Refugee's

Refugee's: 

As you may know the situation of unrest and war in South Sudan has escalated and the

work that we were doing in the country has slowed. We do have national leaders still

working in the areas of education and leadership training in two of the “safer” regions of the

country. Otherwise our focus has shifted to the refugee camps where hundreds of

thousands of South Sudanese refugees now eek out an existence. Many of the leaders we

have invested in, in the past, are now in these camps.

Country in Focus: Sudan (1)

Sudan, once the largest and one of the most geographically diverse states in

Africa, split into two countries—the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South

Sudan—in 2011, after the people of the south voted for independence. Sudan has

long been beset by violence. Two rounds of north-south civil war cost the lives of

1.5 million people, and a continuing conflict in the western area of Darfur has driven

more than two million people from their homes. More than 250,000 have died in the most

recent unrest. The predominant religion in Sudan is Islam. South Sudan is divided between

Islam, Christianity—mainly Catholics and Episcopalians—and indigenous animist religions.

Due to the continuing conflict and civil war, South Sudan is consistently ranked at or near the

top of the Fragile States Index.

Pray for:

• The decades-long animosities between ethnic and religious groups to be resolved fairly;

• World leaders to join with local leaders to end slavery in both countries;

• Peace between all religious groups;

• Recovery for the many schools and churches that have been destroyed and rebuilt several times;

• New Bible translations to have a major impact on the less-evangelized people groups in Sudan.