The broad scale of assistance given through the EYN Disaster Response Ministry in partnership with Church of the Brethren and Mission 21 includes: food, home repairs, trauma workshops, widows livelihood development, and fruit trees planted at a relocation center. Here are some of the testimonies of the beneficiaries. Food – Sabastine remarked, “We thank God
Trauma
Trauma is personal. . . .
Contributed by Pat Krabacher -Pictures by team members As we shared our Thursday morning breakfast we didn’t know that we would enter into the deep trauma of someone we cared deeply for, Joshua Ishaya. There is a saying by “Daniele Bernock, “Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it
Healing continues in Chibok
The disaster ministry of Ekklisiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN) includes a Peace/Trauma division. This group of 13 trained facilitators holds Trauma workshops throughout North East Nigeria and at various Internally Displaced Person camps. On June 9th-11th, 4 such workshops were held in the Chibok area. [After the abduction of the 276 Chibok girls in April 2014,
Children’s Trauma Training in Nigeria: a huge success
Fourteen women theologians including our host Suzan Mark, Women’s Ministry Director for Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN), attended the two-day training on trauma healing for children. Day 1 of training was spent learning to know each other and learning about how people respond to trauma and how to support resilience. The group was then presented
Drawing strength from Jesus and each other
by Donna Parcell (Volunteer just returned from Nigeria) I am overcome by the strength and resilience of the people of Ekklesiar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN-Church of the Brethren-Nigeria). Everyone has a story. There is not one who has not been affected. There is Zakariya, who hasn’t seen his mother in two years and doesn’t know
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