<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Education Congo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education Congo]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:04:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.educationcongo.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[TASOK alumni fund for Congolese university scholarships]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many Education Congo board members, including Jimmy Shafe ’67 and Margaret Loewen ‘72, grew up in Congo and attended The American School of Kinshasa (TASOK). Because we saw the need, we all became involved in Education Congo, which raises funds for higher education as the long-term solution for building a stronger Congo. Our deep connections to Congo have also led to the development of the TASOK Scholarship Fund for UPC students— which will keep paying out to scholarships year after year. ]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/tasok-alumni-fund-for-congolese-university-scholarships</link><guid isPermaLink="false">664653b1e9caca764b45b2c4</guid><category><![CDATA[Named funds]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:45:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd46fe_27bd2bc280204caca6be0033d6b89778~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_288,h_184,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>mary sanichas</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[About Education Congo's named funds]]></title><description><![CDATA[…with the radical reduction in US government support for education and international development, individual contributions are now more important than ever.]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/about-education-congo-s-named-funds</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68bdb0eccb0467d4eabcb516</guid><category><![CDATA[Named funds]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:41:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd46fe_fbbd41c49fcb4c6d9a621acb3d717c73~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>mary sanichas</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interview with Douglas Cardwell]]></title><description><![CDATA[Growing up in Congo was wonderful. While I was home-schooled I spent mornings doing my schoolwork and then after lunch I went off to meet my buddies to hang out with them until suppertime. My parents never worried about me because they knew that all the Congolese on the station would look out for me. I loved the freedom. We went fishing, canoed along the bank of the river, played soccer and other games, walked to Mbandaka (six miles each way), walked into the jungle…]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/interview-with-douglas-cardwell</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68acc57279e174eb067ec2d3</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Named funds]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 22:47:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd46fe_3e7fddf2559c462eaca65be0c691c88d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_842,h_562,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>mary sanichas</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sue Cardwell by Doug Cardwell]]></title><description><![CDATA[…when she returned for a brief visit to Bolenge over 30 years after she had had to give up the work she loved, students who heard on the grapevine of her presence walked many miles to greet her and recount how hard she had made them work and how, when the time came for them to take state examinations for employment, they found easy what their fellow candidates struggled with. Nothing they could have said could have pleased her more, for teaching was a much-loved vocation. ]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/sue-cardwell-by-doug-cardwell</link><guid isPermaLink="false">685108050ae8e37d9affe911</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Named funds]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:55:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd46fe_b212676f82a54c4690c4113d34349859~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>admin197673</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walter Cardwell by Doug Cardwell]]></title><description><![CDATA[He was good-natured, loving, thoughtful, loved a good joke, and took his calling seriously. The Congolese responded very well to his personality. They soon learned that he loved and respected them, and they loved him back. Whenever he went into the backcountry he took his shotgun and filled the stewpots of his meat-starved hosts.]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/walter-cardwell-by-doug-cardwell</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68c391ba1532656afe56e671</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal stories]]></category><category><![CDATA[Named funds]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd46fe_4d09ccd27dd941e79a0c40cf2d27407a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_524,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>admin197673</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Training doctors where they are needed most]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education Congo currently funds transportation for Congolese medical school interns to Kisantu, Kimpese, Vanga and Tshikaji. Only a handful of interns are assigned to a local hospital in Kinshasa. By facilitating the transport of interns to remote areas, Education Congo is not only enhancing their value as doctors in Congo, but exposing them to regions where they may not otherwise seek employment. ]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/interns-where-doctors-are-most-needed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68213a6d09c5c2b0e38c952d</guid><category><![CDATA[Congo travel blog]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 20:45:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd46fe_ea7d664d07f54a79b419e163c17521c6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_774,h_822,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>mary sanichas</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shafe family fund for medical students at Université Protestante au Congo]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are thrilled that three students our fund has assisted have graduated from the UPC medical school.]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/shafe-family-fund-for-medical-students-at-universit%C3%A9-protestante-au-congo</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6760e0ee11e3c1c34dc34bcd</guid><category><![CDATA[Named funds]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2025 22:30:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd46fe_cb6c976b80684cab8ff9f97b15fa4a56~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_677,h_643,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>admin197673</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. N'Kwim on women at Université Protestante au Congo (UPC)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Robert N'Kwim talking about the abundance of women at UPC and how they are contributing to building a stronger Congo.]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/dr-n-kwim-on-women-at-universit%C3%A9-protestante-au-congo-upc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67fbe2b6bbade4a7f6852bff</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal 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sanichas</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meeting Education Congo scholarship recipients]]></title><description><![CDATA[Madame Jolie somehow managed to line up over 40 Education Congo scholarship  recipients to meet with us in one afternoon.]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/our-panel-discussion-with-upc-scholarship-recipients</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670b29a363214eea75601ba0</guid><category><![CDATA[Congo travel blog]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:06:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd46fe_168f1d33dd514542912a607012c7ea39~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_284,h_216,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>mary sanichas</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Checking on my investments in Congo ]]></title><description><![CDATA[I invest in Education Congo to provide scholarships to Congolese university students who d]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/checking-on-my-investments</link><guid isPermaLink="false">672e736252fc8e53ed3a3d98</guid><category><![CDATA[Congo travel blog]]></category><category><![CDATA[Personal stories]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2024 01:51:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd46fe_149899e397504279866c95127f46af98~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_360,h_240,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Phil Kliewer</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New fund is providing scholarships to university students in Eastern Congo at Université Évangélique en Afrique (UEA) ]]></title><description><![CDATA[New memorial fund in honor of Dr. Mohamed Kanji will provide scholarships at Université Évangélique en Afrique (UEA)]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/new-fund-will-provide-scholarships-to-students-at-universit%C3%A9-%C3%A9vang%C3%A9lique-en-afrique-uea-in-eastern</link><guid 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like you have. ]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/scholarship-recipient-rose-likuwo-bebombo-at-universit%C3%A9-protestante-au-congo-upc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">670991f49eef5856052faee2</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal stories]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:12:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd46fe_027feceac22a4ad5acabe9f241dc960d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_320,h_299,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>mary sanichas</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embouteillage]]></title><description><![CDATA[The capital city Kinshasa is a marvel of self-organizing traffic, however "embouteillage" (bottleneck traffic jam) is the operative word.]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/embouteillage</link><guid isPermaLink="false">668db30c1b42581acd3f6afd</guid><category><![CDATA[Congo travel blog]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:46:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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to UPC's computer science school. This year 30% of first-year students enrolled are women.]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/students-at-upc-s-growing-computer-science-department</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66465fe21131a27253e0fb97</guid><category><![CDATA[Personal stories]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 19:35:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/690cba3bf279576fc7980f405b7a4c97.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_854,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>mary sanichas</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New scholarship fund for women in computer science at UPC]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education Congo board member Mary Sanichas with study group of computer science students at Université Protestante au Congo (UPC) Education Congo offers scholarships in specific areas of study through “named funds” that pay out every year, starting the year after they reach maturity at US$25,000.   One of our newest funds, “Sanichas Fund for Women in Computer Science,” was started with a balance of $5,000. When it reaches maturity it will provide tuition scholarships to Congolese women in...]]></description><link>https://www.educationcongo.org/post/new-fund-for-women-in-computer-science</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66465f3823e7c80de9956257</guid><category><![CDATA[Named funds]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2024 19:33:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bd46fe_bf07a6ed37fd4a30abbc608ab8ba431d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_336,h_198,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>mary sanichas</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>