Horn of Africa
Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia are facing prolonged drought and as a result their nutrition situation has deteriorated to serious levels. They are experiencing chronic food insecurity and lack of access to safe drinking water for both communities and livestock.
We invite you to please pray and ask God to:- Break this drought so that the rains will come and food will grow for the millions affected in these nations.
- Secure the delivery of aid to where it is needed and that it is not diverted or politicised, especially in northeastern Somalia.
- Provide World Vision and other responders adequate funding and other resources to respond to the needs. Pray specifically that $1.2 million USD is raised for the needed intervention.
- Care for and protect World Vision’s and other organisations’ staff as they work long hours to meet these needs.
- Pour out grace upon the affected households, including many World Vision sponsored children in Kenya.
Please pray for:
- Peaceful transition in the change of governments for the nations of the Middle East.
- Discerning and wise legal leadership as constitutions are developed and amended.
- Youth struggling with unemployment and the many poor Muslims and Christians in these nations who are unable to access work, health and educational opportunities.
- Safety of the body of Christ and the church in the Middle East.
- orld Vision assessment teams as they look at Egypt, Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza, Jordan and Lebanon in this fragile and volatile context.
- Supplies that need to get to people during this time and that the infrastructure of roads and clinics continues to be operational.
- LIBYA: The premier denounced a “plot” to turn his country into a terrorist base, as anti-regime protests reached the capital and world powers slammed an iron-fisted crackdown said to have cost hundreds of lives.
- IRAN: A massive police deployment in Tehran prevented large-scale protests from erupting, although Iranian opposition websites reported stray clashes and officials said the capital remained calm.
- BAHRAIN: Bahrain’s Sunni Muslim ruling family came under increased pressure to open in-depth talks with the Shiite-led opposition, as protesters erected more tents on the capital’s Pearl Square and unions called off a strike.
- MOROCCO: Thousands staged rallies in Moroccan cities demanding political reform and limits on the powers of King Mohammed VI, with protesters shouting “the people want change.”
- KUWAIT: Hundreds of stateless Arabs demonstrated for the third day running to press for basic rights and citizenship of the oil-rich Gulf state, and Human Rights Watch called for the release of dozens detained on Friday.
- YEMEN: Hundreds of students demonstrated on the eighth straight day of anti-regime protests in Sanaa, while police shot dead a protester in south Yemen and the opposition vowed to join protests.
- EGYPT: Three police officers in Alexandria face questioning over the shooting of protesters in the early days of the Egyptian uprising, as banks reopened and workers at Egypt’s largest factory ended a strike.
- TUNISIA: Tunisia’s interim government asked Saudi Arabia to extradite deposed strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali as it faced a second day of protests on the streets of Tunis, demanding its resignation.
- DJIBOUTI: Djibouti authorities have “provisionally released” three top opposition leaders briefly detained after unprecedented protests demanding regime change, the state prosecutor said.
- IRAQ: At least eight people, four police and four civilians, were reported wounded when clashes erupted during a rally in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah.
- JORDAN: King Abdullah II urged speedy reforms, comprehensive dialogue and more efforts to battle corruption amid popular discontent and pro-reform protests.
- SYRIA: A jailed Syrian Kurdish blogger and rights activist, Kamal Hussein Sheikho, is on a hunger strike, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
- ALGERIA: Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci told Spain’s El Pais newspaper the anti-government revolts in Tunisia and Egypt will not spread to Algeria, a day after riot police clashed with protesters in the centre of Algiers.
- WORLD LEADERS: God sets up kings and deposes them; He changes times and seasons. Pray that these changes and shifts work to bring great glory to God and extend His kingdom among all peoples. Pray for the families who have had loved ones killed. Pray for mercy, justice and grace to permeate this current instability.
- HEART HUNGER: Pray for real heart hunger in every individual throughout the Arab World, particularly among those with the least access to the gospel, that they would long to know the Truth and be set free. Pray they find true freedom in Jesus. Pray for a restraining of extremist who seek to kill and destroy. Pray for the supply infrastructure of food and water can be maintained in this turbulence.
- RECONCILIATION: Hundreds of years of offence and strife have gendered bitter hostility between Christians, Jews and Arabs. Pray for God to soften the hearts of these, to heal the hurts, and to break down every dividing wall.
- CREATIVE ACCESS: Ask God to make a way where there seems to be no way to share His love and truth with those held in restricted access environments. Pray for believers to be ready to give an answer for the hope within them boldly and sensitively. Pray for protection for our sisters and brothers as they continue to be light and salt in these difficult environments. Make them a sweet aroma for Christ.
- MODELS: Just as Jesus became flesh and dwelt among us so that we could know God, pray for believers and World Vision staff who are willing to live incarnational lives among these groups, no matter what the challenges may be.
- STUDENTS: Young people are often seeking answers for deep questions of life. Pray that God directs them to those who can give them the Answer. Pray that the children will be protected from hatred, give them a yearning and hope of peace in these lands.
We invite you to please pray for:
- Eastern DRC which remains a Category III with a level 2 response. Swaziland is a Category II with a level 2 response, while Zimbabwe remains a Category III with a level 2 response.
- 2 million people affected by the continual conflict in DRC (Congo) and the many women and children being sexually assaulted and then impacted by HIV/AIDS. Pray for law and order and justice to bear on those who have wronged these precious ones of God. Pray for healing and recovery from this trauma.
- Swaziland and it’s food crisis, exacerbated by current floods threatening a drop in crop output. These factors coupled with an HIV/AIDS prevalence at 26% presents a challenging scenario compounded by an increase in reported rape cases especially on children.
- Zimbabwe and their continued need of food assistance. Pray that this year’s crop brings a great yield for the farmers.
Please pray for:
- People living near the Thailand-Cambodia border at Preah Vihear Temple.
- Children and families traumatised by the fighting.
- Governments of the two countries will find good solutions and resolve this conflict.
- God's pouingr out of his spirit upon Cambodia and Thailand so that a season of peace will prevail.
Thank you for upholding these parts of the world before our Lord and Maker, the author and perfecter of our faith in God’s Grace and Jesus Name. Let it be so. Amen
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