Education for children in Northeast Nigeria has suffered immensely. Here is a description of the problems from an article in International Business Times. Destroying Nigeria’s Children – Before Boko Haram launched its brutal insurgency in northeast Nigeria six years ago, the region recorded the lowest school enrollment rate in the country, especially for girls, as well as the
Boko Haram
Violence and Suffering Become a Way Life
This was a good article (link below) highlighting what it is like to live long term under chaos and violence. Sadly, life goes on and people adapt to a new normal. Continue to pray for our brothers and sisters in Nigeria. QUOTE from the article (see link below): “Just a few weeks ago a suicide bomber
2 visits to Chibok – 50 years apart
Chibok has always been a difficult place to get to. Here are stories of two journeys to Chibok 50 years apart. Story #1 Chibok Visit – A trip to Remember (recalled by Ralph Royer – long time missionary in Nigeria, Supervisor of the 40 Church of the Brethren Elementary Schools during the 1960’s) In the early
Completing a Degree During Troubled Times
by Janet Crago In 2014, Zakariya Musa was pursuing his Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communication at the University of Maiduguri. It was supposed to be a 6-year journey. He works for EYN Headquarters as the Editor of Sabon Haske, which is an EYN publication reporting on major events in EYN. The University of
EYN Disaster Team Brings Relief for Maiduguri’s Displaced
By Rev. Yuguda Mdurvwa (Manager of EYN Disaster Team) By the special grace of God, we took off for Maiduguri on the 15th of October to bring much needed food and household items to the displaced people in Maiduguri. Rev. Amos Dwala (also a member of the Disaster Team) and I passed through the towns
Saratu’s Escape
By Janet Crago Personal Note: This story was especially important to Tom and Janet Crago because Saratu’s goat herd got its beginning in 2007 with a donation of $100 from Florence Crago, Tom’s mother, who was moved to help a widow in Nigeria when she heard her story. It was Oct 3, 2014. They first
NIGERIA HAS DETERIORATED INTO A MAJOR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
by Katherine Edelen Amid similar announcements made by his European counterparts, Secretary of State John Kerry, announced that the U.S. would accept 85,000 Syrian refugees in 2016 and 100,000 by 2017. This, no doubt, is welcomed news. Yet, while we celebrate this extension of good will to Syria’s refugees, there is another conflict that rages on
The Hosts (by Janet Crago)
Markus Gamache is the Church of the Brethren (COB) Mission Coordinator in Nigeria. He’s from a small village in northeast Nigeria called Wagga, very close to the Cameroon border and the Sambisa forest. His wife Janada is also from a village in northeast Nigeria called Lassa. Both places have been seriously impacted by the insurgency
What Persecution Feels Like
We recently had an opportunity to visit one of the EYN resettlement camps at Luvu Masaka, located near Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja, and collected several different stories about how people ended up there. All of the people interviewed had fled from the far Northeastern part of the EYN Mission area, located near the Sambisa
Susan’s Story
It was a very special Sunday called “Children’s Sunday”. All the children’s classes prepare presentations and songs for the worship service. Many parents were there who didn’t attend regularly. It was also a combined service. On an ordinary Sunday they have two worship services, one in Hausa (northern Nigeria’s market language) and one in Kamwe