Providing for victims of violence

Last year, at least 12,580 people were displaced by the conflict between militant herdsman and farmers in just a single part of Nigeria. People were killed and properties destroyed; and survivors were left behind in despair. Earlier this year, your support helped Open Doors provide vital relief aid to 1,500 families, including many widows.

Support for Christian refugees in Nigeria

Despite COVID-19 lockdowns, attacks have continued against Christians in central regions of Nigeria. The violence forces people into makeshift refugee camps. In May, at least 1,500 people arrived at one such camp seeking refuge. The need is so great, and, sadly, most days there is only enough food for one meal a day. But thanks to your generous gifts, Open Doors has been able to return to this camp with desperately needed emergency relief. For the next few months, Christians are assured of at least the bare necessities of life.

Help in the DRC

An Ebola outbreak and violence made parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo impassable for most of 2019. But in the second half of the year, Open Doors had a brief window of opportunity to bring urgently needed relief aid to believers there. We were able to deliver rice, beans, salt, palm oil, laundry soap and clothes to at least 1,300 (mostly Christian) families.

Empowering Christians in East Africa

In East Africa, Christians are pushed to the edges of society because they follow Jesus. Open Doors' economic empowerment programs aim to equip more than 8,000 East African Christians by the end of the current program cycle, to understand and live out their calling to be salt and light, even in hostile environments.