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of “undesignated” gifts so that we can have the flexibility to apply them where
operational needs are the most desperate. But if you cannot (and that is understandable,
considering all the IMCK
news stories
one sees about
mismanaged SINCE
funds), then
- A TEACHING
INSTITUTION
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designating gifts carefully to those things that are at the core of IMCK’s operational
In 1954, IMCK was founded near Kananga as a Christian institute delivering
needs. For example: Specify money for medicines and medical supplies; Specify money
medical care as well as a teaching institute providing Congolese with an
for indigent care (that way we can apply it to all of the cost aspects of their health care);
opportunity to enter a health career. In 1954, students were accepted into a four
Specify money for fuel and maintenance, etc. The list could go on far longer than is
year high school program that would prepare them to be nurses or dental
practical in this overview letter, but if you are willing to be engaged, we will have more
hygienists. Later, the dental program ceased, but a lab technician program
dialogue on these sorts of ideas in the coming weeks and months.
started. Today that school, Institut Technique Medical de Tshikaji (ITM), is known
ng hands.
as one of the best of its kind of schools in Congo, primarily because the
3. Help us get the word out. Nothing lightens the burden more than many helping hands.
xpanding
graduates
perform
at a superior
level. In
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that we need help…we cannot do it alone!
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programs
at IMCK.
This
newsletter
features
IMCK students and suggests
look
forward
a
continued,
renewed,
long
and
positive
relationship!
IMCK also has a large clinic in Kananga, PAX,
ways large & small that they might be helped.
Submitted by Charlotte Rule White
serving thousands of people each year.
Newsletter!
For its beginning
last year, the new college at Tshikaji,
Sincerely,
Institut Superior Technique Medical (ISTM) had two new
stone buildings,
built with a USAID
grant. They are grand
The Management
of IMCK
from outside but almost empty of equipment and supplies
on the inside. But
this has not kept
ISTM from opening
its doors with hope
and enthusiasm. At
Currently, 63 nursing students and 24 lab tech students the beginning of the
school year in
are enrolled in this four year high school program.
Students in the first three years owe $450/ year for tuition, November 2010, 47 ISTM College Students Attend Statistics Lecture
students enrolled.
board & basic supplies. Fourth year students owe $480
due to testing & graduation fees. In all countries, education While two have left, 29 remain in the health management
program and 16 in the midwifery program. A small faculty
in medical areas are expensive. (Contʼd - Page 2 ITM)
led by Mr. Alexis Myambi Nzambi, a pharmacist, and many
visiting lecturers have completed the first year of basic
courses. ISTM operates under the IMCK Boardʼs
supervision, but with a certain amount of autonomy, ISTM
was charged by the IMCK Board to present annual budgets
Association Sans But Lucratif – Ord.-N° 70-319 du 30-11-1970
and seek consultation for a threshold of profitability.
Since 1954, Institut Technique Medical de Tshikaji
(ITM) has enrolled students every year, except one year.
Over 900 nurses, lab technicians and dental technicians
have graduated from ITM and serve throughout Congo and
also some in other countries. ITM is directed by Mr.
Jacques Mpoi Kajingulu with 10 full time and 6 part time
faculty, a secretary and boarding school support staff. ITM
Tshikaji is well known for high academic, moral and
spiritual standards.
M. KABIBU BIMVULU, Administrateur
To be accredited or ranked high among colleges and
M. NTUMBA TSHITENGE, Représentant Légal
ISTM
has large priorities:
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Medical Students at IMCK
ITM, the High School - Continued:
This academic year, there have been eleven medical
students working at IMCK. Most of them are enrolled in
the Notre Dame Medical School of Kananga.They
rotate through various IMCK medical services, working
three months at a time with IMCK physicians serving
patients.They are supervised by Dr. Blaise Ndandu, a
physician at IMCK. (See below.) The medical students
live on a wing of the hospital, rising early to round on
in-patients before the physician arrives to make rounds
on that service. They work also in the emergency
rooms, the operating rooms and the busy clinics of PAX
in the city of Kananga. Two days a week, they have
teaching sessions at which they review medical cases
and make presentations. They work long hours with
little time off. In previous years, IMCK supplied them
with food. But with increasing financial problems, IMCK
stopped feeding the students, causing extra expenses
for the students. These intelligent and hard working
medical students contribute to the IMCK learning
environment and provide significant care for patients.
For a church interested in helping these students,
consider buying a computer for them to share or when
visiting, provide them with a special meal.
Submitted by Hippolithe GIbende
But these expenses in Congo are prohibitive for most families. Congo has
experienced steep economic decline, brought on by past wars and periods
of political instability. Now that area is experiencing a famine. Students are
given only two meals a day and periodically students must drop out due to
expenses. Faculty are often not paid full salaries for months. IMCKʼs long
partnership with Presbyterian Church USA has provided vital support for
education at IMCK, but that support has declined in the past ten years. Now
Newcastle Presbytery of Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland is
providing partial scholarships for all students for several years, a major
effort to keep students from dropping out of school due to costs. IMCK is
thankful for this partnership with Newcastle.
Through Medical Benevolence Foundation (see last page), more churches
and individuals can help by sponsoring a particular student. There will be
13 last year students, for whom ITM is seeking
$100 scholarships, for families resources are
often completely depleted by the last year.
Kamonyi Ndaye, a lab tech student entering
her last year this Fall writes: ”I humbly and
earnestly ask you to help me, for my father is a
farmer and not able to pay expenses and
Kamonyi Ndaye
especially I would like to become useful in
society.” If churches or individuals wish to help,
please contact Charlotte White by email or phone,(see page 3.)
Submitted by Jacques Mpoi Kajingulu
ISTM, the College - Continued:
2) Computer equipment is needed for the new lab, for teaching &
administrative use and for students to learn computer skills and have
access to current information.
3) A library is needed of French books and periodicals in subjects
fundamental for college and in the two college majors.
4) Housing facilities are needed, since boarding students currently are
using some of the high school dorm facilities and live in ward type rooms
with little or no cooking facilities.
Seven of the 11 Medical Students
Dr Blaise Ndandu Mayimona In May, 2011, Dr. Blaise
Ndandu Mayimona was awarded a post graduate
degree in Family Medicine & Public Health from the
Univ. of Limpopo in South Africa. Dr Blaise, as he is
called at IMCK, grew up in Kinshasa, graduating in
1999 from the School of Medicine at the Univ. of
KInshasa. He came to work at IMCK in a residency
program in 2002 and has served at IMCK since then.
He currently coordinates the medical students at IMCK,
serves as Medical Director of the Tshikaji Health Zone,
helps coordinate a program to assist women who have
been assaulted, and served
for awhile as Acting IMCK
Director. He is married to
Noella Ntumba Kabeya and
they reside at Tshikaji. Dr.
Blaise and his wife bring skills
and leadership to IMCK,
helping many people.
Submitted by Charlotte White
Dr. Blaise
5) Scholarships are greatly needed for students. Most students at ISTM
Tshikaji come from struggling or poor families who have great difficulty in
paying academic fees.
While the above priorities all seem daunting, there is a firm commitment
among those of the IMCK community that this college level education is
critically needed in their country and that they will persevere for its growth.
Mr. Alexis Mayambi Nzambi has written to ask for colleges with degrees in
midwifery and in health management to consider collaborating with them for
visiting lecturers and for partnerships in building the college. They are also
seeking visiting consultants to help with extending the college standards.
Submitted by Bakatusenga Buledi
At the May 2011 meeting of the IMCK Board,
the following vision statement was adopted:
IMCK IS AN INSTITUTION OF MEDICAL TRAINING WHICH
ASSURES CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY BY MEANS OF QUALITY OF
CARE AND EDUCATION AND WHICH BUILDS TRUST
RELATIONS WITH OTHER MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS, PATIENTS,
STAFF, DONORS AND THE COMMUNITY.
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The following is a summary of some of the work of the May IMCK Board meeting, according to draft minutes
which are to be approved at the next meeting:
1) Dr. Larry Sthreshley was re-elected Chairman and 18 month contract was confirmed for Dr. Denis Pirlot de
Corbion, Acting Director of IMCK .
2) Extensive matters regarding finances were addressed including collections, incentives, inventory evaluation,
repair of water tower, renovation of labs, caps on contract customer debts and restructuring of accounting &
reporting methods for special projects.
3)
I The Board approved a search for Finance Manager, Chief Maintenance Engineer/Electrician & a Surgeon.
4) The Director of the Dental Clinic and management will develop a long range plan and budget strategy to
provide quality care and make the clinic a profit center.
Submitted by IMCK Board with French interpretation assistance from Bill Rule
IMCK did not
provide
monthly
operating
statistics for
this past
month. We
hope to provide
these in the
next newsletter.
Keep up with USA/Congo Partnerships & News: http://gamc.pcusa.org/ministries/global/democratic-republic-congo/ &
www.mbfoundation.org & http://www.congopartners.org/ and www.facebook.com/ (search IMCK Congo) and http://
congohelpinghands.org/ & http://www.row.org/congo-kasai-2009-update/ . PCUSA and MBF sites have lots of information about
Congo and IMCK. Learn about the Congo Mission Network meeting, the next groups going to Congo, Woody Collinʼs Congo work,
ROW work. To join Congo Connections, write Annette [email protected] . Go to http://www.enoughproject.org/ to learn
about conflict minerals in Congo and the need for certification. Learn about Congo at www.wikipedia.org/. Read, learn, get involved.
IMCK Board Member: Dr. Lawrence Sthreshley was born in Congo in
1956, the son of Presbyterian missionaries, Rev. Charles & Florence
Sthreshley. Larry, as he is called, grew up in Congo, later attending
college & graduate school in the USA & earning degrees in public
health. In 2004, he received his doctorate with a specialty in
international health systems management from Tulane, New Orleans,
LA. Larry & his wife Inge have served as mission co-workers under
appointment with PCUSA since 1987, serving most years since then in
Congo. In Congo, he has coordinated or directed public health
programs including SANRU, a country wide rural health program &
Project AXxes, a program addressing health
issues for over 8,000,000 people. He serves
PCUSA as Health Liaison for Africa; works with
USAID on a project to address sexual violence in
Eastern Congo, ECC on a malaria and AIDS
project, PCUSA project on hunger, Kenya project
for computerized hospital management system &
a major project in Sudan. He & Inge have two
children and one was born at IMCK Hospital!
Submitted by Charlotte Rule White
Board Members of IMCK
These were the representatives at the May, 2011 meeting:
Dr. Larry Sthreshley - PCUSA Representative; Chair of Board
Rev. Kabasele Bantubiabo - CMCO Representative
Mr. Jeff Boyd - PCUSA Representative
Mr. Mike Clement - PCUSA Representative
Dr. John Fletcher - CPC Representative
Rev. Birakara Ilowa - CMCO Representative (Mennonite)
Rev. Mboyamba Kabala Kanda Kanda - CPC Representative
Mr. Tshishimbi Kasonga - CMCO Representative
Mr. Laurent Kamizelo Kianza - CMCO Representative
Rev. Tshidinda Mamba - CPC Representative
Rev. Dr. Mulumba Musumbu Mukundi - CPC Representative
Dr. Denis Pirlot de Corbion - IMCK Representative
Mr. Ntumba Tshitenge - IMCK Representative
IMCK Administration: [email protected]
Interim IMCK Director - Dr. Denis Pirlot de Corbion
Administrator - Mr. Bernard Kabibu Bimvulu
Legal Representative - Mr. Ntumba Tshitenge
IMCK is a Christian primary health care facility and medical education center. Its services are centered at the
Good Shepherd Hospital, a 140 bed facility and at PAX, with 20 beds. General medicine, surgery, ophthalmology, pediatrics, gyn/obstetrics, dental, radiology and lab services are provided. This faith based organization has been in operation for over 50 years. To help with supplies, write Charlotte White, [email protected].
How to make a donation to IMCK
To give through Presbyterian Church, USA (PCUSA) on line, go to http://gamc.pcusa.org/give/E320202/. Or write a check to Presbyterian Church
USA; send it to PCUSA, Individual Remittance Processing, PO Box 643700, Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3700. Write “ECO#320202 - IMCK” on the
check.
To give through the Medical Benevolence Foundation, a validated mission support group of PCUSA, give on line at http://www.mbfoundation.org/
index.php. Or write a check to MBF; send it to 3100 S. Gessner, Suite 210, Houston, TX 77063. Write IMCK, Congo on the memo line.
To give directly to IMCK, make checks to IMCK. Send to Wachovia Bank (www.wachovia.com): Account number: 20000008628398; Account
Owner: Institut Medical Chretien du Kasai; c/o Worldwide Ministries Div- Zaire. Then please send an email concurrently to Bernard Kabibu at IMCK
(see address top of first page) informing him of the amount and designation, so IMCK can manage it appropriately.
Newsletter Matters
Contributors this month: Samuel Bakatusenga Buledi, Mike Clement, Gibende Hippolithe, Bernard Kabibu, Jacques Mpoi Kajingulu, Bill Rule, and
Charlotte Rule White. To add or remove a name from the mailing list, write to Charlotte Rule White at [email protected]. Charlotte welcomes
your suggestions or contributions.
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