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Women's Coffee with Kassie Kasali

  • Blacknall, Lower Atrium 1902 Perry Street Durham, NC, 27705 United States (map)

Kassie Kasali (middle) pictured with her husband, David Kasali (left) and Honoré Bunduki (right). Kassie and David are the co-founders of the Congo Initiative, a Deep Common Journey Partner of Blacknall.

Women of Blacknall, you are invited to have coffee with Kaswera “Kassie” Kasali, the co-Founder of Congo Initiative and Director, Center for Holistic Family Development on Saturday, April 23 at 9:30 a.m.

Learn more about the Kasalis’ visit April 22-24.

Join us in the Lower Atrium for coffee and refreshments. No RSVP is required. Please contact Becky Gould with any questions.



Kaswera Kasali, PhD

Co-Founder of Congo Initiative and Director, Center for Holistic Family Development

Kaswera (or Kassie, as she’s known) trained as a nurse in Congo. While in Nairobi, Kenya, she got her diploma in Christian Ministries and Bachelor’s degree in Bible and Theology and received her Master of Religious Studies at Trinity in 1993. Upon her and David’s return to East Africa, Kassie served as a faculty member teaching in the Christian Ministries program at NEGST. She enrolled in the PhD in Educational Studies program at Trinity International University in 1998 and graduated in 2006.

Kassie leads the Holistic Family Development programs in Beni which includes La Charité Primary School and Vocational Training and Counseling for Women.