Mission in Health Care and Development (MHCD) is a non-profit organisation based primarily in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

in Luvungi centre, Uvira Territory, South Kivu Province, in North Kivu Province we are based in Goma and Nyiragongo Territory. In Katanga Province in Lubumbashi and Kalemie. It is also based in western D.R. Congo in Kinshasa rural, Kinshasa Province, Bas-Congo and Bandundu provinces. We also have branches in Bungoma Kenya and Burundi. It was founded by missionary Dr Luc Mulimbalimba Masururu on 12th January; 2005.

Mission in Health Care and Development

MHCD

Notre Vision

To see D.R.Congo especially Uvira Territory communities flourishing, independent and empowered.

Mission

To reduce poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo through community development, health care, and education activities.

To make our communities a better place to live.

To be a Congolese and African organisation that engages communities to eliminate poverty and its causes.

To give hope and build self-sufficiency in the DRC communities.

About
MHCD Mission

MHCD was founded out of Dr Luc Mulimbalimba’s compassion for the people of Kenya and in his home town of Luvungi in Eastern D.R. Congo. After working in Kenya and coming back to Luvungi in 2006 he was so touched by the plight of the desperately poor and disadvantaged people, particularly women and children that he immediately committed to helping them by providing medical assistance.

Luc Mulimbalimba is married to Delice Marango Mulimbalimba and together they have 5 children.

Andre Masururu Mulimbalimba, Elisabeth Nabindu Mulimbalimba, Elaine Victoria Kadetwa Mulimbalimba, Jean Luc Kahindja Mulimbalimba and Susan Stella Mulimbalimba.

MHCD Mission

Situation of Uvira Territory

Uvira territory is located in South Kivu province East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The main activities are agriculture and animal keeping. Their agriculture is majorly subsistence. 80% of the population in DRC is unemployed and jobless making life very difficult. Women carry loads of goods on their backs for many kilometers so they can get even a dollar to buy food. Many young girls do extensive hard work to earn a living. All this makes people in DRC suffer a lot, especially children and women. These problems have come about as a result of war that claimed many many lives, at least more than 5 million. Many women and girls were raped, and many children remained orphans.

Despite all these problems, Congolese are very hardworking people, they like developing their villages and promoting peace in their area. They have forgotten the bitter experiences and are focusing on the future.

In bringing a solution to this, Dr. Luc Mulimbalimba Masururu had to move from Kenya to DRC to his village called Luvungi so he may start medical and community Development activities for the sake of alleviating poverty in Uvira Territory.

When he arrived in Luvungi with his family, he had no possession except for clothes. Together with his wife Delice Marango Mulimbalimba they were able to purchase land and started developing it for community activities. They went through so many challenges but today they have built a 150 beds Hospital, a secondary school with more than 1500 students, a midwifery and nursing school where the students graduate every year and go back to the villages to help the community, a guest house for accommodation, conference Hall, the solar station that gives power to the hospital, installing solar street lights in Luvungi and other villages and centres of Uvira territory and many other activities that are being carried out at MHCD Headquarters every day. Dr. Luc Mulimbalimba managed to turn an extremely deserted land into a town centre. Through MHCD, many separated families were re-joined, hope was restored, and communities were able to come together.