The dry season (November - March/April) significantly increases water scarcity across Nigeria. Communities are compelled to buy drinking water from water vendors who get the water from contaminated sources. The alternative for the communities is to fetch water from local rivers and streams which are equally unsafe. This situation places both financial and health burdens on these vulnerable communities. It is no surprise then, the joy and the thankfulness the communities express when they get...

Ariana* has faced death threats from her brother. As an Afghan Christian, she faces extreme danger from the Taliban and her own community – as a woman, she has almost no value in Afghan society. Here’s how she can see change. Ariana’s* phone rang. She saw that it was her brother, Ahmad*, from back in Afghanistan. It had been a long time since she’d heard from him. Nervously, she answered. Without a pause, Ahmad launched into a vicious verbal attack: “I heard that you sold your religion and...

AUGUSTINE PROGRAMME - Praise God for equipping hundreds of South Sudanese and other East African spiritual leaders in the intensive basic biblical training course at MERF's Centre in Lokichoggio, Kenya for the past 23 years and for over 10 years of regional training gatherings in Ethiopia. Pray for the Swahili language Augustine Programme beginning its fourth year in Mwanza, Tanzania and for the first year teaching the programme in Makassar, Indonesia to effectively equip church leaders with...