Dr. Barry Wecker, PROLASA Project Coordinator visited the DRCongo from March 6-12.  During his visit, he participated in a meeting of the PROLASA Administrative Committee and he laid the cornerstone for the new PROLASA Dental and Eye Clinic.

Dr Barry Wecker and the House Mothers of the Patmos Children’s Village

After 5 months en route, the container has finally arrived in Goma!!  On Wednesday, March 9 the long-awaited lorry (tractor-trailer) arrived at the border of the DRC at Goma.  Efforts were being made to clear customs formalities and on Monday, March 21, the container will be unloaded in Goma.

On Wednesday, March 9, the first blocks were placed for the new PROLASA Dentistry-Optometry Clinic in Goma.  Construction will begin immediately and should be finished by the end of 2011.  The new building will house a Dental Clinic and an Eye Clinic and will provide a wide range of Dental Care and Eye Care.

Laying the Cornerstone for the PROLASA Dental and Eye Clinic

In September 2009, 60 young people from the Patmos Children’s Village will be starting secondary school.  This has resulted in a dilemma.  Since we have no secondary school on campus, PROLASA was going to be obliged to send these 60 students to Goma on the mainland to pursue their studies.  International Children’s Care has managed to find the funding to begin the construction of the secondary school classrooms so that we can begin secondary school classes next week when the school years begins.