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YWAM Organizes Famine Relief in Africa’s Horn
While aid groups and political movements argue about the severity of
the food crisis in the eastern Horn of Africa, it is clear to everyone
that an overwhelming number of people are desperate for help in this
region that has experienced two consecutive poor rainy seasons. The
drought in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya has resulted in a humanitarian
crisis worse than any seen for more than 60 years. YWAM associates in east Africa have reported from the area that the crisis is worse in some areas than others. In parts of Kenya alone, drought victims number over 4 million—many of them are unreached tribal people, and 80 percent of the victims are women and children. In Somalia, the victims number around 3.7 million.
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Japanese Church Finds Hope Amid Disaster
YWAM continues to partner with local churches and other agencies in Japan to bring help, comfort and hope to the people of Japan in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami which devastated their nation in March. This video looks at how Christians are responding in this nation, how they are finding meaning in the …
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YWAM Sees Opportunity Amid the Crisis in Japan
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and tsunami which hit the northeastern part of Japan last week, reports from YWAM teams have been coming through describing the impact of the disaster and explaining how they are getting involved in the recovery process.
Cancelling all other plans, YWAM leaders in Japan decided to support the work of CRASHJapan, the official networking response of missions and churches in Japan to earthquakes and other natural disasters. It is an authorized ministry of the mission network, Japan Evangelical Missionary Association of which YWAM is a member. The aim of CRASH is “to equip Christians in Japan to be ready when disaster strikes to show the love of Jesus in practical and effective ways.”
Joining YWAM teams in Tokyo are a first response team from RescueNet US and volunteers from YWAM-initiated news network, GrassRoots News.
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YWAM’s 2012 Games Outreach Gets Underway
A two year UK-wide outreach program focusing on the build-up to and the aftermath of the Olympic Games in 2012 has begun under the banner: Forever.
In the past, the Olympic Games have been a great platform for outreach, where athletes and fans from every nation gather in one place.
“There is no event on the planet that offers such an opportunity to reach people from so many nations,” says Yan Nicholls who is heading up the Forever team. The Olympic Games provides a host of opportunities for YWAM schools, teams and ministries from across the world to come to the UK to do outreach.
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YWAM Organizes Arab World Prayer Gathering
The winds of change are blowing strong across the diverse lands of the Arab World–the Middle East and North Africa. A lot has happened in the region recently, and what seemed insurmountable only a month ago, no longer stands today. These events have caught the world by surprise, and the changes seem to be coming one after another at an unprecedented rate. History is being made daily as we sit and watch. Governments are nervous. The oppressed emboldened. Are God's people ready?
??In light of the recent events in Tunisia, Egypt and other Arab nations there are many groups positioning themselves to control the future of the region. What should we be doing? Are we content to sit back, wait and see what happens and take action when things have settled? Or do we believe we can stand up and steer the winds of change now, working with God to make history???
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Faithful Missionary Dies of Leukemia
Gospel for Asia-supported missionary Kalla Emanuel served the Lord for 11 years. Now he is with Him in heaven, where he can begin to see—from an eternal perspective—the fruit of his years of service on earth. Pastor Kalla worked as a missionary after graduating from Bible college in 1999. He served as pastor of a …
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Digging Deep in the Mukubal of Angola
Survival in the southwestern corner of Angola is tough. Rocky hills and huge baobab trees litter the landscape. The land is stony and arid, and the low rainfall and intense heat means that few crops grow. The scarcity of water and vegetation means that the population remains low. Most people survive through a nomadic lifestyle, leading their cattle from place to place in search of water.The challenge to survive in such a barren land has created tribes like the Mukubal. Nomadic cattle herders, they are tall, strong, and proud; warriors ready to defend their cattle. Living isolated from the cities they have remained virtually illiterate, and almost totally untouched by Christianity.
