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The Missionary

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  • A young missionary named Renee Bach left her comfortable life in America to start a malnutrition program in rural Uganda. Folks back home and in Uganda praised her as a model missionary -- an example of the healing power of God’s message. But a decade later she’s accused of masquerading as a doctor and rumored to have killed hundreds of children in her unlicensed clinic. How did Renee Bach end up here? Is she a case of good intentions gone wrong...or a predator posing as a saint? Hosted and reported by journalists Rajiv Golla, Halima Gikandi and Malcolm Burnley.
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  • Introducing: The Missionary

    Introducing: The Missionary
    May 14 2020

    In 2009, a young American missionary named Renee Bach built a nonprofit to fight child malnutrition in Uganda. Ten years later, allegations surface that hundreds of children died at her facility. How could this happen? Hosted and reported by Rajiv Golla, Halima Gikandi and Malcolm Burnley. 

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    2 mins
  • The Lord's Work

    The Lord's Work
    May 15 2020

    Renee Bach was 19 when she decided to follow God's calling to Uganda. Ten years later, she's accused of impersonating a doctor and she's blamed for the deaths of more than 100 children. We look into the allegations and talk to Renee's accusers.

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    39 mins
  • 37 Pounds

    37 Pounds
    May 15 2020

    The first death at Serving His Children wasn't a child, but a 27-year-old woman. Now, no one can agree on how she died, or if she needed rescuing at all.

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    38 mins
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It's not either or.

As an American born African, I have served as missionary to several countries over many years.

I agree that a person can have been well intentioned and still cause avoidable harm.

Accidental murder by failure to do the right thing is murder none the less. Mercy can be shown in the degree (1st, 2nd or manslaughter) and when it comes to sentencing. The situation is also similar to the patterns of sexual abuses against women simply because that was how things were for so long. If society isn't letting these men get away with it all these years later - the same standard should apply.

It is disappointing to have people give all who would do good a bad name because some refuse to take responsibility for their actions which caused harm (intended or not).

"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."- Maya

While the children may have died because of the severity of their condition, the organization did NOT do it's due diligence to protect those they serve nor those they represented.

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