Pastor Marrion P’Udongo worked as a fixer with just about every journalist who passed through Congo, and spent years guiding photographers through displacement camps, firefights, and into the homes of people who’d been raped and assaulted. The Pastor needed help, and the world responded. An update on his condition after a kidney transplant.

As journalists and photographers, we all fill with pride when we see our byline printed on the page. But never does the reader see the names of the fixers who make it all happen. Now one of these fixers is in need.