In December 2018 Dr Cecile de Sweemer, who founded Butoke in the early 2000s, died aged 82. She had suffered from Parkinson’s disease for many years. She led an astonishing life of service to the most marginalised members of every society she lived in. Here is a brief biography written by Dr David Gosling:
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A small NGO which works in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with the poorest people on earth
The Friends of Butoke Charity 