Episode 35 – The Boarding School Dilemma – Balancing Mission and Family – The Ubangi Academy – Part 2 of 5 – 4/12/25

About this episode

This episode explores the environment and experiences of children at the Ubangi Academy boarding school in D.R. Congo.

Dorm Kids / Congolese soccer team UBAC Class of 1983 – With their parents Outhouse door with numerous inscriptions of love and couples Ubangi Academy – School building This is part 2 of a 5 part series, titled : The Boarding School Dilemma – Balancing Mission and Family – The Ubangi Academy. Part 1 shared about the dilemma of serving in missions and family separation of a boarding school for their children’s education. It posed various questions and laid the path forward for this series. In this episode you will hear about the Ubangi Academy (UBAC), located at Karawa in D.R. Congo as a school and dorm environment. This boarding school housed 30-45 kids each year, grades 2 through 12. It was a complex and structured environment with children, ranging from ages 7 to 18. The schedule, rules, pressures, social constructs, expectations for behavior, chores, cultures, and sub-cultures will be explored in detail so the listener can understand the environment of the children that grew up there. This episode also shares about the benefits of being in an environment with numerous other children, games, play time, being in band and choir, school plays, sports and other…

People in this episode

Host: Congo Kid

Topics covered

• boarding school
• missions
• family separation
• education
• child development

Keywords

• boarding school
• Ubangi Academy
• D.R. Congo
• children
• education
• missions
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ubangi Academy

Places: D.R. Congo

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