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The ISFP offers a 3-year university-level training program, equivalent to a Registered Nurse in the US. The nursing school may be even better understood as a medical school.

Students also take courses in biblical studies and theology so they can grow their personal faith and to help them see their profession as a ministry.

(In the Central African Republic, “nurses” do many activities that doctors do in the US; diagnosing and providing primary treatment, dispensing drugs, and doing basic procedures. Much of the work done by US nurses are done by family members.)

Students live in campus housing, receive course syllabi, textbooks, computers, and basic nursing equipment for practicing (stethoscope, thermometer, etc.). The school features a new skills lab and students are able to do the majority of their clinical hours at the Gamboula Hospital right next door.

Due to limitations of space, teachers, and materials ISFP trains one cohort of 30 students at a time. The current class of 30 are in their 2^nd year of the 3-year program.

A Stellar Reputation

Their educational supports and the theoretical courses have helped ISFP gain a nationwide reputation in CAR for producing knowledgeable, capable and compassionate nurses. Graduates say,

“We are different from most of the other nurses we work with, because you taught us at the ISFP, not just to be good nurses, but to work from our hearts.”

The ISFP graduates are highly sought after when the finish their training. ISFP alumni are scattered far and wide in CAR, as well as internationally.

Employers appreciate them because they are well-trained, knowledgeable and capable, and have a good work ethic.
Many further their education becoming physicians, dentists, anesthesiologists, and the like, while others manage rural health centers as the sole health care provider.
Most of the ISFP graduates quickly find themselves in leadership positions in the places that they work.
A great number have leadership positions with large NGOs such as Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross, and World Vision.

The ISFP belongs to the Église Evangélique Baptiste in the CAR (EEB). The EEB created an NGO called “Action de Développement Intégrale des Humains” (ADIH) to manage all of its social works, including its medical works. As a training school for health workers and part of the EEB’s social works, the ISFP operates under the direct authority of ADIH.

How Kolongo helps

The cost for the ISFP’s hallmark education is $2000/year. Most residents cannot afford this.

The CAR government is insistent that the ISFP continue to train nurses, but it provides nothing to the school in the way of financial or material support for doing that. Which is where Kolongo Ministries comes in…

Kolongo Ministries subsidizes almost all the cost and school fees.

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KM cherche à développer des partenariats efficaces, significatifs et profonds avec les organisations fidèles qui accomplissent l’œuvre du Seigneur dans l’ouest de la République centrafricaine et dans les environs.

Nous voulons travailler en étroite collaboration avec vous, comprendre vos besoins et vos défis, et apporter …

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KM seeks to develop effective, meaningful, and deep partnerships with those faithful organizations doing the Lord’s work in western Central African Republic and the surrounding area.

We want to work closely with you, understand your needs and challenges, and bring …

grant funds
perspective
suggestions
and most especially prayer by a network of people who care about you and the people you serve.

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