Humanitarian
Imagine walking hours in the scorching sun to draw water from a shrinking lake. It’s the same place cattle, goats, and wild animals drink and bathe. Every day there are thousands of other people jostling for a spot to get water too!
Last August, the unthinkable occurred: the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan. Waves of refugees clamored to escape, many crossing borders into the neighboring countries of Pakistan and India.
What formed your identity and future?
Family… Friends… Education… Community… Christ?
We live in a country full of opportunity and blessing, but children in West Africa are not as fortunate.
We have witnessed first hand just how bad the situating has gotten in Lebanon. Although Call of Hope has ministered to the poor and destitute for decades, now even the former middle-class has been thrust into poverty and the people are in need of immediate assistance.
It was only eight months ago that the world was shocked with the news and footage of the blast that annihilated Beirut, killing 200 and displacing 300,000.
In the midst of the extreme hardship of the Corona pandemic, the economic crisis, and the devastation of the Beirut explosion, the hope and wonder of the Christmas season is upon us!
The massive explosion in Beirut’s port district on August 4th has killed more than 200, injured over 6000, and has left an estimated 300,000 people displaced.
India is home to the largest pandemic lockdown in the world! The situation has become even more dire as people face starvation, public beating, and the fear of the the Covid virus in the world’s second most populated country.
Over the past six months Lebanon has experienced significant economic decay affecting both Lebanese citizens and the millions of Syrian refugees that now call Lebanon home. Protestors are angry at Lebanese government over their failure to address the recession.
This kind of visit has become a regular for Brother Abdul, and it certainly has not gotten old for him. As one of our leading frontline workers in Nigeria, he frequents different rural villages of northern Nigeria, aiding in the distribution of goats for the Goat Project.