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Bongolo Reflections

Bongolo Reflections

Lebamba, GabonAs you can see, we are having quite an experience over here. We are in a groove right now. We've gotten to know the people and have...

The Crucial Bridge

The Crucial Bridge

Bongolo Hospital We have planned some busy last days at the hospital this week. We need to leave the compound a day early as they will be closing a...

Legacy in a Garden

Legacy in a Garden

More Than Meets the Eye Bongolo Hospital sits approximately 150 miles south of the equator in the village of Lebamba, Gabon. Since it is on the...

Jean Paul and the Eye Clinic

Jean Paul and the Eye Clinic

A 10-year old boy named Jean Paul was admitted to an isolation room at Bongolo Hospital with a deep chronic tropical ulcer on his lower leg. He was...

What can hope do?

What can hope do?

Honest Insights    Dr. Elizabeth Elliott, a young family practice physician from Virginia was talking with me on the front...

Miracle in the Jungle

Miracle in the Jungle

This is a photo of a little Ambari. I met her today at the end of rounds. She was waiting to see Dr. Renee Valach, the internal medicine/pediatrics...

Bongolo Friends; Who and Why

Bongolo Friends; Who and Why

Hello, I am Glenn Hanna president of Bongolo Friends Inc.I am pleased to welcome you to our brand-new Blog and website. Like every other...

Simple Things

Simple Things

Back in the 1980s, when a truck or a shipping container arrived at the Bongolo Hospital from the capital city, Libreville, we could be almost...

Gem in the Jungle

Gem in the Jungle

Deep in the jungle of southern Gabon, a Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) mission station was established in 1935 when Don and Dorothy...