CSI to intensify efforts towards genocide prevention and religious pluralism The International Council of Christian Solidarity International (CSI), a Switzerland-based NGO campaigning for religious freedom, on 27 July 2020 elected Dr John Eibner as its new president. Eibner, a human rights activist who has gained international recognition for his work in conflict zones including Sudan… Read more »
Three years ago Victoria Yahaya suffered multiple fractures in a car accident while fleeing the Islamist terror group Boko Haram. Now, following surgery to repair her damaged legs, funded by CSI, Victoria has a real chance of being able to walk again. In February 2017, Victoria, her husband and their eight children were living a… Read more »
Five Christian youths have been killed and several injured in two brutal attacks by Fulani militants in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna. CSI is covering the victims’ medical costs. It was 8 p.m. on the night of March 23 and growing dark; the market traders had all gone home. Senior secondary school pupil Henry… Read more »
Around 20 Christian families from northern Bangladesh were set upon by an angry mob and driven from their Muslim village just because they wanted to build a church. CSI provided emergency assistance to ensure food and accommodation for the victims and also covered their medical costs. Day laborers Satar Sheikh and Shomsher Ali had journeyed… Read more »
Residents of Jol community in Nigeria’s central Plateau State are protesting over the loss of their land following deadly attacks on their villages by Islamist militias. Hundreds – if not thousands – of innocent people have been killed by Islamist Boko Haram and Fulani militants so far this year in Nigeria and countless have been… Read more »
The coronavirus lockdown in Nepal has left a legacy of suffering. Without work and facing starvation, over 1,000 people have taken their own lives in the past three months. CSI is providing hope for the future by helping some of those who have lost their livelihoods to set up in business. Bhakta Bahadur Chepang lives… Read more »
For years they were cooped up in a refugee camp, often went hungry and lived in constant anxiety. Now, thanks to CSI support, 27 children from a refugee camp in Myanmar are able to attend school in Thailand and look forward to a better life. Sudarat, Anutchit, Pacharee and their classmates belong to the mainly… Read more »
In Bangladesh the coronavirus lockdown has had a catastrophic impact on thousands of day laborers and farm workers who lost their income overnight. At a CSI-supported school in a rural area, 100 children and their families have benefited from food aid. In the village of Bhaluka, two hours north of the capital, Dhaka, many families… Read more »
In the disputed border region between Sudan and South Sudan members of the Dinka ethnic group have come under attack from Arab Misseriya tribesmen twice in the past month. At least two children were killed and several women are missing. CSI is providing aid to the affected communities. South Sudan’s Aweil East County, close to… Read more »
In the latest violence to hit Nigeria’s central Plateau State a Christian pastor and three family members were victims of a brutal attack by suspected Fulani militants on May 5. Rev Adebayo James Famoluwe, the head of a Christian high school in the village of Gana-Ropp, was at evening prayer with his wife and two… Read more »
