Heros

Fig 1. Pastor Anderson and Ms. Andressa at Senegal’s International Leopold Sedar Senghor Airport Yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. Paim became the official resident pastors of the leprosy village in Kedougou, Senegal. Ever since their original pastor, Pastor Anna, left for the sake of her children’s education, the leprosy village was without a full-time pastor for a long period of time. Without an operating pastor, life in the leprosy village was arduous and without joy, and the children were not educated. However, Mr. and Mrs. Paim selflessly stepped up to the challenge of pastoring the village and gave themselves to support the [...]

American woman Nicole Dewing who built the Garden of Eden in West Africa Author: Jun Xu, MD, Translator: BRI Youth Susanna Tan Nicole went to Senegal as a Peace Corps volunteer where she dedicated her time to working with cities in how best to manage their waste systems. After her service as a volunteer, Nicole married Mamadou Sarr and they started an organic farm together. Nicole, her Farm staff and volunteers In the spring of 2018, I met Nicole Dewing. She went to Senegal in Africa from the United States in 2005. When she told me how she created an environmentally [...]

Reforming blood-thirsty guerrillas with love, saving African orphans in the war with their lives - Testimony of Adas and Rosemeire   Author: Dr. Jun Xu Translator: BRI Youth: Gabriel Rao June 10, 2019 Photo 1, Adas and Rosemeire had their honeymoon in Gambia, 1995 I met Mr. Henrique Adas and his wife Mrs. Rosemeire Adas when I first went to West Africa in 2013. As of this year, they have been in Africa for 28 Years, I always feel that their weather-beaten red faces and black hair that covered their brains must be like the deep mountain warehouse of the Ali [...]

The Hero Fighting Leprosy and Female Genital Mutilation –Biography of Ana Paula ------Dr. Jun Xu’s travel memoir in West Africa 2018 Author: Jun Xu, MD, Translator: Amy Guo  In March 2017, I went on my fourth service trip to Senegal, West Africa. During Since 2013, I got to know Ms. Ana Paula. She was only 5’5 and have a pair of smart and expressive eyes. For past 6 years, I visited the leprosy villages in Kedougou, Senegal, west Africa every year, but never even once had I think about who found the road in the thrones and bush to the leprosy [...]

In Memory of Dr. Faye who sacrificed for medical development in rural Senegal Author: Jun Xu, MD, Translator: Amy Guo In March 2017, I went on my fourth service trip to Senegal, West Africa. During the 500-mile bumpy mountain road to a leprosy village, Dr. Faye and I talked endlessly on the bus. Maybe because of our career as physicians, we were not afraid of discussing life and death. During this lively conversation, I captured a photo of a rising sun, without knowing in two days it was the last sunrise we both saw. Figure1: Sunrise in Senegal       [...]