Lumo

Don't miss the nationwide broadcast of "Lumo" on PBS beginning September 18. This is a documentary about the work of HEAL Africa told through the experience of one woman.

PBS Press Release: In eastern Congo, vying militias, armies, and bandits use sexual assault as a weapon of terror. Lumo Sinai was just over 20 when marauding soldiers attacked her. A fistula, common among victims of violent rape, rendered her incontinent and threatens her ability to bear children. Rejected by her fiancé and cast aside by her family, she awaits reconstructive surgery. "Lumo" is her story, tragic for its cruelties but also inspiring for the struggle she wages and the dignity she displays, with the help of an extraordinary African hospital, to overcome shame, fear and the affliction that robs her of a normal life.

The Goma Team along with Global Strategies for HIV Prevention will host a special preview presentation of this important film on Sunday, September 16 at 7:00 PM at First Pres in G 202. Our full team report about our time in Goma will be presented on October 14 at 12:15 PM and 6:30 PM in G 202. Our church serves a lunch and a dinner every Sunday, so pick up a meal for $5 and head on over to the presentation. The meals are served in Westminster Hall and the report will be made on the second floor of Geneva Hall on the campus of First Pres. Berkeley.

See an excerpt of "Lumo" online by clicking HERE. Select PREVIEW once at the Goma Film Project's website. If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area you can watch "Lumo" on KQED Channel 9 on Tuesday, September 18 at 11:00 PM.