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 »
Nineteen-year-old Pakistani Christian Nabeel Masih was arrested four years ago on trumped up blasphemy charges. Since then he has spent day and night locked up in a tiny cell. CSI’s project partner visited the teenager in jail and found that his faith remains strong despite the appalling conditions in which he is being held. Nabeel… Read more »
While lockdowns are in place across much of the world, no action is being taken in Nicaragua to stop the spread of the coronavirus. But that doesn’t mean that Nicaraguans are not suffering the effects of the pandemic: several thousand people face hunger after losing their livelihoods. CSI’s local partners are distributing food to hundreds… Read more »
In Iraq, as in other Middle Eastern countries, CSI’s local partners are acting to prevent the spread of coronavirus and to provide relief to those who have lost their income as a result of the lockdown. So far 75 families have benefited from food aid. Iraq is in a particularly vulnerable position with regards to… Read more »
Several fatal attacks have taken place on Christian communities in Nigeria since the start of April even as the coronavirus spreads across the country. On April 7 suspected Fulani militants killed a pastor and three members of his congregation, including a child, in central Nigeria. CSI’s local partner ECCVN reported that the attack happened after… Read more »
Three hundred people who were held as slaves in Sudan have returned home to South Sudan after a slave liberation operation conducted by CSI in the first week of April. At the same time, CSI organized a workshop to raise awareness among former slaves about the coronavirus pandemic. The freed slaves – men, women and… Read more »
