Love your city – some thoughts about Goma and Dortmund
by Espérance from Goma and Dortmund Last Friday, 2 December, I was invited to speak at the Dortmunder Frauenmahl. Here comes my text in English translation: Leon de Saint Moulin said: „The history of an environment – like that of all people – is enriched when it is observed and studied. We cannot love a city whose realities we have not experienced, whose foundations we do not know and whose goals we do not know not knowing.“ My name is Espérance Mirindi, I was a volunteer for the United Evangelical Mission at Diakonie Dortmund until March of this year and am now training to be an event manager at the PopAkademie in Witten. I live in the volunteer house in Dortmund. I would like to introduce you to two magical environments that have influenced








