MENNONITE INTERNATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (MIHELDA)
What is the MIHELDA fund?
Higher education and leadership development are growing interests of Mennonite communities around the world. Both are critical to the development of a strong church that is vital and relevant to the culture in which it exists.
Recognizing the need, Mennonite institutions of higher education around the world are stirring. They are articulating new and enlarged visions, seeking accreditation, seeking further graduate education opportunities for their faculties, and seeking resources to increase their capacity to serve their constituencies, as well as others.
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University - UCKIN |
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 UCKIN, or the Université Chrétienne de Kinshasa, is a post-secondary educational institution in Kinshasa, DRC, originally built in 1967 as a Bible Institute to train pastors. Since then, it has developed into a university of about 300 students with the addition of an economic and medical faculty in 1997. UCKIN also manages a large grade school with 1500 students.
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 Why support Congolese university students?
Higher education in the DRC is collapsing. Most institutions lack the
capacity to educate their students. The highly educated have since
begun to age, the resource materials are old and worn out and the labs
and libraries are no longer functional.
In addition, the DRC has been plagued by “brain-drain”. 80% of all
students trained in the west never come back.
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