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In the town of  Parakou, Benin, West Africa, twenty colorfully-dressed widows met on a bright May day for a two-day training course on— animal husbandry!  Specifically, on how to raise, breed, and care for goats, a new program funded by Conscience International to give these ladies a way to support themselves and their families.    

Obtaining and carrying equipment and supplies into villages far removed from hospitals or clinics is a logistical ordeal for the medical team

Your contributions give hope to hopeless and helpless people in some of the darkest, most dangerous, and most critically needy places in the world

M-23 Rebels captured the city of Goma, DRC, on January 27, 2025, the site of Conscience International’s ongoing Emergency Care Training Partnership with the Heal Africa Hospital

Helping others comes naturally to Kyle Beckler. Just before his 22^nd birthday in 2022, he hopped on an airplane in Alaska, where he works the season as a ski patroller (often aiding those in trouble on the slopes) and flew thousands of miles through many airports to get to Romania. There he joined other Conscience International volunteers supporting Ukraine refugees who were fleeing a homeland war with Russia. He made three months-long trips there between 2022 and 2024, most inside Ukraine, delivering aid to the elderly and others who could not escape. “I’m ready to go anywhere. Eager to help,” Kyle said. Here is his story of how his experience has impacted his own life while giving hope and help to so many in crisis.  

Where we serve, children are suffering. Their needs are urgent--their pain is real. Read Anna's story

Creation of the Gail V. Anderson Sr., MD Training Fund in Emergency Medicine—the first emergency medicine academic program for doctors and nurses in Congo, and in recognition of the late Dr. Anderson, one of the “fathers” of emergency medicine in the United States. 

Author Joseph Conrad wrote Heart of Darkness in 1899 to describe in fiction his experiences working on a riverboat on the Congo River.  The savage practices he recorded took place not just among natives but often among Europeans traders as well.  What he wrote was frightening and gruesome— including placing severed heads of enemies on fence posts all around a compound to scare off attacks.