Persecution Project’s Emergency Borehole Repair teams have been busy this year! So far, 121 broken pumps have been repaired, providing safe, clean water to as many as 121,000 people (and livestock!) Dirty water accounts for more than 80 percent of all diseases in places like the Nuba mountains of Sudan. Every repaired well pump can…
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An article recently published by Refugees International (RI) provides a very thorough report on conditions in Sudan—with emphasis on refugees fleeing to the Nuba mountains. For Persecution Project, this report is part of an encouraging development because more and more international organizations and media houses are taking note of the growing crisis in Sudan, and,…
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by Brad Phillips “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” (Mt 4:4) My friend Pastor Musa has been a minister of the Gospel in Sudan for more than 45 years. When war broke out in Khartoum on April 15th, 2023, Musa played a courageous role in shepherding…
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Many of our partners asked us for an update on how the lady, Honey, whom we featured recently in our communications, is doing. We wrote about how this brave woman lost a leg and two of her children in a bombing in Khartoum. Honey was concerned she would not be of much use to her…
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We were shocked and saddened to receive the tragic news of the sudden passing of Dr. Ahmed Zakariah. On Sunday, July 7th, Dr. Ahmed was swept away by a violent current while crossing a river during a medical outreach in the Blue Nile region. It was Dr. Ahmed’s courageous vision that launched the Gigaiba Referral…
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by Matt Chancey I recently woke up to a batch of messages on my phone from Brad. Knowing what this probably meant, I quickly opened my messenger app. I was right. Brad sent dozens of photos from the latest Persecution Project outreach to the Agiri Resettlement Camp in the Nuba mountains of Sudan. The photos…
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by Matt Chancey “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) “Give thanks in all circumstances,” sounds like one of those throwaway lines in a self-help book. But just pause for a minute and really meditate on what’s…
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By Ed Lyons A few weeks ago, I was deep into the heart of Sudan’s war-torn Nuba mountains to see for myself the growing crisis of more than 700,000 displaced persons (so far!) flooding into an area already stretched very thin on resources. In one community with 20,000 returnees, people waited in line to use…
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When Sudan erupted in a nasty civil war on April 15th, 2023, the fighting began in the capital city, Khartoum. However, it quickly spread to other regions of the country. There was one notable exception to this: the Nuba mountains of Sudan. For several years, the Nuba people have consistently defeated government incursions into much…
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Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Prov. 24:11-12a (ESV) As of this writing, the current war in Sudan (which began on April 15th, 2023) has…
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