Bringing light through literacy in Africa

For more than 50 years, refugees have been living in camps near the Ethiopia/Sudan border due to both historical and ongoing conflicts. But all hope isn’t lost: through education, God’s Word is coming alive.

Spiritual, physical, and educational needs in the refugee camps are great. Among the many people forced to flee from rebel control in the region, women and children arrive having had no schooling and unable to read or write in their own language.

For hundreds of thousands of refugees, life without proper healthcare, access to enough clean water, and a constant feeling of insecurity has become the norm. Rations at the camps have been greatly reduced, and many of the men have resorted to going to gold mining areas near the border to try and get extra income so they can buy food for their families.