relief
Food & Clean Water
The two needs that come before everything else — enough to eat, and water that is safe to drink.
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Where we serve
East Africa
Rural communities facing drought, displacement and rising food prices
Overview
Our work in East Africa
Across this region our partners work with communities where rainfall has become unreliable and where a single failed season can undo years of careful progress.
Water security, livestock, education access and — in places carrying the legacy of displacement — reconciliation between groups who have been set against one another are the recurring priorities.
The context shaping this work
- Increasingly erratic rainfall and longer dry seasons.
- Long distances to the nearest health facility.
- Communities hosting displaced families alongside their own needs.
Ministry areas
Most active in East Africa
Every region carries all three of our commitments; these are the ministries that dominate here.
renewal
Education
Helping children and young people reach a classroom, stay in it, and leave with real options for their future.
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renewal
Economic Empowerment
Savings groups, training and small enterprise support that let households build their own income.
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restoration
Reconciliation & Peacebuilding
The work our name comes from — repairing relationships between people, groups and communities.
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Pray for East Africa
These requests come from partner communities in this region. Our prayer team receives them as they arrive, including urgent ones.
Join the prayer teamParts for broken water points
UrgentSeveral communities are waiting on parts for water points that failed before the dry season. Pray that the parts arrive and that the newly trained committees hold together through the wait.
Rain in the planting window
Farmers have planted on the strength of the early rains. Pray for rain that continues through the growing season, and not so much that it washes the seed away.
A mediation that both families attend
A long-standing land dispute has reached the point where both families have agreed to meet. Pray that both arrive, that the mediators are given wisdom, and that nothing is rushed.
For our own honesty
Pray that we would notice our mistakes sooner, name them plainly, and remain the kind of organisation our partners feel safe correcting.
Elsewhere
Other regions
West Africa
Growing young populations, and too few routes into work
- Vocational and trade training
- Small enterprise support
- Maternal and child health
Southern Africa
Households carrying the weight of care for others
- Family and caregiver support
- School access
- Household food security
South Asia
Where exclusion, not scarcity, is the deepest problem
- Education for excluded children
- Safe water and sanitation
- Livelihoods and savings
“The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it.”
Support the work in this region
Gifts to where it is needed most let our partners direct funds to the greatest need across every region.