Eastern Africa

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Zambesi Mission

March 2020

Orphan Daycare benefit vulnerable children

The Zambezi Evangelical Church (ZEC) supports vulnerable children at three Orphan Daycare Centres (ODCs), set up during the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980/90s. Far fewer are orphans today, but every child at the ODCs is in extreme poverty. They receive Christ’s love through physical support, food and education; but also God’s Word, especially important as many are Muslims. Zambesi Mission is currently helping ZEC to install maize mills at the ODCs. These will be used to generate income to fund their ongoing work. Pray for the completion of these projects and for their future successful operation.

Medair UK

Somalia

March 2020

Deyr rains impact displaced people

The capital, Mogadishu, has been a makeshift home for those fleeing war-torn provinces, with nearly half a million people displaced. The particularly heavy seasonal rains ‘Deyr’ have brought flooding with farmland, infrastructure and roads destroyed, prolonging the struggle of the already vulnerably displaced people. Medair is providing health and nutrition services, water and sanitation to flood-affected families. Pray for emergency provisions such as shelter and hygiene supplies, and water treatment equipment to be distributed to those in desperate need.

Medair UK

Madagascar

March 2020

Devastation from torrential rains

Madagascar is in a state of emergency having been battered by torrential rains affecting over 125,000 people, although it has not been widely reported in the news. Medair, together with UNICEF, is reaching out to areas where the highest numbers of people are affected. Pray that those who have lost everything may be comforted by God’s presence. Pray that they will be able to access emergency items and shelter. Keep the people of Madagascar in prayer as we are currently in the cyclone season.

Emmanuel International

Tanzania

March 2020

Training breastfeeding training on remote island

Kome Island, on Lake Victoria, population 60,000; the majority being subsistence farmers or fishers. The island has no paved roads and no running water; electricity is only for the few who can afford it. Emmanuel International (EI) is currently working through three Tanzania Assemblies of God (TAG) churches on the island to train women to be breastfeeding and early nutrition peer supporters. Pray that the lives of the rural island women will be transformed, physically and spiritually.

WEC International

January 2020

The Horn of Africa and Yemen

For some time, WEC has had a goal of establishing work among the peoples of the Horn of Africa, particularly Somalis. Initially, workers would be seconded to other organisations. We long for the Lord to send us people with a calling to this part of the world. Please ask the Lord of the harvest to raise up workers.

Please pray for the many women who have been raped, divorced and left by their husbands, and the many children who have been smuggled out of Somalia and into exploitation or abandonment. Many of them are in camps in other parts of the Horn of Africa and are in desperate need of hope.

Ask God to touch the hearts of Christians in northern Ethiopia so that they will be willing to share God’s love with the Somalis in the southern provinces. Pray that his love will break down any cultural divisions.

Pray for WEC’s leaders in Africa as they seek to see the work advance among Somalis. Pray for tools for mobilising new workers and for highlighting the needs of the region. Thank the Lord for the work already being done among Somalis in the UK and the USA, and pray that these initiatives will be the first fruit of a mighty harvest.

There are very small believing communities in various cities and towns in Yemen. Pray for God to knit these communities together in Christ as they care for one another in practical ways. Pray for God’s protection upon them.

Years of war in Yemen have created a nation of people who have buried loved ones, been injured physically and suffered extreme psychological trauma. Pray that God will stabilise the situation in Yemen, and bring peace to any Christians there who are living in the midst of huge upheaval. Pray for the people of Yemen to hear God’s word and come to follow Jesus.

Please pray for Somalis in the UK: that they will come into contact with the gospel while there. Pray for Christians in the UK to be good witnesses and to show God’s love towards all in their communities. Pray that this witness will provide opportunities for good conversations about faith.

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