The Leprosy Mission (Dem. Rep. Congo)

The Leprosy Mission is a partner of ECC (the Church of Christ in DR Congo) and is very well-regarded in DR Congo, especially by the Evangelical Church, because of the quality of cross-cultural mission staff – particularly the remarkable Dr John Harris, who worked there until the 1980s.

There are now around 20 staff, all Congolese, working from a newly-constructed office in the capital, Kinshasa, and in health districts that are endemic with leprosy (Kasai, Kasai Central, Kongo Central, Maniema, Sankuru and South-Kivu).

TLM’s country leader in DR Congo is Dr Louis Paluku Sabuni. All TLM’s projects in the country have two underlying goals: that persons affected by leprosy and other neglected tropical diseases should have access to an integrated quality service in each district; and that the way TLM works with communities affected by leprosy should result in long-term sustainable improvements in their lives.