delivered, they traveled 40 miles on a
bicycle throughout the night hopping to get help
at the next larger village of Kitenge . The
small clinic in Kitenge did not have any one
with enough experience to deal with such a case.
I was at the airport in Kitenge on other
business around 9 o'clock when they brought this
lady to me. A 15 minute trip to the hospital at
the village of Kabongo would have saved her
life. She died before we could get her in the
airplane. Read the
full report here.
Reports from Betty Musau January
29, 2009
 This year Tshinish and the team
decided to protect the environment by planting
100 trees of tangerines and they have five
hectares of maize (corn) as the staple diet for
the region. The Kamisamba (Farm) personnel and
the team are grateful to all those who
contribute to the building of the Kingdom of God
in North Katanga.
 The picture to the right is the
construction of the Kamina Vision Center where
all vision machines will be installed. Those who
have eye problems will have a place for the
check up and clinic purpose. Funds for this
center came from Texas team headed by Melody
Ball. Read more about the
Vision Initiative here.
Report from Dr Mwana Ngoie
"Guy" Kasanka, December 23, 2008
 The Democratic Republic of Congo is
surrounded with countries which have been
identified as the most infected by the HIV/AIDS
in the world. These are especially countries in
sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to that, the war
in Congo (from 1998-2003) which brought six
armies from central and sub Saharan countries to
fight in DR Congo has contributed to spread HIV.
Many cases of raped women were reported. In some
rural areas, even condoms are not available.
In Kamina, the center of the North Katanga
annual conference, there were no sensitization
activities to stop and fight the spread of
HIV/AIDS. Recently, the General Board of Global
Ministries funded through the health and welfare
department a project to fight HIV/AIDS in North
Katanga. This is especially in prevention
activities. The project is managed by a team
composed of UMC members. Your missionary, Dr
Kasanka Mwana Ngoie leads the management team.
Read Dr. Kasanka's full report on
AIDS prevention as well as other health care
initiatives. The document is in Microsoft Word
format.
The picture to the left is of an AIDS
preventions training or "sensitizing" program
with the Army conducted by Dr. Kasanka.
Report from Betty Musau July 14,
2008
 I am
sending you pictures for the foundation and
building of toilets at the orphanage. Toilets
provide health and cleanliness for the future of
these children.
 The church is a caring community
that take people from being strangers to being
sisters and brothers. The picture to the right
shows some of the children at the orphanage.
U.S.Methodist Church conferences are caring
conferences who contributed to the growth of
those children. North Katanga is very grateful
to all U.S. conferences partners.
 On July
11, 2008, North Katanga got the sad news that
the Kenda Bantu high school office was damaged
by fire which came from nowhere. The fire
started at nigh, and all papers for the
headmaster office and teachers were all in
ashes. Nothing was recuperated from the
office.
Report from Betty Musau July 7,
2008
 Bavon
Mbayo Mukalay, who was trained in Kinshasa for
two years in Opthamology, is now working in th
Kamina Vision Center as a volunteer who checks
up the patient's vision. This is part of the Kamina Vision Initiative.
So far, since February, when they received
equipement from Kamina Vision Friends in Texas,
they have checked over 100 patients. Bwalya
Masangu is the coordinator ad interim, who works
on the auto lencometry. Ngoy Kumwimba Mamy
guides patients for their check up and providing
of glasses after check up. Personnel in Kamina
Vision are very happy to work in the center as
volunteers.
The North Katanga conference is very
appreciative in building the kingdom of God with
the gift from Texas team led by precious friends
Melody, Betty, Darlene and Cynthia.
To our friends, North Katanga is thankful of
the gift of light which is Kamina Vision
equipement that serves the community. Kamina
Vision personnel are grateful to all donors and
all that contribute to this project.
Vision is health and who has health, has hope
and he who has hope has everything.
Report from Betty Musau June 25,
2008
News about Booth Library:
None of the primary and secondary schools and
universities of Kamina have any good place for
reading in order to complete their education.
The unique library of the UMC college is 7 km
(About 4.5 miles) from town. Pupils and students
have difficulties to walk the 14 km every day to
go to the library. This has made it important to
have the Memorial Booth library in town. We have
a very small library. Most of books were left by
former North Katanga missionaries.
There is need for Biblical Encyclopedias,
Biblical indexes, Writers in theology as
systematic theologians, New Testament writers,
and Old Testament writers, to help theology
students at UM University of Kamina. There is a
need for public health books, grammar and
composition books for students in the English
department. And we need Business class books and
agriculture books.
Presently, we have 120 books, 11 magazines,
and 133 english books. The librarian is Rev
Muleka Pingwe who is volunteering in the Booth
Memorial Library.
 Report
from Rev. Nday Bondo Mwanabute June 23, 2008
(Rev. Bondo is from North Katanga and just
graduated from Africa University in Zimbabwe
with a 3.84 grade point average.)
MY STUDIES IN THE NEW MASTER PROGRAM IN
THEOLOGY
I am proud to be one of the three
graduate pioneers of the new Masters program at
the Faculty of Theology, the Masters of Arts in
Religious Studies (MARS).I majored in
Ministerial Studies or Pastoral Theology, which
deals with the pastoral ministry on the ground.
My area of concentration was Church
Administration.
Many people take for granted the fact that
the church already knows its purpose on earth,
and there is no need to undertake theological
studies, especially at the Masters level. My
studies however have proved the opposite.
The Masters of Arts in Religious Studies
program has helped me to discover where the
church is now, where it was supposed to be, what
it is doing now, and what it was supposed to do.
Out of these findings, I am able to bring
relevant contribution to the ministry in the
church in sharing the precious knowledge with
others in the church and the community.
The program also opened me to the world of
research in church matters. It taught me that
the knowledge is to be searched beyond the
blackboard, through the library, in front the
screen of a computer, and going down to the
field in order to collect findings to enhance
with church activities. So the program has made
me qualified in research action and it has
prepared me to confidently undertake further
studies.
During this era of globalization, the church
needs highly informed people to send to the
world in order to competently face the
challenges brought by globalization in spiritual
and temporal needs. Africa University, in the
Faculty of Theology, through the new program of
Masters has proved to have understood it. We are
the first fruit of this plan. We are ready to
bring our contribution.
Rev. Nday Bondo Mwanabute
Report from Betty Musau June 19,
2008
Bicycle is the means of transportation and a
source of income for the family. People travel
from Kalombo to Kamina. They go to buy fish and
resell them in Kamina. The distance from Kalombo
to Kamina is 500 km. (About 310 miles).
 They pass by Kibula which is the
local church in the district of Kanene,
supervised by Ngoy Wakuwambala, the female
district superintendent. She resides in Kanene
which is 300 km from Kibula where the district
conference was held.
In this district, there are eight pastors.
Pastor Banza Mijibu, the local pastor from
Kibula hosted 161 members for the district
conference. We have the local church, one school
that serves for primary and seconday school. At
primary school, we have 151 pupils (61 girls and
90 boys). At secondary school, we have 20 girls
and 88 boys.
Pastor Banza Mijibu and the church members have
made bricks to enlarge classrooms for pupils and
plan to have a clean and comfortable facility
for medical purposes. The facilities are
pictured, right.
Report from Betty Musau
 I would
like to share some news that last January 2008,
Melody from Texas, Cynthia from Tenessee, Betty
Darlene from Texas, and Pamela Couture from
Kansas City visited Kamina . They also visited
UMCOR NGO in Kamina starting with the office and
they also visited worksites for food security
and the microfinance program. Betty Darlene was
pumping water in Katuba for water and sanitation
program in Kamina.
The medical team from Texas donated vision
equipment for the Kamina Vision initiative that
is helping a lot of people in Kamina. Staff
members were trained how to operate the machine.
It had been noticed that people put on glasses
without any check of their vision. Now with the
vision machine that Melody and the team donated,
many people are aware of checking their vision
before any type of glasses are put on.
Again, North Katanga is blessed for such
wonderful of gift of VISION, as sign of light
that North Katanga members have to use to
enlighten other people.
To all who pray for North Katanga, to those
who foresee the future of North Katanga. Let the
spirit of God be with you all. Blessings in the
spirit of service.
General Conference Report
from Betty Musau
 The North Katanga Annual conference
had 47 lay and clergy delegates to the 10 day
General Conference in Forth Worth, Texas in May.
After the General Conference, 36 delegates
remained in USA for itineration to conference
partners. Six delegates were in Little Rock,
Arkansas for two weeks. Five were hosted by the
Greater New Jersey Annual Conference, six more
were in the Indiana Annual Conference. Nine were
in West Ohio (pictured), plus three governmental
ministers from Katanga province and three other
staff members who joined West Ohio annual
conference later. Nine people were hosted in
Texas . Five delegates were in West New York.
The activity was to share experience of work
from North Katanga to conference partners and to
address issues from North Katanga to conference
partners and visit different churches in
conference partners.
North Katanga Annual Conference is presided
and headed by Bishop Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda who is
very thankful and grateful to all Bishops and
colleagues who accepted the partnership with
North Katanga. All delegates are very thankful
for the hospitality shown to them during their
stay in US conference partners. Also Bishop
Ntambo is very grateful to all mission
coordinators from conference partners, who
agreed to tour with North Katanga delegates in
their different projects despite their tight
schedules. Once again, thank you!
Reports from each team leader were given and
listened to with joy, appreciation, and
thanksgiving for all gifts in-kind and cash for
the future of the church in North Katanga. Funds
were given for the purchase of Bibles, Bicycles,
nets for malaria prevention, digging of wells,
for pure water, supporting children at the
orphanage, building of churches and parsonages
for pastors, boosting and sponsoring girls
education at medical school and the UMC college,
contributions toward the purchase of a new
plane, and to sustain the Kamisamba farm.
Again, Bishop Ntambo and all delegates from
North Katanga Annual Conference are grateful and
thankful to Partners Bishops; from West Ohio,
Greater New Jersey, Texas, Arkansas , West New
York, Indiana for accepting and staying with
brothers and sisters from North Katanga in their
respective Annual Conferences and reinforcing
their partnerships with North Katanga.
To Partners Bishops, their staff,
coordinators in mission , Bishop Ntambo and the
whole North Katanga express and appreciate your
love , blessings and gospel in action given to
North Katanga Annual Conference.
March Report from Betty Musau March
13, 2008
 At the Lupandilo Medical School in
North Katanga, we have 99 pupils, 47 girls and
52 boys. There 14 teachers where 9 are full time
and 6 part time. Our wish is to increase number
of pupils for the future nurses.
Dr. Mireille Mikombe Seya (pictured left) has
been elected as the principal of the school. She
said, "I am very proud to be assigned as the
principal of the school in order to promote
gender and bring equilibrum with the imbalances
of the society for the promotion of women. When
a woman is educated , she can make a difference
and help children grow. We hope to work in
collaboration for a better education and future
for the medical." She said, "With God, we will
do wonders."
For a better future, invest in women
leadership with this month for women.
 Bishop Ntambo visited the governor
of Katanga, Moise Katumbi Chapwe. The Bishop's
visit was to let the governor know since
January, there is no potable water. Moise
Katumbi Chapwe has offered to provide a
generator for 250 KVA (pictured right)which will
pump water from its turbine to town. As the
episcopal leader, Bishop invests in good
relationships.
 Also
because of the flooding in Kamina, drugs against
chlolera have been purchased for the population
in Kamina. Pictured left are drugs and supplies
ready to be shipped.
News and Visit in North Katanga.
Report from Betty
Musau February 26, 2008
I would like to let you know that Bishop
Ntambo lost his Uncle last Sunday in Lubumbashi.
His name is Lupweka Ngoy Alexandre.
 The second news is the visit of the
American Consul in Kamina Feb 23-24,2008. Laurie
Meininger, US Consul DRC and the team visited.
We also welcomed Christopher Corkey, the
Commercial Deputy of the American Embassy and
Antoine Mbala, the Consular Assistant of the US
Embassy. They visited different projects in
Kamina . The Consul was delighted to be in
Kamina and thanked God for the faith she saw in
people for the work , integrity and dignity of
people in Kamina.
An Airlift of Hope, news from
UMCOR
The medical supply storage areas of several
hospitals in the Democratic Republic of Congo
are now better stocked, thanks to the
collaborative effort of several diverse
organizations, including UMCOR, which served as
the delivery agency. Medicines worth $14 million
were delivered via airlift to Kinshasa on Feb. 2
and will aid hundreds of people in need.
Collaborators in the medical airlift were St.
Paul's School of Theology, Kansas City, Mo.; The
United Methodist Church of North Katanga; US
Department of Defense; Islamic Relief USA;
United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR);
and Interchurch Medical Assistance (IMA).
Severe Rain Damage in
Kamina. Report from Betty Musau February
14, 2008
 I would like to to let you know that
excessive rain has caused damage in Kamina. More
than 1,000 houses have fallen because of a lot
of rain (example pictured). The storms have been
at night and it was during the night that houses
have fallen. Many women and children are
victims. Houses have fallen in the areas of
RVA,Q 52, Q 14, Q katuba, and some in Q 53.
In other news, a well is being built in
Katuba in the church inclosure.
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