In communities where healthcare can be difficult to access—and where stigma runs deep—local pastors are stepping in to change lives. That’s exactly what happened for Albertine Tuyinama, a mother of four in the DRC who suffered silently with the pain and shame of lymphatic filariasis for over a decade.

Thanks to training provided by Hope Rises International, a local faith leader recognized Albertine’s symptoms and referred her for medical care. Through the team at IME Kimpese, she received bandages, self-care supplies, and dignity. Today, the pain is gone. The shame has lifted. “There’s no stigma now,” she says. “It’s a big difference.”

With your gift, more pastors can be trained to see the invisible, reach the unreached, and bring physical healing and enduring hope to those in desperate need.