By Donna Parcell (Volunteer in Nigeria) On April 24th we were able to accompany a team from the Swiss Embassy to visit Mubi to see the EYN (Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria) headquarters, schools, and several EYN churches. We saw the destroyed buildings and burned churches. It was difficult to see. The clinic at EYN headquarters
Boko Haram
The Story of Lami
by Rhoda Maina (A member of the Nigeria Disaster Team) I met Lami during the relief distribution exercise at Uba last week. She received food and clothing as part of the EYN (Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria) effort. Her Story Lami is a 27 year old widow that lost her husband to Boko haram in February
Circle of Hands – Circle of Hope
Peggy Gish, 19 April, 2015 “When I came home after escaping the attack, our home had been bombed, and everything was destroyed,” one woman said, expressing a lot of pain. “I was away when Boko Haram attacked my village,” a man voiced with regret. ”I still feel horrible that my wife had to face it
Tales of Escape
Our newest Nigerian correspondent, Joshua Ishaya, is a fourth year student at Kulp Bible College. Like many others who lived in Nigeria’s northeast he is living as a displaced person. When my wife and I went and visited Nigeria in November, Joshua looked much thinner than the last time we had seen him. His eyes
Stories from Nigeria: An Island in the Desert
By Carl and Roxane Hill, co-directors of the Nigeria Crisis Response currently in Nigeria Maiduguri is the Capitol city of Borno State located in northeast Nigeria. It has many distinctions. One is that it is credited as the birthplace of the Islamist insurgent group, Boko Haram. It is the largest city in all of northeast
Reports from Nigeria: Returning Home
By Cliff Kindy, Brethren Disaster Ministries volunteer who wrote this while in Nigeria. He has since returned home safely. The dynamics of the violence in Nigeria are changing dramatically in the recent weeks. Boko Haram has lost the momentum that they previously had in waging battles where they chose and usually overcoming any opposition. They have been unable
Reports from Nigeria: God’s Distribution
By Cliff Kindy, Brethren Disaster Ministries volunteer who recently returned from Nigeria Three Crisis Team members traveled to Biu on a Saturday at the end of February to complete a relief distribution. One day earlier it had appeared as though the process might fall through. Vehicle plans were not coming together and finances seemed to be
Pictures from Nigeria: EYN #1 Michika
As the military clears the EYN area, some members and pastors have returned to view the damage. “This is the remains of EYN No 1 Michika. No human words can describe it. Now Michika is pillaged, plundered and stripped by Boko Haram. No single shop is unaffected; they are either burnt or completely ransacked.” ~Rev.
Stories from Nigeria: Rev. L
By Cliff Kindy, Brethren Disaster Ministries volunteer reporting from Nigeria Names abbreviated for security purposes. Rev. L explains he is the district secretary for Attagara District of EYN and is from Attagara Village. On June 3, 2014, Boko Haram raided Attagara. Sixty-eight people died in the attack and sixty-five of them were from EYN. The raiders
Fear and I: Cliff and Boko Haram
By Cliff Kindy, Brethren Disaster Ministries volunteer reporting from Nigeria Fear of Boko Haram has a major impact on the people of EYN today. Fear has driven most of the members of EYN to move from their homes. That fear impacts where I am allowed to travel as one who works with EYN. That same