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Neelley Hicks

Sep 6, 2020
1 min

Farewell

This summer, I got an internship with Harper Hill Global, in which I mainly focused on health communications. My job has been to convert informative disease prevention animations created by world-renowned humanitarian Firdaus Kharas into 3gp to be easily sent via phone to leaders in at-risk African communities. These animations were dubbed in French, English, Portuguese, and Swahili to help educate people in developing countries about how to prevent Cholera, HIV/AIDS, Malaria

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Neelley Hicks

Aug 3, 2020
2 min

Effects of Covid-19 in Zimbabwe

The COVID-19 pandemic is leaving trails of destruction as people are still coming to terms with this reality. As in many places, our way of life has been very different. The pandemic is expected to have far-reaching implications, even creating permanent marks into the future. The Zimbabwe government began a nationwide lockdown on March 30, 2020, which was slightly eased and extended indefinitely in May. On July 22, government reinstated strict measures and a 12-hour curfew (

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Neelley Hicks

Aug 3, 2020
1 min

COVID-19 in Mozambique

As in most countries in the world, the coronavirus in Mozambique started slowly and with no deaths. With the growing number of infections, the government declared a state of emergency for one month in April, which was extended for one more month on May 1. It was re-extended for thirty more days, from May 31 to June 29, as the numbers of infected continued growing. Currently the country has registered over 1,946 infections, including thirteen deaths. It is not easy to come up

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Neelley Hicks

Aug 3, 2020
3 min

Food for the Body, Mind & Spirit

By Neelley Hicks August 3, 2020 / Nashville, TN USA She put stones and water in the pot, telling her children that dinner must continue to cook and how good it would taste – all the while hoping they would fall asleep for the night, not knowing there was nothing to eat. – Women Arise Collective report from Kenya This is only one of the stories of marginalized women in Africa suffering some of the hardest effects of COVID-19, where mandatory quarantines have made life unbearab

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Neelley Hicks

Aug 3, 2020
2 min

A COVID-19 Report from Uganda

By Ken Kalungi July 15, 2020 / Wobulenzi Uganda A few years ago, we started the journey of collecting mobile numbers from our congregations and always when we had a conference. My main emphasis was to invite all delegates to write their names and contact information to receive messages for health and wellbeing. In the past, I had face-to-face contact with some of them and shared ideas on the importance of communications. Most people need to be alerted that they will receive m

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Neelley Hicks

Aug 3, 2020
2 min

COVID-19: My Kenyan Story

By Marion Ndeta July 27, 2020 / Nairobi Kenya As of July 27, 2020, Kenya has recorded a total of 17,975 COVID-19 cases. Out of these, 285 died from the disease. A Disease from Afar It’s been a difficult season. A season that is teaching us to take a day at a time. A time when we had initially deluded ourselves that COVID-19 was for the western world. When it arrived, we termed it a disease of the rich and affluent in our society. The disease has began to “treat us abnormally,

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The Ravaging Effects of COVID-19 in Nigeria

Neelley Hicks

Aug 3, 2020
2 min

The Ravaging Effects of COVID-19 in Nigeria

By Jenis Irmiya Manni July 27, 2020 / Gombe Nigeria The global community has been hit hard in an unprecedented way by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Nigeria as a country and its people are not exempt. This, despite tremendous efforts through the Nigerian Centre for Disease control, (NCDC) in trying to halt the spread from climaxing and getting vast, by promoting the adherence to preventive measures put in place. The ravaging effects of the pandemic on the country is practically

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State of Health Emergency in DRCongo Ends

Neelley Hicks

Aug 3, 2020
2 min

State of Health Emergency in DRCongo Ends

By Philippe Lolonga August 3, 2020 / Bukavu, Congo On July 22, 2020, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo His Excellency Felix Tshisekedi lifted the measures of the State of Health Emergency, with stores, banks, restaurants, bars, cafés, businesses resuming on July 23rd. Some resumed unofficially prior to this date. The most important date to remember is undoubtedly August 15 – with places of worship, discos, stadiums and performance halls, such as ports, airport

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Ngaliema Commune’s Story about Coronavirus

Neelley Hicks

Aug 3, 2020
2 min

Ngaliema Commune’s Story about Coronavirus

By Louise Ekoto Omadjela July 29, 2020 Kinshasa DRCongo The first case of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in my community located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was registered on March 10, 2020 when a man coming from Europe tested positive. Coronavirus is a disease that infects people easily and kills many. Prevention of the disease often requires lockdown (quarantine) which has caused many people to lose their work. Many people have been infected with the virus, according

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Neelley Hicks

Apr 15, 2020
2 min

Left with Communication

Hi our beloved supporters, Let me take this opportunity to thank you for the great work you’re doing to support the work of Harper Hill Global. Your support has enabled the unreached people around the world to receive information on health and hope. This is a very difficult period which the world is facing. The pandemic is causing suffering to many in this world. COVID-19 is a unique virus affecting all. It doesn’t discriminate rich or poor, black or white but all people. Sch

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Neelley Hicks

Apr 15, 2020
2 min

The Collective Tackles COVID-19

The world has changed – seemingly overnight – and the reality we once knew is no more. But we are still alive, and a different way of being is developing whether we are conscious or unconscious of it. Our prayer is that each of you reading this is staying safe, focusing on personal wellness, and able to withstand the economic impact of the pandemic. God loves YOU. Never forget that. The Women Arise Collective is Helping The Collective has always been focused on the value of c

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Neelley Hicks

Aug 7, 2019
2 min

5 Whys of Ebola

At the recent Women Arise Leadership Conference, Maeghan Orton led participants through an exercise where they discussed local issues that need addressing. Maeghan shared that the real problem is rarely the one we consider first. The real problem is layered beneath other issues, and it takes time to be uncovered. We learned that finding it often takes asking the question, “Why?” five times. Following the conference, I traveled to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to vi

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Education is a gift that can’t be taken away, and that only multiplies when shared.

Neelley Hicks

Nov 27, 2018
1 min

Education is a gift that can’t be taken away, and that only multiplies when shared.

At Harper Hill Global, we are focusing on educating and equipping women to establishing an interfaith network that communicates for disease-prevention, peace-building, and stigma prevention. Your donation multiplies on #GivingTuesday as it is matched through PayPal and Facebook donations. Our Work: Communicating for Better Lives in a Refugee Camp Her ministry is in the Rhino Refugee Camp, where she resides. Judith Osongo Yanga Our Work: Communicating for Disease-Prevention in

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Health Crisis in East Democratic Republic of the Congo

Neelley Hicks

Nov 15, 2018
2 min

Health Crisis in East Democratic Republic of the Congo

Photo credit: UNMEER/Martine Perret Article by Philippe Lolonga “No other epidemic in the world has been as complex as the one we are currently experiencing.” – Dr. Oly Ilunga, Minister of Health According to the Weekly Bulletin of the Ministry of Health in Congo published last weekend, Ebola has claimed 200 lives in North Kivu where the outbreak remains “dangerous” and “unpredictable.” Among the dead are seventeen Methodists from the Beni District. Reverend DS Ezechiel Math

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The Church Raises Ebola Awareness via SMS

Neelley Hicks

Oct 3, 2018
3 min

The Church Raises Ebola Awareness via SMS

By Philippe LOLONGA October 10/3/2018/Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo In 2018, the Democratic Republic of Congo experienced two episodes of the Ebola virus disease: first in early May in the health zones of Bikoro, Iboko and Mbandaka in the Equateur Province, (in the northern part of the country); then at the beginning of August in the Beni region, in the North Kivu Province (Eastern DRC), with the extension in Ituri (Northeast). Since August, the Ebola virus has been p

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The United Methodist Church & Harper Hill Global Raise Awareness for Ebola Prevention

Neelley Hicks

Oct 3, 2018
4 min

The United Methodist Church & Harper Hill Global Raise Awareness for Ebola Prevention

By Chadrack Tambwe Londe October 2, 2018 | KINDU, Congo Since the repeated outbreaks of Ebola in several provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, The United Methodist Church, in partnership with Harper Hill Global, has worked in the prevention and control of the disease through a communications strategy that includes a new song called “Lavage Des Mains.” Losoma thinks he will continue to compose more songs related to health education. The Ebola virus appeared once m

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Join Me in Changing the World through Communications

Neelley Hicks

Aug 24, 2017
2 min

Join Me in Changing the World through Communications

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet. – Frederick Buechner Over the past two decades, I’ve become a believer in using communications and technology to improve lives and reduce human suffering. I’ve also come to a deep understanding of the influencing role that religious groups play – particularly in parts of the world where new communication technologies are emerging. My calling in life is to address societal issues

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